Category: Weeknotes

This week I have learned: the amazing insight that Dr Mark Bloomfield has about shifting an organisation to be data-enabled. how defining a narrative to sell a story is such an iterative process. that most of my colleagues aren't "D"s ... but quite a lot of them are "C"s. (PPA, if you're wondering). In 2020 … Continue reading Weeknote 467: Going Global

This week I have learned: My favourite App has had a great update. I might have finished all the Stollen. Changing the way in which you access a piece of software can totally change how you approach (I got a new controller for Ableton Live for Christmas). Being interviewed by Steve Chapman this week made … Continue reading Weeknote 466: New Year

Well, that's been quite a year. At the beginning of 2019 I was continuing my adventures with Stamp. As the year draws to a close, I'm starting to understand the course of my adventures with RHP. The transition from free-range consultant back into full-time employee has been a welcome one. I've made some great relationships … Continue reading Weeknote 465: Yearnote 2019

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

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

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