This week I have learned: the wonderful opportunities you get from spending time with people who are newer into their careers than you and so with very different perspectives. The EvolvE programme at EE is a really interesting initiative and I spent a bunch of time with some of the current cohort this week in … Continue reading Weeknote 623: lest it snow
How very Douglas Adams. Today's coffee companion is a leadership consultant. We talked about: our respective career histories the PlayCards the way in which playing cards allow people to interact with ideas differently the importance of playfulness in work leadership, and why Servant Leadership is such a strange term to use the importance of leaders … Continue reading 42nd of 100
This morning's coffee companion is a wonderfully innovative individual. We talked about: what we have been up to since we last met the value of unconstrained, agendaless conversations to generate serendipitous events whether this conversation should count as a #100Coffees coffee or not how coffee is a metaphor the things that are currently being looked … Continue reading 41 of 100
Today’s coffee companion is a Chief Operating Officer for a scale-up company involved with mental health support. We talked about: The dismal state of UK politics The challenges of rearing kids with ADHD The strange lack of contentment amongst Western migrant workers in the Middle East Country versus City living American startups buying up industries … Continue reading 40th of 100
This afternoon's coffee companion is a Learning & Development professional working from Canada. We talked about: learning about learning in the armed forces the difference between corporate leadership and military leadership how the class system reflects in the Officer structures in the British military how long it takes to train engineers in the air force … Continue reading 39th of 100
This morning’s coffee companion is a consultant who helps clients to build better skills for innovation and networking. We talked about: The need for organisations to introduce playfulness to help innovation actually happen Our own peculiar career paths and the twists and turns we have both taken (Inevitably) the PlayCards The peculiar nature of academia, … Continue reading 38th of 100
This week I have learned: the mildly addictive nature of watching my Shopify feed. Don't forget the PlayCards are available, and there are only a few of the pre-order special offer left... the continuing need for anthropology when it comes to delivering projects successfully. It's all about the people, personalities and relationships. that the personality … Continue reading Weeknote 622: into a groove
Today's coffee companion is someone I worked with at a client in my free range days as Stamp London. We talked about: what we had both been up to since we last met - a number of interesting career diversions for both of us the importance of working for organisations with clear purpose the work … Continue reading 37th of 100
Today's coffee companion helps bring the pirate out in people. We talked about: the wonders of New York City, especially at Christmas how there's more to the Rockefeller Center than the tree the strange history of public art in the place the narcissism of small differences the book The Regenerative Business how usually it's a … Continue reading 36th of 100
Today's coffee companion designs streets. We talked about: East London and the vibrancy of Hackney West London and the verdancy of Bushy Park how Excel is the original low code/no code platform and should be respected as such how most people use it as a database how its surprising that no one has been able … Continue reading 35th of 100
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