Today's coffee companion is a technologist who works in government. We talked about Why multitasking in humans is a myth, and how single tasking increases your productivity The tendency for any generation to use the prevailing technology of the time as a metaphor for how humans work How still most computers don't actually multi-task, they … Continue reading 58th of 100
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Today's coffee companion is an HR consultant. We talked about: The emerging crisis in veterinary care Introducing hierarchy-less structures into professional settings How the exercise of reducing everything to one of three colours sounds like an incredible piece of conceptual art. Yet that's RAG reporting... The importance of cake and exercise The opportunities when technical … Continue reading 57th of 100
Today's coffee companion works with his clients to use behavioural science to improve risk and compliance management. We talked about: being a business at a size where running through procurement and proposal processes simply isn't viable. the madness of big corporations. how problems with process are often symbolic of deeper issues. my theory of how … Continue reading 56th of 100
Yesterday's first coffee companion runs a business involved in managing waste more effectively. We talked about: the importance of finding space to meet with people without agenda the process of "divorcing" from a business partner shifting from being a software business to a professional services business the pressure of tech investment (and how the business … Continue reading 54th and 55th of 100
Yesterday's coffee companion runs a design agency in Edinburgh. We talked about: The long nights and long days north of the border The person who introduced us (thank you, Andrew) The subject of my Twitter/LinkedIn header (my RD-8) Collecting musical gear The meditative nature of music making The origins of #100Coffees How hard "in person" … Continue reading 53rd of 100
Today's coffee companion is newly a Doctor, and a leading expert in the realm of plagiarism in academic writing. We talked about: moving from academia to the private sector and the delight of things being available that weren't previously the delights of producing something (in her case a PhD thesis, in mine a set of … Continue reading 52nd of 100
Into the second half of the experiment. Today's coffee companion works to connect big corporates to start-ups. We talked about: the logistical challenges of meeting in person (I had to shift from in-person to remote for this one because of various diary challenges) how hybrid work has changed how we organise our work/not work lives … Continue reading 51st of 100
I'm now halfway into my #100Coffees experiment. Here are some half-time observations in no particular order as I suck on an orange segment and rub linament into my calves... Retrospective note-takingAfter each of my meetings, I've been spending a few minutes (usually an hour or more later) jotting down some bulleted notes about what topics … Continue reading 50 coffees
Today's coffee companion is a fellow Cardstock-er. We talked about: how we both have a tendency to think "must be a psychopath" when meeting with people who are really successful in big corporations. This isn't particularly fair, but does have some statistical validity. introversion and being on stage. the uniforms that people wear to work, … Continue reading 50th of 100
Today's coffee companion is a technology architect who I've known for quite a few years now. We talked about: that stage of parenting where you're not just ferrying kids around the challenges of family time when everyone is doing different things holidays in America and the perils of UX on airline websites convoluted recruitment processes … Continue reading 49th of 100
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