Writing a book is filled with lots of moments. The moment you get the idea from a spark and make the decision to write it. The moment when you see the blank piece of paper with no words. The moment you realise it’s going to take three times longer than you anticipated. The moment when… Read More Proving Impact
I remember working in different London councils when numerous elections have taken place, including the Brexit referendum. What people forget, after the event, is the simply incredible work my former colleagues will have done across the country to make the process as simple and effective as possible. Yes, there will be errors, but these are… Read More Sometimes just be thankful
The Norfolk Southern–Gregson Street Overpass is a railroad bridge in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Built in 1940, the bridge allows passenger and freight trains to cross over South Gregson Street in downtown Durham and also functions as the northbound access to the nearby Durham Amtrak station. Eleven thousand vehicles a day pass along this… Read More The 11foot8 bridge
One of the measures in my book – Proving Impact – is about understanding the context where performance, and learning, happens. I saw the following statistic last week: Since the election was announced, there has been a 53% increase in unique listens to political-specific podcasts, according to Acast and Podchaser data. Acast highlights news podcasts… Read More What matters
I have been a keen user of Twitter/X over the years but, as I’ve said before, it’s becoming more and more unusable. For example, there was a tweet – or is it now a post? – from someone the other day which had, below it, a button next to this message: Show probable spam So… Read More Fixing the wrong problem
Lost and Desperate 