Ah, the annual business planning exercise. An art installation in the creative use of numbers. Organisations for the most part will go through such extended periods of financial contemplation every year, often about six months before a new financial year begins. Everyone guesses some numbers using intuition, past performance and the game that is "How … Continue reading Pipelines
This week I have learned: that some blokes really get uppity if you even possibly suggest that there is more that we could collectively be doing to make the world a more equal placethat I'm really glad that Lockdown has made it socially acceptable to have Zoom Pub Nights. The Kebab & Ventilator is my … Continue reading Weeknote 560: All Men
The PlayCards include one card that I've been meaning to do on myself for a while. In the Be An Artist skill, the instruction is to Create an exhibition of your recent work. Invite friends and family to the opening. Well, this is the grand opening. And I've done a full life retrospective, rather than … Continue reading An exhibition
I posted a short article on LinkedIn at the end of last week that divided opinion. I won't link to it here, but it's on my LinkedIn profile if you want to see it. I say it divided opinion. The division was in no way equal. As I write this, the post has had c. … Continue reading Sowing division
This week I have learned: that something I had a hand in starting 30 years ago has turned into something joyousI do miss working in the meedjaThe Value Proposition Canvas is a very neat tool now I've got my head around itI don't want to live in a world where women have to cover the … Continue reading Weeknote 559 – Stampable
This week I have learned: when rail transport goes wrong it can do so most spectacularlyconferences that don't talk endlessly about technology are my favourite conferencesit's good that I still know how to fill time because when you're waiting to get a Zoom connection to an MP whilst standing in front of a room of … Continue reading Weeknote 558 – Up north
At the beginning of this week, I was lucky enough to be the Chair of the Inside Housing Connected Futures Summit. It was a housing sector event that covered a broad gamut of subjects related to change, technology and what to do about it. Rather than give a blow-by-blow account, here are a few reflections … Continue reading Connected Futures
This week I have learned - how to intervene when a colleague inadvertantly steps into a world of prejudicial stereotypesthat we maybe need to think about long noses when we think about generational differencesthat I need to think more about radiating intent rather than begging forgivenessthat we may be waiting a little longerthat it was … Continue reading Weeknote 557 – accomodation
On Monday and Tuesday next week I have the great privilege to be chairing the Inside Housing Connected Futures Summit in Manchester. Over the past few months I've been involved in helping to shape the event, which is a chance for change-focused people from across the Housing industry to gather together and discuss some of … Continue reading Pitfalls of the future
Every so often I'll try to read something a bit leftfield as it's often the way I can unlock thinking in my own world. So it was with reading Simon Winchester's Exactly: How precision engineering created the modern world. There's something fascinating about how the history of technological development can help to shape our understanding … Continue reading Why invest?
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