Practice notes, May 24 I really enjoyed these musings posted on LinkedIn by Jo Lucas. She talks about conceptual dissonance, or the likelihood that people will form and hold different ideas about seemingly concrete concepts. I regularly encounter this in my work. It’s fascinating watching people hold conversations about things they think they agree…

Practice notes, May 17 I’m listening to The Big Con at the moment, Mariana Mazzucato’s and Rosie Collington’s recently published book. I’m a couple of chapters in. So far the focus is on how the consultancy industry undermines the fabric of organisations by extracting information, intelligence and resource. It’s prompted my mind to revisit…

A few weeks ago I wrote this short piece about my 8 year old daughter. Let’s call her Noodle. Lots of people got in touch when they read it. Old friends I haven’t heard much from since school and university days. Good friends who know Noodle well. Complete strangers who…

I had imagined that the first piece I’d post on here would be about my work. I don’t love writing. I find it difficult to land things. I have loads to say, but cementing it so monolithically in words seems … difficult. Put me on a stage and I’ll talk…