Listening back to myself in a podcast edit recently, I realised I was using the word ‘so’ an awful lot. Afraid to leave the empty space in my sentences, I was using ‘so’ as punctuation. I mentioned this to someone and asked if that made sense. ‘Perfect’ was her reply, as it was to everything… Read More Verbal punctuation
There’s an interesting test you can undertake with LLM like Chat GPT. Ask them to name 10 philosophers and a few month ago the response would have been exclusively male and white. Ask the question now and these models have learnt that this isn’t a satisfactory answer – the latest list I got is below:… Read More Name 10 philosophers
I saw this quote recently: “harmonious, happy meetings may be a warning of groupthink and complacency, whereas agitation, passionate arguments and some stress are good signs” Hedge Hogging Barton Biggs I recognise that an agreeable and happy place might be our preference for work. Are we failing to challenge if we value harmony over passion?
There is so much noise on LinkedIn it can be really difficult to find the good stuff. The way the algorithm works means the popular stuff rises to the top. But popular doesn’t mean good. If you’re not curating, searching and looking for the better stuff you’re relying on other people to tell you through… Read More Popular and worthy
In the order of things an informed choice is much MUCH better than an educated guess. An educated guess is always WAY better than an uneducated guess. Are you helping people choose or are you helping them to guess in the right direction?
Lost and Desperate 