Today's coffee companion is a coach who has worked in life sciences for most of her career. We talked about: our mutual connection changing careers the expectation that coaches come from the world of HR feeling like an imposter (and how to deal with it) the challenges of working in a heavily regulated industry the … Continue reading 81st of 100
This week I have learned: the power of managing corporate history. I saw Giles Turnbull give a fascinating talk about his work curating the stories of digital organisations. It's a hugely under-rated activity and I think I need to see more organisations doing it. which also reminded me of this exercise I did under the … Continue reading Weeknote 639: Bath
Today's coffee companion used to be a media planner. Media planners don't really plan, that's media strategists. We talked about: where we first met (the delightful Silicon Beach) minute details that can be remembered about the 1984 Cup Final, and associated Elton John songs why there are always Wolves flags at the front of the … Continue reading 80th of 100
Today's coffee companion works for a technology company. We talked about: how my not so new job is going the power of trust... ...and its abject absence in so many organisations IT asset management neurodiversity kids whether Agile has reached its apex or not the challenges of capital investment opportunities to work together Why not … Continue reading 79th of 100
This week I have learned: I'm doing some work alongside the day job of managing engagements, looking at how we establish the teams that align the engagements. That's a bit of a word salad, but it's interesting to me and I'm looking forward to doing it. It's also been really nice to be asked to … Continue reading Weeknote 638: Engagement
In Claire L Evans' wonderful book Broad Band: The untold story of the women who made the internet there is a particularly interesting observation about how a conference held in 1968 in the Bavarian ski resort of Garmisch had a huge impact on the gender bias in the computing industry. In the late 1960s there … Continue reading Prompt Midwives
Today's coffee companion is a product person. We talked about: the delights of Norfolk the way in which the world has become more accepting of neurodiversity (and yet still has a very long way to go) the absolute delights of open-plan offices how the pandemic has changed expectations for working the complexity of maintaining a … Continue reading 78th of 100
Yesterday's coffee companion is a political strategist. We talked about: what we got up to at the weekend expectations around travel, and how our childhood experiences shape us London Detroit Washington DC and the power of the federal government to keep it relatively low-rise how DC was originally supposed to be square the complexities of … Continue reading 77th of 100
Today's coffee companion is a data person. We talked about: the huge great hype machine that is going on around LLMs and machine learning the lack of qualitative data in business and organisations Goodhart's and Campbell's laws the strange cycles that emerge around financial periods ownership of data (or, more often, the lack thereof) how … Continue reading 76th of 100
This week I have learned: that my youngest is doing pretty well at school. The annual parents evening, still a Zoom showreel in neat 4-minute chunks, was nice. getting unsolicited feedback is the best sort. Thanks to John Sills for the lovely write-up of the PlayCards. I spent some time un-DRMing my e-book library. Knowing … Continue reading Weeknote 637: hawt
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