Today’s coffee companion is a tea-drinking professor.

We talked about:

  • the genesis of the idea of #100Coffees
  • the myth of the gold standard for in-person
  • the propensity for tall people to want people back in the office
  • the propensity for extroverts to want people back in the office
  • how academic conferences are troubled by the options for hybrid
  • how the environment might be the thing that clinches the deal with reducing mass travel for conferences
  • how Social Psychology was heavily impacted by the introduction of student fees
  • common connections at Loughborough
  • how students are the people demanding hybrid education
  • the attraction of Canada
  • the menopause, HRT and the importance of testosterone

I’m still looking for people to coffee with… sign up at calendly.com/matt-ballantine

I’m now writing up a How to have coffee guide based on the experiences of #100Coffees in 2023. You can find the draft here.

Some numbers for you…

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