Seth Godin on difficult conversations
I highly recommend this week’s excellent episode of Akimbo about Difficult Conversations. Here’s my summary: There are lots of conversations that we think of as… Read More »Seth Godin on difficult conversations
May 2020
“I barely scratched the surface.”
“How was work today?” “Good, but it felt like I barely scratched the surface.” I imagine we’ll still be saying the same thing when we… Read More »“I barely scratched the surface.”
The water we swim in: Robert Pondiscio on culture and school performance
This extract is from is a great Econtalk discussion of How the Other Half Learns. Recommend. Robert Pondiscio: They [Success Academy Charter Schools] require an… Read More »The water we swim in: Robert Pondiscio on culture and school performance
Neil Gaiman on reading fiction, empathy and changing the world
“Fiction has two uses. Firstly, it’s a gateway drug to reading. The drive to know what happens next, to want to turn the page, the… Read More »Neil Gaiman on reading fiction, empathy and changing the world
Commitment: their actual lives
This might be your life’s work. It might be a side project. But as you work – doing something to help, perhaps hiring people to… Read More »Commitment: their actual lives
The onion strikes back: Maggie Koerth on the nested problems of Covid-19 testing
Covid-19 testing has been a mixed bag: Singapore and Korea seem to have been able to get on top of things quickly, while the UK… Read More »The onion strikes back: Maggie Koerth on the nested problems of Covid-19 testing
David Krakauer on Claude Shannon’s definition of information
[Claude] Shannon said “Look, here’s what information is. Let’s say I want to navigate from one part of the city to another, from A to… Read More »David Krakauer on Claude Shannon’s definition of information
“What should I do?”
If you desperately need a job, you are just another problem for a boss; if you can solve many of the problems the boss has… Read More »“What should I do?”
Some questions
Who for? Who will you serve? What do you think they need, what do they want, and what story will you tell to align the… Read More »Some questions
Contextualising best practice: one size does not fit all
Here’s another example of how “best practice” is context dependent, this time in responses to the Covid-19 crisis: In the response to the COVID-19 pandemic,… Read More »Contextualising best practice: one size does not fit all
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