All it takes is one bad egg to throw a business off, especially in what we're doing where

it's small start-ups and scale-ups.

The impact that that person has is so broad that when it goes well, it's such a great feeling,

but equally if it goes the wrong way and you're either wrong person, they don't fit into

it, you know, your company values your ethos, your approach to how you work, the effect

goes just as much the other way.

It's not just around, here's the CVs and putting thumbs-on seats for us, it's really about

embedding ourselves.

In the business, there's definitely this talent shortage, but I think there's a lot of

people trying out new markets, a lot of movers and shakers, you know, you've got a global

workforce, you can have people in Asia, in Africa, or in North America, we're not speaking

to people and saying if you can double my salary, I'll go there, it's people saying I need

to have a remote working, I need to spend more time with my family, it's on that purpose.

Tomorrow I'm going to be jumping on the URSTAR to Paris, dressed in green and gold, to support

the spring box as they take on Ireland in a decisive pool game at the rugby world cup.

No, I'm not going to talk here about game plans or strategies, I just shout and hope for

the best if I'm honest, if you want more new ones on that side of things, Squids Rugby

is where you should be going, but rugby is a physical sport, often even more so when

the spring box is involved, and if you want to win the whole thing, as we have done three

times already, it'll last two months, so Squad management is just as important as game plan.

Fatigue happens, injuries happen, plans adapt, certain skills are more important at certain

times, certain player combinations amplify each other's abilities, while others undermine.

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