This week I have learned: You get that inkling that a client is not going to continue with a piece of work. I've learned that the best strategy is to face it head-on and ask rather than pretend. Easier that way for everyone. For 20 years now, one way or another, I've been spinning up … Continue reading Weeknote 697: adjourning
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This week, I have learned: Some potential health challenges ahead for the older members of the clan. I'm continuing to work through how confronting mortality is increasingly a part of daily life as you age. Reaching the first milestone of a clear content plan for the book project is satisfying. Undoubtedly, though, some actual writing … Continue reading Weeknote 691: scans
On Friday I had a very entertaining day at a nightclub. Thankfully, it wasn't an all-dayer (those days, my friends, are well and truly over). It was, however, the self-proclaimed "Biggest Festival of Behavioural Science", Nudgestock. Here are 10 things I learned over the day... Most process optimisation biases towards faster Rory Sutherland kicked off … Continue reading 10 things I learned at Nudgestock 2024
This week I have learned: The value in remembering the Kirkpatrick Model. What we think about an experience immediately after we have experienced it might not be the same at the longer term impact. I had a conversation this week that really, deeply challenged me. It involved worldview and self-perception, and I'm still trying to … Continue reading Weeknote 686: Pentium Pro
I spent a fascinating few hours yesterday afternoon as a guest of MS Amlin and Julia Hobsbawm at an event looking at some dimensions of the future of work. Looking out over the skyline of London there were some thought-provoking conversations. Here, in no particular order, are some of the thoughts the discussions sparked for … Continue reading Some futures of work
Things I have learned this week: Lego Serious Play. I spent a good few hours this week on Amale's LSP for Coaching course with a wonderful group of other coaches and facilitators. I have to say I've been a bit sniffy about LSP until now, partly because the book I bought about it was so … Continue reading Weeknote 681: bricks
There's a familiar trope that tells us that Science Fiction shapes the future. And while there are things that have been talked about in Science Fiction that have turned into reality (rocket ships, VR, Video Recorders, the Internet...), there is a tonne of stuff that hasn't (teleportation, time travel, hoverboards...). But with the revelations over … Continue reading A lack of imagination
I had a fascinating conversation with Chris Butler earlier in the week. We seem to have a lot in common, not least both knowing the wonderful Nick Drage who pointed us to one another. One of the things Chris and I have been talking about asynchronously since is a thing that he is working on, … Continue reading Onboarding in the future
This is, I hope, a hopeful story about generative technologies, and it starts by thinking about my drum machine. I say "drum machine" in the singular, but I actually own four and have had a few more over the years. I will focus on a Behringer RD-8, a modern interpretation of the classic 1980s Roland … Continue reading Augmenting not replacing
This is not a "thought piece". This is catharsis. I studied social science research methods at University. When I went to University, it was in the very earliest days of the World Wide Web (actual quote from Information Systems lecturer: "I don't think it will be as successful as WAIS or Gopher"). Back in those … Continue reading Bad Social Science
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