John OswaldPhilosophy 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…8 min read·Feb 7, 2022----
John OswaldOn the idiocy of measurement“Tout a été dit. Sans doute. Si les mots n’avaient changé de sens; et les sens, de mots.”6 min read·Jan 15, 2022--1--1
John OswaldPhilosophy 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…6 min read·Dec 30, 2021----
John OswaldOn 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…5 min read·Nov 10, 2021--1--1
John OswaldPhilosophy 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…7 min read·Sep 29, 2021--1--1
John OswaldPhilosophy 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…5 min read·Sep 22, 2021----
John OswaldPhilosophy 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…4 min read·Sep 16, 2021----
John OswaldPhilosophy 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…5 min read·Sep 8, 2021----
John OswaldCan 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…3 min read·Sep 3, 2021----
John OswaldEmployees 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…3 min read·Jan 10, 2017----
