The week in a photo... Aberdyfi
The week in a photo... Aberdyfi
Matt Ballantine's thoughts about technology, marketing, management and other stuff…
The week in a photo... Aberdyfi
The week in a photo... East Wittering
This week I have learned: if it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck...the football stuff is getting nerve wracking.without a massive shindig every year in Barcelona, some companies' business models start to look a bit threadbare.I'm still hiring - 5 days to go...buildings are living, socio-technical systems.a new angle on thinking about … Continue reading Weeknote 493: End of term
This week I have learned: that a combination of rain and back to back meetings means I've barely left the house this week.there is a fine line between therapeutic and annoying.parent/child relationships exist all over the place. Often switching mid sentence.it's one thing to know what you need to do, but quite another to convince … Continue reading Weeknote 492 – housebound
This week I've learned: do I spend too much energy trying to make other people happy?we really should have turned the WB-40 Donate Page on earlier.the relentless tide of meetings is starting to get to all of us.football eh? Ask me again after the 12.30 kickoff on Saturday.being asked by someone to mentor them is … Continue reading Weeknote 489: bolt upright
This week I have learned: I think my core purpose in life is bringing communities of people together. I certainly get an immense sense of pride from doing it.That 29 years after I founded the Student Radio Association with a bunch of other folk in a draughty lecture hall at Loughborough University, the organisation is … Continue reading Weeknote 488: rock turning
This week I have learned: getting out into the countryside was nice after two months.how nice it was to be contacted out of the blue by someone asking a little bit about something I was involved in the foundation of 29 years ago.how a £12 bit of software can transform your image.what a lot of … Continue reading Weeknote 485: Memories
This week I have learned: it's lost its novelty, this Lockdown thing hasn't it? Not sure I want it to end, though.the value in having someone external looking at what you are doing and asking questions and providing input.twice.finding new ways to propagate information and changing habits is key.find ways to find cracks between the … Continue reading Weeknote 484: hitting walls
This week I have learned: The fun to be had by encouraging people to be evil (as a learning activity)That Miro seems to be pretty goodThat someone's you need an outsider's validationTim Geraghty does good presentationsI really don't like flag-wavingThis is probably still the beginning of the beginning. Next week: coaching The week in photos:
This week I have learned: the sheer delight of proper remote workingthe sheer delight of purchase order processinghow there might be opportunity to use sentiment analysis to drive real data into customer journey mapshow people light up when they are asked to look at problems in human terms.I know a frightening number of sitcomsYou can't … Continue reading Weeknote 482 – May. Maybe not.