Category: 100 Coffees

Today's coffee companion is a journalist. We talked about: How much the media landscape has changed in our working lives How few media people understand technology How big tech people don't understand media How many professionals believe their discipline is the answer to all problems The troubles for the Murdoch empire Career changes A career … Continue reading 88th of 100

Yesterday's second coffee companion is a colleague. We talked about: how we got to be at Equal Experts the strange culture of advertising agencies, and digital agencies in particular how different it is where we are now the origins of my PlayCards how curiosity is an emotion, not a skill some of the challenges in … Continue reading 87th of 100

Today's first coffee companion is a marketer. We talked about: the origins of 100 Coffees and the idea of intentional serendipity the need for working in groups when looking for work the slightly icky nature of when personal branding becomes rampant self-publicity the way that blogging or podcasting or writing a book can open doors … Continue reading 86th of 100

Today's coffee companion is a product person. We talked about: the rare sight of a bustling office how dreadful open plan is for taking Zoom/Teams calls the private education sector, and how difficult charging VAT on school fees might become (they currently don't have tax because they are a tax-exempt category). how the congestion charge … Continue reading 85th of 100

Today's coffee companion is a former colleague from my consulting days. We talked about: What I've been up to in the last few years Finding a career home How the business he works in has changed Origins of #100Coffees and how it's going How nobody really knows how the hybrid world is going to pan … Continue reading 84th of 100

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 … Continue reading 83rd of 100

Today's coffee companion is audacious, vivacious, tenacious and bodacious. We talked about: how we are getting on in our respective not-so-new jobs having two bosses the unique culture of academia the often rumoured, much-promised return of a cherished event running an event like a TV show (or is it the other way around?) falling out … Continue reading 82nd of 100

Today's coffee companion is a coach who has worked in life sciences for most of her career. We talked about: our mutual connection changing careers the expectation that coaches come from the world of HR feeling like an imposter (and how to deal with it) the challenges of working in a heavily regulated industry the … Continue reading 81st of 100

Today's coffee companion used to be a media planner. Media planners don't really plan, that's media strategists. We talked about: where we first met (the delightful Silicon Beach) minute details that can be remembered about the 1984 Cup Final, and associated Elton John songs why there are always Wolves flags at the front of the … Continue reading 80th of 100

Today's coffee companion works for a technology company. We talked about: how my not so new job is going the power of trust... ...and its abject absence in so many organisations IT asset management neurodiversity kids whether Agile has reached its apex or not the challenges of capital investment opportunities to work together Why not … Continue reading 79th of 100