Author Archives: Alun Rees

Who do you trust? Who can you trust? from GDPUK

My latest post for GDPUK: One of the main tenets of Professor Onora O’Neill’s arguments around the theme of trust is that we must aim to have more trust in the trustworthy but not in the untrustworthy. She says, “I aim positively to try not to trust the untrustworthy.” Which brings around the questions. WhoContinue reading “Who do you trust? Who can you trust? from GDPUK”

Why wouldn’t you?

I have a hoard of unpublished blogposts, some half written, some one line ideas, they are the result of experiences, ideas, conversations, things read, seen or thought. This one came about after talking to a client about his team routinely recording their patients’ blood pressure and pulse. Increasingly dentists ought to be seen as OralContinue reading “Why wouldn’t you?”

“I wish someone told me” Ira Glass

My thanks to Will Rees for sharing this. “Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me.  All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste.  But there is this gap.  For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good. Continue reading ““I wish someone told me” Ira Glass”

Lessons Learned from the RNLI

I was at a meeting at our local RNLI station in Union Hall a few months ago. We were counting the cash from the annual fundraising collection in and around Skibbereen. Whilst we were waiting to get started I was nosing around, as I do – curiosity being one of my core values, and cameContinue reading “Lessons Learned from the RNLI”

The Incisal Edge Podcast with Lauren Harrhy

Alun talks to Lauren Harrhy about her career in Dentistry as Principal of Sparkle Dental Centre, her work with Mental Dental – A group for Dentists in Crisis, the Confidental helpline, the BDA and more. The Podcast Notes: Mental Dental – A Group for Dentists in Crisis. LINK CONFIDENTAL, the 24 hour telephone helpline forContinue reading “The Incisal Edge Podcast with Lauren Harrhy”