Today's coffee companion is a product person. We talked about: the rare sight of a bustling office how dreadful open plan is for taking Zoom/Teams calls the private education sector, and how difficult charging VAT on school fees might become (they currently don't have tax because they are a tax-exempt category). how the congestion charge … Continue reading 85th of 100
This week I have learned: That a reasonably well-designed survey can through a bit of analysis help shape focus for deeper qualitative work. It's been quite a while since I've designed a survey. The ideas from Nudgestock last week have been sticking with me this week. The idea of winning arguments or solving problems. I … Continue reading Weeknote 641: statistical
Nudgestock, apparently the world’s biggest festival of behavioural economics, happened last week and I was fortunate to be in attendance in the Old Truman Brewery in London. The year’s theme was “messy”, something close to my own heart. Mess is, to my mind, a prerequisite for creative thinking. Here are 8 messy ideas I collected … Continue reading Eight messy ideas from Nudgestock 2023
This week I have learned... There might be another book idea in me along with the How to Have Coffee guide. The working theory is that the forces catalysed at the point of the pandemic that led to our now hybrid world of office work stemmed back 20 years or more and that "everyone in … Continue reading Weeknote 640: another book
Today's coffee companion is a former colleague from my consulting days. We talked about: What I've been up to in the last few years Finding a career home How the business he works in has changed Origins of #100Coffees and how it's going How nobody really knows how the hybrid world is going to pan … Continue reading 84th of 100
Today's coffee companion is a tea-drinking professor. We talked about: the genesis of the idea of #100Coffees the myth of the gold standard for in-person the propensity for tall people to want people back in the office the propensity for extroverts to want people back in the office how academic conferences are troubled by the … Continue reading 83rd of 100
Today's coffee companion is audacious, vivacious, tenacious and bodacious. We talked about: how we are getting on in our respective not-so-new jobs having two bosses the unique culture of academia the often rumoured, much-promised return of a cherished event running an event like a TV show (or is it the other way around?) falling out … Continue reading 82nd of 100
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
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