Yesterday's coffee companion is a thinking magician. We talked about: the experience to date of 135 coffees lunch clubs, and the importance of meeting new people without an agenda the constraints of working life and organisations whether work is a series of roles to be played or not making oneself obsolete as a primary job … Continue reading 136th of 100
As a kid, I used to spend hours and hours writing computer code. The BBC Micro was my playground, and I built all sorts of things in BBC BASIC. I guess a fitting thing for a child who owed his existence to his parents' meeting at the BBC. And then we got an Atari ST, … Continue reading Rediscovering a lost love
A new year, a new set of coffees. Today's coffee companion builds software products. We talked about: the wonderfully laid-back world of Ubud the amount of worshipping that goes on in general in Bali dodgy Uber drivers in Turkey my first year and a half at Equal Experts the current plans for Business Meerkat The … Continue reading 135th of 100
This year I have learned... The joy of an electric bike... I'm fairly sure that my partner thought that getting an electric bike was a mid-life crisis. She might well be right, but I occasionally think about the neighbour in the house opposite who is rebuilding a 1980s Porsche and think "No, that's a mid-life … Continue reading Weeknote 662: Yearnote 2023
Yesterday's coffee companion builds things, and sometimes they are musical. We talked about: being in a position to take some time out to work out what to do with one's life the Protestant Work Ethic (other religions' versions are available) being at the core of a business rather than a supporting function how hierarchy-less organisations … Continue reading 134th of 100
These aren't necessarily books released in 2023, but they are books I read this year. In no particular order... Don't Touch My Hair - Emma Dabiri What starts with the experiences of a black girl growing up in Dublin when there were no other black girls in Dublin turns into a fascinating exploration of Afro-Caribbean … Continue reading Reads of the year…
This week I have learned: that Paul Armstrong does pull together the loveliest of events. This week's mini-TBD was great - a handful of fascinating speakers talking about an interesting subject, a few folk I knew, and a few I didn't. I'm constantly surprised by how many organisations still haven't taken to the idea of … Continue reading Weeknote 661 – TBD
One of the models that's had the most impact on me in the last 10 years is from a book called Collaboration by business academic Morten Hansen. The model he describes outlines 4 systemic barriers that exist within organisations to us being able to collaborate effectively. They look like this: The "not invented here" barrier … Continue reading Barriers to AI Collaboration
This week I have learned... it hurts a bit when a client says that they don't want to work with you any more. Even if it's just economics. Even if it's not just you and other suppliers are also being shown the door. Even if it all makes some sort of logical sense. It's inevitable … Continue reading Weeknote 660: testing
Tuesday's coffee companion is an architect of the enterprise. We talked about: middle-aged career challenges revenue-generating roles in the consulting world, and the vulnerability of anything that is not trends in the tech world the inability for AI to say "No, that's a daft idea" random input "meerkatting" avoiding the term "tarot" familial challenges and … Continue reading 133rd of 100
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