Today's coffee companion is a colourful soul. We talked about: the disruptive abilities of cats and public transport how the mental models of a city can be changed with new transport options cycling in London my next presentation how the feeling of "imposter" is as much about personal expectations of what others expect from you … Continue reading 75th of 100
Today's coffee companion is a marketing consultant. We talked about: the nature of coaching getting into organisations through one's professional discipline the tech hub that is Leeds conferences the loneliness of free-range working the surprising cross-over between our networks despite geographic distance the way that timezone might be a bigger gap in how networks form … Continue reading 74th of 100
In the 1990s, the Dutch traffic engineer Hans Momderman pioneered a radical approach to urban design known as "Shared Space" or "Naked Streets". At its core was the idea that street furniture, from kerbstones to road markings to signs and traffic lights, stopped people using the space from communicating with one another. Remove them, and … Continue reading Naked organisations
This week I have learned: That people are probably confusing Serious with Solemn, and banning humour and fun from work makes serious things so much harder. I had a lovely evening listening to Neil Mullarkey talk about humour and improvisation at work and then saw this (prompted by Tom Geraghty's wonderful newsletter). In a conversation … Continue reading Weeknote 636: less solemn
There are a lot of duopolies in the world. Coke and Pepsi. Windows and Mac. Android and iOS. Labour and Conservative. When you have a duopoly it's really hard to get a new entrant in to break it. Remember Virgin Cola? Remember OS/2? Remember Windows Phone? Remember the Liberal Democrats? I was working at Microsoft … Continue reading Apple’s Duopoly Challenge
Today's coffee companion puts a human face on audit. We talked about: how we got to where we are the overlap between audit and accountancy the human nature of developing good audit practices the 3 layers model the challenges of risk management in organisations, and how positive risks taken get siloed from negative outcomes avoided … Continue reading 73rd of 100
On this day in 2022, I entered the Equal Experts offices in Farringdon, London, for the very first time as an employee. After nearly three years in my last role, I'd got to a point where I knew that I'd done enough to get RHP onto a different track, and it was time to do … Continue reading One year on…
Over my nearly 30 years of work, I've picked up a bunch of theories and models along my way. Some of them are useful, many of them I've forgotten. One that I keep coming back to is the 7-S Model. Developed by Tom Peters and Robert Waterman in the 1980s whilst they both worked at … Continue reading 7-Ss for Technology teams
Today's coffee companion is a security expert. For reasons of security, there are no bullet points. But we did have a mighty fine conversation that encompassed Billion Dollar Mistakes, empathy in healthcare professionals, Wardley Mapping and using HR professionals as a technology sales channel. There are plenty more coffees to be drunk. Sign up at … Continue reading 72nd of 100
This week I have learned: there are certain points in projects, the "milestones", that might be better described as millstones. Points of playback, or reflection, decision points or just notional lines in the sand. They can put people under huge stress. Working out ways to reduce that stress, but still keep people motivated, is key … Continue reading Weeknote 635: milestone
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