I know I get stuff wrong. When I write something like the 50 more Big Ideas for example, I ‘know’ some people will be looking at it and criticising, challenging and probably laughing. As Seth Godin so brilliantly put this week, if people aren’t laughing behind your back: …it’s possible you’re not being bold enough,… Read More Comedic interludes
I’m taking a few days out in the next couple of weeks to do nothing. That doesn’t mean ‘nothing’ in the literal sense; I’ll still happily spend hours on screens for dopamine hits but these will involve gaming, movies, and finishing TV box sets. I’ll happily be scrolling through my phone taking pictures of my… Read More Doing nothing
I was reading one of those chain mail type messages the other day on BlueSky; this one was about music and asked the usual questions – first gig, loudest gig, etc. These posts and round robin type messages are a way for people to talk about themselves and state their identity through whatever medium is… Read More Diverse
I was speaking with some people yesterday and talked through an idea I first surfaced about 8 years ago. It’s a simple frame to think about how to apply resources and why transactional activity doesn’t solve strategic problems. To me it’s simple. I can describe it fully, with depth and confidence. To the people I… Read More What you’re proposing
This is the 25th blog post I’ve written where I mention creativity and the first where I feel able to describe it as more than imagination or originality. The reason is that I like short lists. I like to be able to take concepts and distil them down to three, four, or five discrete words… Read More Silver anniversary