Category: Weeknotes

This week I have learned: That is perfectly possible to say goodbye to people without religion getting in the way. Farewell Great Aunt Joyce. Your wicked giggle will stay with me forever. Big management consulting firms are war. In the Edwin Starr sense of the term. Openness is key to innovation. Open innovation programmes aren't … Continue reading Weeknote 343: fond farewell

This week I have learned: how excited I am starting my new engagement... ... and the opportunity to work with some great people including @OOconnors, @maltbyps and @garylawUK ditto for the Minimum Viable Workplace workshop coming up a fortnight yesterday how occasionally I can read but a few paragraphs of a book and be left thinking … Continue reading Weeknote 342: getting up to speed

Things I have learned this week: London doesn't really work above 29 Celcius I'm happiest when I can work at applying new theory to practice In 2017 exchanging potato-based puns with your electricity provider isn't completely odd I'm so glad that this politics stuff is becoming clearer - aren't you? Next week: farewell to the GDS

This week I have learned: Defining "what is a record" these days is mighty hard. There's a distinct set of lines between collaborating, knowledge and records NPS surveys get on my goat Politics, eh? Cambridge is a beautiful city with a terrible congestion problem I am making progress Silicon Beach talk will be about embracing … Continue reading Weeknote 340: the power of networks

This week I have learned: politics really has just gone proper hatstand, hasn't it? Augmented Reality is one thing. Virtual Reality in a physically controlled space is really immersive. If you want to find a definition of poor data management, look at the average drop down list in a finance system. Working something out out … Continue reading Weeknote 339: a bunch of ballots

Last week there was intentionally no Weeknote as I was digital detoxing in a tent in Herefordshire. This week I have learned: - I don't really see the value in digital detoxing - sometimes you just need to blog it out - this work style is all about the long game Next week: five days … Continue reading Weeknote 338: time to stop the obscure 1980s bus references

This week I have learned: I forgot to do a weeknote last week. That's the first time that's happened. Terrible behaviour, won't happen again. Being asked to give a talk about a subject is a really great way to really get one's head around that subject. Another week, another Watford head coach. I keep getting … Continue reading Weeknote 337: Ley Hill

This week I have learned: just once in a while a group of near strangers will have a moment of connection if 90% of our reality is actually a chimera, does Virtual Reality need to be so complicated? and why aren't AI's trying to simulate cognitive biases? Bank Holiday's seem to come up all of … Continue reading Weeknote 336: All the way to Wycombe (these days)