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
This week I have learned: designing a workshop which was then run without me was successful, but also a strange experience of creating one's own FOMO. I really enjoy designing and running workshops. To not be present to see how it all panned out was very strange, but has taught me new levels of preparation. … Continue reading Weeknote 659: Remotely
Today's coffee companion manages collaboration products. We talked about: going above and beyond when preparing a workshop that you can't actually attend the challenges of team dynamics, personalities and linear people in wicked problem territories how wicked problems don't chunk down into problems with solutions - they're fractal and have complexity at every level into … Continue reading 132nd of 100
Yesterday's coffee companion is a geospatial data geek. We talked about: the challenges of "not invented here" as a barrier to collaboration and growth the importance of building things the Celtic Cross the craziness of large organisations managers taking it upon themselves to make decisions that have huge resource impact elsewhere the challenges of hybrid … Continue reading 131st of 100
This week I have learned... Keynote Karaoke was a success. I love a bit of serendipity. I caught up with Joel this morning. He mentioned whether I had come across Gabby and the Soil Tarot card deck she was building. Later this afternoon who was giving a show and tell at this month's Cardstock. Gabby, … Continue reading Weeknote 658: improvised
Every month at Equal Experts in London we host a "Network Thursday" event in our offices for staff and associates. There is pizza. There are beverages. And we usually have someone giving a talk about something of interest to the group. Last night, because it was the last Network Thursday before Christmas (yes, we've reached … Continue reading Field notes: Keynote Karaoke
This week I have learned: planning a big event which I won't actually be attending has been an interesting experience. It's forced me to become much more explicit about ideas on how the day will work and how interactions might happen in the room. I'm obviously getting concerned about the way that technology might be … Continue reading Weeknote 657: planning to delegate
Yesterday's coffee companion helps startups. We talked about... the origins of the 100 Coffees project the differences between US and UK work culture how the UK is more Christian yet less religious than the US my bug bear of "compensation" being used to describe pay and benefits the freedom to work where the work needs … Continue reading 130th of 100
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