Jun 27, 2019Mouse and ManA short truthful tale — When I was working away from London, a group of mice made a home in my house. Unaware of what was unfolding (and miles away) I read an article about mice and men. A laboratory study had found that the presence of a male (from any species) makes the already…This Happened To Me3 min readThis Happened To Me3 min read
Mar 20, 2019A Generous Look At Dark EmotionsCan we learn to love our complicated feelings? — Darkness is such a beautifully rich concept — but so universal that it often goes unexamined. And we miss out on half of it’s beauty if we limit it to the bad side of good vs. bad. With this in mind, I previously offered up four new metaphors for darkness…Darkness4 min readDarkness4 min read
Mar 20, 2019Four New Metaphors For DarknessSome suggestions for seeing the beauty of the dark — Over the last few years my eyes have been slowly opening to the potency of metaphor. Above and beyond the beauty in a figurative phrase, I’m interested in how ideas embedded into our everyday language impact our perception, often without us realising. Let me first make it more tangible with…Darkness5 min readDarkness5 min read
Nov 12, 2018Ten suggestions for a little brother (from a little brother)Two of my dearest friends in the world asked me to be the godfather to their second son, and write something for him as part of his dedication. …Brothers2 min readBrothers2 min read
Published inletsgohq·Sep 10, 2018Complex problem solving: five don’tsOur lives are full of complex challenges. A complex problem is one where it’s not simply a case of predictable cause-and-effect. In complexity, the different parts of the system effect each other in ways you can’t perfectly model or predict. Not everything complicated or difficult is complex. So launching a…Design2 min readDesign2 min read
May 23, 2018Stop with all the productivity preachingDramatically increase your productivity with this one time management tip: don’t spend any time beating yourself up about time management. I’ve spent years with a niggling background doubt that I’m not following any of the productivity tips that I read are vital. …Productivity2 min readProductivity2 min read
Published inletsgohq·May 20, 2018A valuable idea that flows from the EastLiving and working in China for a year in 2011 was in equal measure disorientating and delightful. I moved there with my job — as a lead consultant with What If — and I was lucky to be working alongside brilliant local minds on both regional and local projects. It’s…Leadership3 min readLeadership3 min read
May 16, 2018Work takes time: you can achieve less than you think in a year, more than you think in a decadeI heard this quote a while ago but I have no idea where it was from: You can achieve less than you think in a year, more than you think in a decade. It is one of those ideas that really stuck with me, and has been worming away in…Achievement3 min readAchievement3 min read
Published inDesignMakeDo·May 3, 2018The dark side of collaborationThis is a reflection written after DesignMakeDo event in London about creative collaborations where I presented along with Peter Mandeno, Miquel Mora and Steve McInerny. Collaboration is often seen as the “nice thing to do”. But a theme of the evening lurking beneath the surface was the darker side to…Collaboration3 min readCollaboration3 min read
Published inletsgohq·Apr 15, 2018What are you weaving? Collaborative problem-solving doesn’t move in straight linesThe world is full of important, complex challenges that can only be addressed meaningfully by working together — and one of the joys of the work we do at Let’s Go is to have a view across a wide spectrum. For example, earlier in the year it was a joy…Weaving4 min readWeaving4 min read
