This week I have learned: The haka, whilst standing pitch side at Twickenham That decarbonisation is a systems-thinking challenge That the problems always sit at the boundaries That a constantly crashing PC really buggers up a great interview That I've pretty much given up on both football and politics Next week: a statement of intent … Continue reading Weeknote 463 – Twickers
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Let's get the funk outta here. Yeah. I'm a middle-class kid, brought up in Watford. That sort of talk is incongruous really, isn't it? There's a Riot Going On is wonky, dirty, grimy funk. Soul music emerging out of the excesses of the hippy '60s. And Family Affair sonically one of the cosiest songs ever … Continue reading 51 for 50 – 1971
This week I have learned: going "off wish list" is possible, but an emotional roller-coaster getting people to get out and see other people in other organisations who have done things that you need to do is a cracking approach (I hope) the ideas I had a few years ago about Homeopathic IT I think … Continue reading Weeknote 462: 50th year
Yesterday I began my 50th year on the planet. So today I am beginning a new project, building on a thing I did as I approached the milestone of 40. Every week for the next 51 weeks I'll be picking one album from each of the calendar years I've been around. The albums will mean … Continue reading 51 for 50 – 1970
This week I have learned: that the mortality rate of a 78-year-old today is the same as that of a 65-year-old in 1922. The impact of an ageing population is profound in so many ways, and quite frankly we are mostly like Ostriches to it all at the moment. it was unbelievably great to see … Continue reading Weeknote 461: card tricks
This week I have learned: I have basically lost interest in politics. It is possible to fit a remarkable number of words onto a PowerPoint slide if you try really hard. That being given a structure to follow can help crystallize ideas. Getting some roadshows up and running, getting folk out and seeing people as … Continue reading Weeknote 460 – budgets
This week I have learned: Many of the challenges facing social housing as a sector are far broader than bricks and mortar; economic deprivation, substance abuse, mental and physical health. Housing associations can't possibly solve all of that. But we can focus on those things that we can control and influence. Three simple questions: who … Continue reading Weeknote 459: #cardstock
This week I have learned: that there are a few other folks in the world of digital and technology who come from a background in sociology- a fab meet up with Lisa Talia Moretti in the week to talk about people-centric approaches to technology and change. so much about how housing stock enters into the … Continue reading Weeknote 458: The First Clapham Global Digital Sociology Conference, 2019
Things I have learned this week: Joining a new organisation is a little bit like doing a jigsaw puzzle. I'm currently at the stage where I'm trying to find the corner and edge pieces, and wondering where someone hid the box with the picture on it! It's great to meet my immediate team in technology … Continue reading Weeknote 457 – jigsaws
Things I have learned this week: going back into employment after over six years freelance is a funny business. but I'm really pleased that I've chosen to do it, and to do so at RHP. there's much to do - some cutting edge, some infrastructural. there's a great team I'm working with. the next few … Continue reading Weeknote 456: n00b
