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Today's first coffee companion is a business consultant who helps his clients to understand the need and shape of future products. We talked about the benefits of generalism and how we have both made it a bit of a USP. We tried to work out how we had first got in touch with one another … Continue reading 22nd of 100

My first coffee companion today is a former colleague. We talked about lots of the people and organisations with whom we have worked in the past. Most of it was positive, but little of it should be repeated. My second coffee companion today is a technology consultant. We talked about the difficult period as an … Continue reading 20th and 21st of 100

This afternoon's coffee companion is a project and change manager, and a former world-class hockey umpire (which only came to light in our conversation). We talked about the nightmare that is running more than one Microsoft 365 email account across a Mac, PC and phone. We talked about the way in which being compliant and … Continue reading 19th of 100

This morning's coffee companion is a social media consultant based in Tbilisi, Georgia. We talked about how remote working is much more accessible to people in all sorts of places, and how most of his clients are in the UK. We chatted about how university has become so much more an exercise in seeking a … Continue reading 18th of 100

Today's coffee companion works in the sales team in the UK for a big Cloud SaaS provider. We talked about why I was doing this experiment, and her reflections on a similar experience she had but focusing on lunches rather than coffees, and inspired in turn by Kaley Chu. We talked about the mood of … Continue reading 17th of 100

Today's second coffee companion is a senior civil servant in one of the larger Whitehall departments. We walked as we talked. We talked about the legacy of the Government Digital Service, and the extend to which it did make a difference and also how it didn't. We talked about the necessary secrecy in some parts … Continue reading 16th of 100

My first coffee companion today is the founder and CEO of a business that provides freelance professionals who can deliver projects. We talked about the challenges of establishing a new business and balancing being clear about what you do with the necessary expedience of being able to turn your hand to anything. We talked about … Continue reading 15th of 100

This morning's coffee companion is a television news journalist. We last saw one another at Loughborough University some 3 decades ago. We talked about how it's totally impossible that 3 decades have passed since we last met. We also talked about how much technology has changed journalism in our working lifetimes, both in terms of … Continue reading 14th of 100

This afternoon's coffee companion is a colleague at EE. We talked about writing, and how I use it to make sense of the world. We talked about my circuitous path which I occasionally refer to as my career. We talked about addiction and the road to recovery. We talked about the challenges of parenting teenage … Continue reading 13th of 100