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This week I have learned: I can't work out whether I've joined a new or an existing team. I'm not sure it matters much, but it's interesting nonetheless. navigating the vagaries of the way in which large organisations procure services continues to strike me as a form of witchcraft dressed up as a business process. … Continue reading Weeknote 778: onboarding

This week I have learned: if you pull your ears it helps to reduce pre-performance nerves. I learned this from a wonderful colleague, Letty, who has done much drama in her career. having the framing that I learned from Kae Tempest's interview last week about the trilogy of writer, reader and content helped hugely in … Continue reading Weeknote 777: decided

This week I have learned: the book is now not only on a boat, but we also have an ETA for mid-May. We can now start planning in earnest for the launch. This is a huge relief. You can keep an eye on where the OOCL Piraeus is on the oceans here: experiments.randomthebook.com/whereisrandom I'm fascinated … Continue reading Weeknote 776: a trinity

This week I have learned: the power of using Claude to explore my grandfather's biography. I spent some time with my dad at the weekend, and he gave me a few more details about what grandad did over his long career in electronics. As a result I stumbled across a document outlining research papers published … Continue reading Weeknote 775 – biography

This week I have learned: the power that lies within Mark Earls' deceptively simple 2x2 matrix to triage problems. how nice it can be to have a last-minute invite to something (and diaries permit that to happen). There's not enough spontaneity in modern life. it appears that getting up at 5am on both days is … Continue reading Weeknote 774: 2×2

This week I have learned: I'm getting better at understanding what gives me energy and what drains me. It's been a week where I'm probably energy neutral overall. The bigger the organisation, the harder things get. I'm convinced of this. Public or private sector, it's the scale that drives inefficiency. Unilateral activities in one place … Continue reading Weeknote 773: a throw of the dice

This week I have learned: The joy to be had from conversations to explore ideas and plot paths. Today should have been the day that Random was launched. Events conspired. But it was a joy to hear that the production processes have now concluded and there is a shipment of 750kg of randomness is now … Continue reading Weeknote 772: connecting

This week I have learned: in the PlayCards that I built a few years ago, one of the suggested actions was to attend a conference in a field that you know nothing about. I sort of did that this week with a trip to The London Book Fair and I found it, for the most … Continue reading Weeknote 771 – bookish

This week I have learned: I'm going to be upping my short-form video content as I get ready for the book to launch. Here was my first, slightly half-arsed attempt. They will improve. Talking of the book, it has at last gone into production this week. A series of random delays - just the Suez … Continue reading Weeknote 770: backtoback