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
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
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