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Weeknote 438: Taking stock

This week I have learned... the rapid bipolar nature of being a micro business is exhilarating and exhausting. One minute everything is wonderful, the next you're on the verge of ruin. And repeat. Rapidly. Seeing how other's businesses have expanded in humbling and makes me feel like I'm playing at it. But play is at … Continue reading Weeknote 438: Taking stock

innovation, Management

Carbon Consumers

This week was partly spent planning an innovation event for a client in the utilities sector. We have been developing a few scenarios that can be used as part of the event to help participants to push at the boundaries of what might be possible in the future when thinking about doing things differently. We … Continue reading Carbon Consumers

Other Stuff

Conkers

The pavement on the walk to drop the kids off at school this morning was littered with tiny conkers, no more than half a centimetre in diameter. The torrential rain of the past 24 hours had dislodged the infant fruit from the trees above. Over the coming months no doubt more will be lost as … Continue reading Conkers

Weeknotes

Weeknote 437: consulting the consultants

This week I have learned: procrastination about things you are anxious about is a fool's game. Face the fear. ...unless it's a dead parakeet, in which case just leave it. work opportunities are like buses. Conversion is still the challenge, though. Next week: back to the Wharf. The week (fortnight) in photos:

Management, Other Stuff, Play Book

The remarkable world of touch

For a year or so now I've been playing with the role of tactility in consulting processes. Well, that's a good retrospective justification of what I've been doing - what I've actually been doing is creating and playing with different sets of the Priority Cards. Nonetheless, it's become an exercise in understanding the role of … Continue reading The remarkable world of touch

innovation, Management, Play Book, Technology

Be more firefighter

We are constantly confronting the need for change in our organisations. Change at an institutional level, at a team level all the way down to the actions and behaviours of individuals. The world around us is mutating, and we need to adapt to accommodate that change. Yet if you ask people why they can't change, … Continue reading Be more firefighter

Weeknotes

Weeknote 436: Kool Herc

Normal service will be resumed next week.

Other Stuff

Internal Podcasts

The Podcast Powered Projects initiative is now up and running, and one thing that's arisen (and about which I've had a few other enquiries too) is how one might get a podcast that can be consumed only by people within one's own organisation. There are a number of challenges to unpack here, so let's take … Continue reading Internal Podcasts

Weeknotes

Weeknote 435: togetherness

This week I have learned: the gulf in class between 1st and 11th in the Premier League the amazing sense of togetherness in defeat that the 30,000 Watford fans at Wembley experienced The delight to be had in catching up with old friends... ...but also the scary sense of how time is passing that results … Continue reading Weeknote 435: togetherness

Weeknotes

Weeknote 434: FA Cup

This week I have learned: The podcasting thing is working A hotel just outside Watford is, when push comes to shove, still a hotel just outside Watford Excitement nonetheless is building Catching up with old friends makes you realise you should make more effort Lego. Is. The. Future. Man they've tarted up Aviation House. The … Continue reading Weeknote 434: FA Cup

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