Finishing lines (1)
Or The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living Where are… Read More »Finishing lines (1)
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Keepy uppies
Try playing keepy uppies with your projects: Do something every day, however small, to move them on and keep them alive Find friends for the… Read More »Keepy uppies
Leg ups
It’s easy to recruit people or find partners if you lower your standards, but you almost certainly shouldn’t – apart from anything else, when will… Read More »Leg ups
Starting line
Where’s the starting line for your project? How good does someone need to be to… Work for you? Work with you? For you to work… Read More »Starting line
Sketchpad studio springboard
Fit for Purpose or Good Enough mean different things depending on what we’re talking about, who it’s for and where and how it’s going to… Read More »Sketchpad studio springboard
Prominence
Making prominence your aim is like building a skyscraper without laying foundations: you might make something tall, but it’s unlikely to last and it will… Read More »Prominence
Velcro, geckos, and making friends
Some ideas for strengthening your connections within a group of people or scene: Have good, generous intentions. Show up to serve or share where it’s… Read More »Velcro, geckos, and making friends
The Onion (3): exemplar interesting problem – learning to read
Problems gain (or lose) interestingness as their context and scale changes. Take teaching a kids to read as an example. It’s almost inevitable that a… Read More »The Onion (3): exemplar interesting problem – learning to read
The hard thing about soft skills
The hard thing about the ‘soft’ skills of courtesy and consideration is that they’re only partly skills. They’re far more about our attitude: how much… Read More »The hard thing about soft skills
Taking the temperature
What do you do to keep an eye on how your team is doing – as individuals and a team? A less-structured meeting (or part… Read More »Taking the temperature