It struck me last week that organisations claiming to be “data driven” might as well describe themselves as “electricity driven”. Whilst on the face of it a data driven moniker might express some sort of rational futurism in the culture of an organisation, it doesn’t really, ultimately, say anything at all. I think implicit within … Continue reading Data driven?
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This week I have learned: that I do think I've cracked the bread baking. Who knew ice cubes were the answer?that I had a surprising prior knowledge of most of the key moments in the early days of drum and bass (courtesy of Renegade Snares)that in person events set against a largely online calendar cause … Continue reading Weeknote 568: replanning
If there is one thing that the last two years have reinforced for me, it’s that I’m inherently an introvert. My wife can’t understand this. “But you go on stage and do talks and go to networking events. You’re an extrovert.” But these aren’t the same things. On stage, speaking or hosting, is a way … Continue reading Introversion
This week I have learned: just when you thought the politics couldn't get any more contemptible, we have a crack down on train announcementsthat progress comes when you devolve powerthat I'm exploring the joy of the Amen break again"it's bad" doesn't universally motivatepressure exerts in strange waysa next level of bread making Next week: consolidation … Continue reading Weeknote 567 – signs of momentum
Do you remember when the fax machine ended? No? No, neither do I. I remember having to scrabble around with a PC that still had a modem in it back in around 2011 to send a fax as part of a mortgage application. I remember around the same time receiving someone else's details in a … Continue reading The end of phone
The history of industrialization is a history of finding scale. Automation of processes so that capital investment in machinery could lead to increased productivity that would, in turn, deliver a return on the capital investment through cheaper to produce, better quality, higher volume goods. The "build it for the exit" model of digital business has … Continue reading Minimum Viable Volume
This week I have learned: I need a breakThat shortbread is categorically the best biscuitThe value of a business caseThat the "constant disaster movie" vibe is getting very tiringSchadenfreude may be all we have in politics these daysWatford's longest clean sheet run comes from a viral infectionThere's always space for another Drum machine Next week: … Continue reading Weeknote 564: no “L”
In the last 12 months I've bought 35 books... and have remarkably read a fair proportion of them. Here's the list (and what I thought about them...). Not all of the books were published in 2021. Calling Bullshit: The Art of Scepticism in a Data-Driven World Jevin D. West & Carl T. BergstromThis was a … Continue reading 2021 Bookshelf
This week I have learned: The experience of surgeryThe experience of how activity on one part of the body can impact othersThat good plans amount to nowt when they become realityThat providing advice is a nice thingThat saying goodbye is going to be hardThat good things can come from saying "yes" Next week: a year … Continue reading Weeknote 561: surgical removal
Ah, the annual business planning exercise. An art installation in the creative use of numbers. Organisations for the most part will go through such extended periods of financial contemplation every year, often about six months before a new financial year begins. Everyone guesses some numbers using intuition, past performance and the game that is "How … Continue reading Pipelines
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