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
About the only idea from the world of Game Theory that I know that I know is a thought experiment called The Prisoner's Dilemma. It goes something like this: You've been arrested. Your accomplice has been arrested. You are both told that if you snitch on the other you'll be let free. If you are … Continue reading The Prisoner’s D-AI-lemma
For many years I've held true to a concept that goes as follows: You can exponentially scale transactions. You can change interactions into transactions and then exponentially scale those transactions, but you lose social and cultural meaning along the way. You cannot exponentially scale interactions. They only scale in a linear fashion. My go-to metaphor … Continue reading Simulating interactions
Yesterday's coffee companion is a CIO. We talked about... starting new roles being a turnaround CIO the nonsense of the first 90/100 days and how it takes a year to work out which way is really up in an organisation the housing industry silos based on property management versus people management silos based on timeframes … Continue reading 129th of 100
Yesterday's coffee companion is a maker. We talked about: startups, incubators, accelerators and founder matchmaking initiatives pivoting making life choices the importance of being intentionally unintentional making physical objects passion projects whether 100 Coffees could become a platform the difference between transactions and interactions friction and the tech industry's obsession with removing it 100 Coffees … Continue reading 128th of 100
This week I have learned: when you get to meet with people who are just amazing conversationalists, it's wonderful. There were two conversations like that this week. I successfully used ChatGPT for something this week. It helped me to design a game. It made me realise that up until now I might have been deliberately … Continue reading Weeknote 656: chat
Today's coffee companion is a people person. We talked about: working in social media organisations changing companies different national cultures and how they approach work US organisation structures the dysfunction of large organisations being able to put up with stuff moral boundaries at work the Protestant Work Ethic Adam Grant's Give and Take Alice Sherwood's … Continue reading 127th of 100
This week I have learned: I didn't have any 100 Coffees coffees this week. I had coffee (to drink). I actually had coffees with people. But none as part of the project. It feels odd. I'm tempted still by the idea of writing a book. It feels like my own personal Everest. But I don't … Continue reading Weeknote 655 – exciting
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