Category: Weeknotes

This week I have learned: sometimes you just get those days when meetings don't happen. "Hoorah!" say those people who don't think that meetings are real work as they get back to shifting pivot tables around in Excel or whatever it is that they do. I find it much more discombobulating because meetings are actually … Continue reading Weeknote 653 – stood up

This week I have learned: the only time I'm happier than when I am making things is when I am helping people to use the things I've made. Another experiment this week which was a further exploration into how we get better at managing the stuff that goes around our core work with clients. It … Continue reading Weeknote 652 – Craft knife

This week I have learned: Sparta Prague are my latest new football team. A splendid night spent at their stadium watching them beat Viktoria Plzen in a top-of-the table clash. Since their adoption as my latest new football team, Sparta lost their Europa League game. The fickleness of football. I do like central Europe. However, … Continue reading Weeknote 651: European football

This week I have learned: the joy from being able to guide a group of people through a day. But also the deep-rooted insecurity that comes with that - was it right, was it enough, did it have any impact? being able to make adaptations at the last minute is really important. Fluidity in timing, … Continue reading Weeknote 650: at scale

This week I have learned: that Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, is a prepper. Something I picked up when listening to the fairly stodgy biography of Elon Musk by Walter Issacson. At first impressions, preppers to me feel like they have the worst view of humanity. That they lack trust in others, and in preparing … Continue reading Weeknote 649: travel

This week I have learned: why I tend to cycle to work now. Had a couple of days going in to London on the train and was reminded of the delays, the crowds, the subterranean tube... I also found out that the bike ride, even though electric, means I use up about 900 calories each … Continue reading Weeknote 648: feedback

This week I have learned: a great deal about the way in which the Disability Discrimination Act classifies concepts of disability. that in certain circumstances it's possible to file dental work as legitimate business expenses. how much fun it can be to send small tokens of appreciation. how nice it is to catch up with … Continue reading Weeknote 647: heat

This week I have learned: the sheer emotional turmoil of taking part in one of Andrew Doran's Album Club sessions as selector. The basic idea is a group of friends come together to listen to an album chosen by one of them in its entirety. Oh, the responsibility. the joy from coming up with new … Continue reading Weeknote 646: back on it

This week I have learned: Italian train ticket machines are even more confusing than UK ones. Emilia Romagna is a beautiful bit of the world. some of my former team colleagues from my days at Imagination still talk about some of the things that I did (in a good way). Intentionally unintentional feels like a … Continue reading Weeknote 643: Bolognese

This week I have learned: the power of shared experience. Five old friends in a remote field, drenched from horizontal rain, all to watch a film that not all of us like. It was brilliant and well needed. Hadrian's Wall is rather impressive. Never seen it before. Not the most ethically sourced of constructions, mind. … Continue reading Weeknote 642: Are you the farmer?