A palette for making sense of thinking

Jun 7, 2013

MIND’S EYE — An Auction

This blogpost has been written to draw your attention to a blind auction of a bespoke piece of artwork. But first I want to give you some background. I urge you to follow the links so you can understand why this important effort deserves your support.

Simon

Jan 29, 2013

The Workplace Prayer

Please grant me the serenity to accept that the things I cannot change are going to mean pushing out project milestones and additional budget,
The courage to change the things I can get the client to pay extra for,
And the wisdom not to try to split the difference.

Simon

Feb 5, 2014

From Sketchnotes To Wall Art

So, sketchnotes are a great way of keeping a unique record of what you see and hear while you’re with a client. But what happens next? Well, here’s an example from my work with my good friends at Haymarket Publishing. The brief was pretty loose. “We want a visual record of a…

Simon

Aug 5, 2013

DAYDREAM BELIEVER

Vintery, mintery, cutery, corn,
Apple seed and apple thorn,
Wire, briar, limber lock
Three geese in a flock
One flew East
One flew West
And one flew over the cuckoo’s nest

Simon

Mar 12, 2013

The Self-Preservation Society — What The Italian Job Can Teach Business

In 1969, The Italian Job, one of the enduring hits of British cinema, was released and became a cult classic caper movie. With pithy dialogue and seminal one-liners (eg “Hang on lads. I’ve got a great idea”…

Simon

Jan 8, 2013

Got the Fun Factory X-Factor?

Much of what I see and read on the design of workplaces is concerned with the experience of that workplace once you are actively engaged in it, whether as a prospective hire in process or an existing employee (or on how they reinforce brand values and help “attract and retain…

Simon

Oct 2, 2013

Knee-jerk Stupidity

The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.
Albert Einstein

NZLead, run with passion and downright honest hard work by Amanda Sterling and Tash Pieterse, is arguably one of the very best sources of conversation…