Philosophy and Work (6): Attenborough, Rhizomes and MachinesThe Green Planet is currently airing on BBC 1 in the United Kingdom. It’s a flagship nature programme, made by naturalist, broadcaster and…Feb 7, 2022Feb 7, 2022
On the idiocy of measurement“Tout a été dit. Sans doute. Si les mots n’avaient changé de sens; et les sens, de mots.”Jan 15, 20221Jan 15, 20221
Philosophy and Work (5): the Ethics of AmbiguityEver since spending a lot of time in my life studying French and French culture, I’ve been very fond of the Existentialists — Jean-Paul…Dec 30, 2021Dec 30, 2021
On Sustainability and Business DesignI don’t often write about Business Design in spite of being one of the people who’s been doing this the longest. I started out in 2011…Nov 10, 20211Nov 10, 20211
Philosophy and Work (4) Can you manufacture consent in a company?In Generation X, Douglas Coupland talks about “power mist” , the “tendency of hierarchies in office environments to be diffuse and…Sep 29, 20211Sep 29, 20211
Philosophy and Work (3) What if Strategy looked completely different?Possibly one of the most overused terms in the lexicon of modern business, ‘strategy’ can mean everything and nothing. Sometimes it’s seen…Sep 22, 2021Sep 22, 2021
Philosophy and Work (2): HeraclitusDo you ever feel a tension between trying to distill yourself, or the organisation you work within, down to a ‘USP’ or a distinct value…Sep 16, 2021Sep 16, 2021
Philosophy and Work (I): Simone WeilWhat are we supposed to do at work when we feel ourselves being swept along by whatever current is pushing or pulling us, rather than…Sep 8, 2021Sep 8, 2021
Can philosophy help us in our work lives, and in business more broadly?The clue’s in the title. I think the answer is a resounding ‘yes’. But it’s going to take a few stories to explain why I think this is the…Sep 3, 2021Sep 3, 2021
Employees are people too…There’s been a huge shift going on in the Design world almost without us noticing, but one which — arguably — does more to fulfil the…Jan 10, 2017Jan 10, 2017