Category: Weeknotes

Things I have learned this week: - the St Pancras Hotel has an outrageous policy for people wishing to buy coffee in their lobby - sitting at the same desk every day isn't conducive to my best work - we, as a species, are pretty good at ignoring history and thinking everything is new - … Continue reading Weeknote 234: spring-like

Things I have learned this week: - I love it when a plan comes together - the art of business plans is the application of robust logic to a complete fiction - an empty stadium is a remarkably emotive place Next week: prospecting

Things I have learned this week: - when push comes to shove, finance people simply cannot get agile approaches. They'd prefer to inhabit a land of fiction. - only 3 of the 11 members of the House of Lords Select Committee on Digital Literacy have a Twitter account... - ... but two of those three … Continue reading Weeknote 232: Pleasing Palindromic Perfection

Things I have learned this week: - every time I update the stamp website I take more out - diary management as a free agent is without doubt the biggest challenge; being at the mercy of others, and also maintaining one's own diary competence - writing vaguely about Big Data on LinkedIn gets a lot of attention … Continue reading Weeknote 231: juggling appointments on the knife edge

This week I have learned: - I really do have quite a visceral, gut reaction to the concept of being measured in judgement by a third party (which in turn means you really should VOTE FOR ME) - randomly-plucked words can lead to some entertaining blog posts - as can a bit of self analysis - people … Continue reading Weeknote 230: making connections

What I have learned this week: - what one expects to be a relatively simple task can turn into a Herculean effort - I'm really rather proud of it, though... http://stampsocialceo.com/ - the soft stuff continues to baffle the logically minded - and I'm rather excited about watching Watford on the telly tonight. Which probably means … Continue reading Weeknote 229: letting the babies leave the nest

This week I have learned: - some people are just plain grumpy - there is a big difference between logical thinking and getting your message across - opportunities come in waves - and disappear as quickly too - life as a single parent is hard - I'm glad I only ever have to do it in … Continue reading Weeknote 227: comprehension

This week I have learned: - first weeks back are quite exhausting - scheduling work to jigsaw together is an interesting logical challenge - I've missed having days where I just meet people (rectified today!) Next week: more jigsawing

Another rollercoaster year, but 2014 was one where it felt, at least towards the second half of the year, like it was beginning to make some sort of sense. Business has started to pick up, and I enter the New Year with a number of things in the pipeline. That's very different from where I … Continue reading Yearnote 2014