This week I have learned: I might need to incorporate because corporates are incapable of dealing with anything but companies, even though companies were supposed to be legally equivalent to people. The costs incurred will be passed on to my future clients if I do go down that route. That flowchart will follow me to … Continue reading Weeknote 424: Sole Trader
I'm running a session this afternoon with my CxO priority cards. It's online. So I have had to improvise... What should end up on screen should look like this: To achieve that my office currently looks like this: Starting on the left-hand side and going clockwise... Nikon D5600 sitting on an old Velbon tripod attached by … Continue reading Physical to digital
Look at the picture above. There are about 150 or so people in a room. But notice how they are interacting. There are many small groups, and a few loners. It's not 150 people in a room interacting, it's a series of groups of people who happen to be in the same room. (The room, … Continue reading Why interactions won’t scale.
I wrote recently about the differences between interactions and transactions, and the trouble with scaling interactions. Yesterday I was chatting with a client in reflection on experiences that they have had recently in helping people to adopt Microsoft Teams, and it seemed to bear out an assumption I've had for a while that products like … Continue reading Transactions, Interactions, and Teams
This week I have learned: there is something in the Podcast Powered Projects thing. We have a client. go in on spec, play card games, gain new client (probably). One of the most enjoyable 2 hours of my working life. sometimes it's basically a hard deadline you need to think laterally (and to pull one's … Continue reading Weeknote 423: playing/pitching
I need to pay more attention. I can't remember who it was who introduced me to this concept. It might have been Mark Earls. It might have been Andy Law. The concept has stuck with me, the originator has been blurred in my mind. I'll blame autocorrect. The concept goes a little like this. Think of … Continue reading Transactions v Interactions
This week I have learned: leading a horse to water might be harder than the proverb suggests. building relationships to work in partnership for clients is so central to what I do. Podcast Powered Projects are go! (more to follow) It's nice being on the other side of the podcast mic once in a while. … Continue reading Weeknote 422: colouring outside the lines
This week I have learned: Get things out there, kids. Until you do, it's all theory. My selling approach isn't highly regarded by seasoned sales professionals. I can probably see their point. We might have another Podcast-Powered Project in the offing. The marketing industry can just do one when it comes to appropriating calendar events … Continue reading Weeknote 421: Train delays play
This week I have learned: distilling three years of work into one thing in a short period of time can feel like cheating, or can feel insubstantial. But maybe that's just imposter syndrome. there appears to be a significant support to the idea of making political data more usable rather than merely accessible. Editing a … Continue reading Weeknote 420: inventories
Something strange is going on in Westminster. Actually, a whole lot of strange things are going on in Westminster, but there's one in particular that is leaving me concerned. It's the way that it appears that the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Matt Hancock has taken on responsibility for policy around the … Continue reading Is Social Media a Public Health Issue?
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