Today's coffee companion is a former client. We talked about: what we've been up to since we last met ideas of purpose in work the career pyramid in big corporates ideal scale organisations the benefits of coaching good recruiters v transactional recruiters how career paths make sense in hindsight the curse of stepping off a … Continue reading 106th of 100
This week I have learned: a great deal about the way in which the Disability Discrimination Act classifies concepts of disability. that in certain circumstances it's possible to file dental work as legitimate business expenses. how much fun it can be to send small tokens of appreciation. how nice it is to catch up with … Continue reading Weeknote 647: heat
Today's coffee companion is an artist. We talked about: the major life moments like relationships breaking up and bereavement that everyone experiences yet we seem unable to talk about collective PTSD after covid mutual friends various business ideas that we've each been working on the importance of looking the part the current economy and a … Continue reading 105th of 100
I was chatting with a friend of mine this morning about the seeming dearth of creativity in her students. Students who are doing a degree in Creative Industries... It reminded me of a particular point in my schooling which in hindsight was pivotal in my own self-belief in my creative abilities for many years. I … Continue reading Drawing a line under creativity
How many organisations have all of their employees working in the same physical location? I'm sure some do, but my hunch is it's the exception not the rule. Whilst one's own experiences are nothing but circumstantial, as I look back at my career, I can't think of a single place where it was the case. … Continue reading All in the office?
Today's coffee companions helps agencies work more effectively. We talked about: relocating to the EU and re-establishing one's self the general shit-show that is the UK disambiguation of the word agency (and how for some of my colleagues they associate to employment agency) how Equal Experts works (and why I'm having such a good time … Continue reading 104th of 100
Today's coffee companion is a technologist and a coach. We talked about... when we last met in person (nearly a decade ago) the nature of research organisations the challenge of commerciality and research co-existing a desire to relocate (but not being sure about the timing) optimum team sizes (and this piece I was recently sent... … Continue reading 103rd of 100
Today's coffee companion is an expert in agile. We talked about: exploring Ireland being a Londoner how the rough parts are still there, but the gentrified bits are increasingly gentrified the honesty of 1970s architecture how often Bauhaus is misinterpreted the fine line historically between Bauhaus, modernism and arts and crafts when companies provided houses … Continue reading 102nd of 100
This week I have learned: the sheer emotional turmoil of taking part in one of Andrew Doran's Album Club sessions as selector. The basic idea is a group of friends come together to listen to an album chosen by one of them in its entirety. Oh, the responsibility. the joy from coming up with new … Continue reading Weeknote 646: back on it
In December 2022 I set myself the challenge of having 100 Coffees with 100 people over the course of 2023. This week I hit that target. So what have I learned from this experiment where the only hypothesis was “something interesting might happen”? The discomfort of a good book A few years ago, in the … Continue reading 100 Coffees – so what?
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