This week I have learned: I'm really not going to put up with being told that the reason Brexit won't work is because people who don't support it are talking it down. That's like saying the EU fails because people who didn't like it talked it down. If you honestly think that 37% of the … Continue reading Weeknote 309: Xenophobes
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As I continue to explore themes and topics as part of the research for my book, I'm stumbling across interesting resources that can help individuals and organisations to up their capabilities to play - particularly play of the tinkering variety. This page will be a reference point for them along the way... Creative Toys 130 … Continue reading The Play Book Toybox
This week I have learned: - Silicon Beach was a wonderful opportunity to hang out with some brilliant minds, some new, some known already. - going back somewhere after a period of rapid change can be a bit parallel universey - we like bundles. Consuming unbundled stuff is a cognitive (over) load. Next week: focus … Continue reading Weeknote 308: the beach
My esteemed former colleague Euan Semple published an interesting little video on YouTube yesterday. I think I've seen the "Ambulance Drone" clip before, but through my new-found PRTech lenses, I smelt something of a rat, and called it out. "Spoilsport" said Euan, quite rightly. https://youtu.be/y-rEI4bezWc For the record, Ambulance Drone was a design concept from a … Continue reading Virtually reality
This week I have learned: - I still don't know the collective noun for CIOs Next week: Whitehall - the return leg
This week I have learned: my BBC genes makes me wince at portrait-format video, even if it is Periscope the reason for delay is usually pressure of work, not merely disinterest life is too short to worry unduly about light fittings play. It's important to play. Next week: a few CIO get togethers, and a … Continue reading Weeknote 306: coming together
As they get older (and they are still only 5 and 6) I increasingly find I'm learning from my kids, both in what they tell me and also in what I can observe. Take, for example, how they play with Lego (or "Legos" if you are American - although why, if you're American you can't … Continue reading Three things innovators can learn from Lego
This week I have learned: stepping back into proper free range working after six months in pseudo-employment is equal parts liberating (woo!) and confusing (where am I supposed to be? What am I supposed to do?) I've spent a lot of effort over the past few years stretching my net There are a few things … Continue reading Weeknote 305: do the hustle
This week I have learned: - the network is strong - a week to depressurise is helpful - new adventures are around the corner Next week: do the hustle.
This week I have learned: working free range it's difficult to not take things personally, but I'm getting better at it budgets, eh? open innovation models are basically about getting a bunch of friends and strangers together, all of whom have some sort of common interest I'm going to miss the Vive A world of … Continue reading Weeknote 303: I fought the law
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