Category: Weeknotes

Things I have learned this week: - always trust instincts about cultural artifacts - it's time to refocus - speaking is always so much better when I'm having fun - you never know from where the next opportunity will pop up Next week: speed networking

What I've learned this week: - Lord's is a jolly nice place to slay some sacred cows - recruitment companies often miss that where they could add value is help clients to understand their needs, not just filling slots with candidates - the long game of giving does eventually start to show returns - Glastonbury buggers up the … Continue reading Weeknote 201: sacred cows

A slight tweak to the format this week is celebration of my 200th weeknote... This week I have learned: - toddlers adapt to jet leg much better than old farts - HE & FE institutions seem to be amongst the most social-network savvy of all institutions I talk to - Google Glass can provide for … Continue reading Weeknote 200: this week I have learned…

A slightly different take this week, as this post marks my 1,000th entry since I started on this blogging lark some seven years ago, and also my last for a few weeks as I head off on a well-needed holiday with my family. I've been thinking a lot in recent weeks about why I do … Continue reading Weeknote 198: why I blog…

Achievements this week included: - first interviews on the Digital Customer Engagement survey - a plan emerges for next IG Digital steps -... and our first client meeting - an entertaining trip to a old stomping ground - a great catch up with a rather hung-over @PurpleSime - an enlightening time at the Twilio Customer Experience Event … Continue reading Weeknote 197: networks

Achievements this week included: - a cracking couple of days at the ITDF http://stamplondon.co.uk/itdf - planning and identifying participants for the digital customer engagement research Next week: the hectic run to holiday begins

Achievements this week included: - further negotiations about the new partnership - a great meeting with Sid from http://digitalworksgroup.com/ - and interesting conversations with Harry & Tony from YooDoo - a supermarket sweep - lunch with fellow speakers for next week's ITDF - and final tweaks to the content of my seminars Next week: all aboard!

Achievements this week included: - closing down Brick Lane without so much as a saag aloo - a valuable pep talk with @MMaryMckenna - the dawn of a new partnership in Hampshire - another speaking offer - beginning plans to take Action Learning into the digital era - a new introduction at CIO Developments - and … Continue reading Weeknote 194: big dipper

Achievements this week included: - stage six in the Brick Lane experiment - great alliterative catch ups with Toby at The Telegraph... - ... and Mark at Microsoft - progress on my Spark the Change presentation... - ... and finishing off the one for the ITDF - and a great meeting with Katie King from Zoodikers Next … Continue reading Weeknote 193: the thin line between founder and flounder