The pavement on the walk to drop the kids off at school this morning was littered with tiny conkers, no more than half a centimetre in diameter. The torrential rain of the past 24 hours had dislodged the infant fruit from the trees above. Over the coming months no doubt more will be lost as … Continue reading Conkers
This week I have learned: procrastination about things you are anxious about is a fool's game. Face the fear. ...unless it's a dead parakeet, in which case just leave it. work opportunities are like buses. Conversion is still the challenge, though. Next week: back to the Wharf. The week (fortnight) in photos:
For a year or so now I've been playing with the role of tactility in consulting processes. Well, that's a good retrospective justification of what I've been doing - what I've actually been doing is creating and playing with different sets of the Priority Cards. Nonetheless, it's become an exercise in understanding the role of … Continue reading The remarkable world of touch
We are constantly confronting the need for change in our organisations. Change at an institutional level, at a team level all the way down to the actions and behaviours of individuals. The world around us is mutating, and we need to adapt to accommodate that change. Yet if you ask people why they can't change, … Continue reading Be more firefighter
Normal service will be resumed next week.
The Podcast Powered Projects initiative is now up and running, and one thing that's arisen (and about which I've had a few other enquiries too) is how one might get a podcast that can be consumed only by people within one's own organisation. There are a number of challenges to unpack here, so let's take … Continue reading Internal Podcasts
This week I have learned: the gulf in class between 1st and 11th in the Premier League the amazing sense of togetherness in defeat that the 30,000 Watford fans at Wembley experienced The delight to be had in catching up with old friends... ...but also the scary sense of how time is passing that results … Continue reading Weeknote 435: togetherness
This week I have learned: The podcasting thing is working A hotel just outside Watford is, when push comes to shove, still a hotel just outside Watford Excitement nonetheless is building Catching up with old friends makes you realise you should make more effort Lego. Is. The. Future. Man they've tarted up Aviation House. The … Continue reading Weeknote 434: FA Cup
Today marks two anniversaries in my professional life; the 9th of me writing my first Weeknote, and the 6th of launching the Stamp thing onto the world. I'm quite amazed that I've been able to keep up the weeknoting habit. Started after a reading an article in Wired, and thinking it seemed like a good … Continue reading Anniversary notes
This week I have learned: it costs around £200k to put a poster around the Waterloo IMAX for a fortnight it costs about £7 to put a little advert on a tube train for the same period of time closing is hard the dismal weather is wearing tactility and touch is really complicated I'm still … Continue reading Weeknote 433: data
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