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How do you see and respond to the world? A story that’s relevant to the question of AI and creativity. Read more
This is my blog where I’ve been writing for 20 years. You will find posts about digital transformation, design and leadership. You can also find me on Bluesky and LinkedIn. In 2022 I published a book for TPXimpact, Multiplied.
How do you see and respond to the world? A story that’s relevant to the question of AI and creativity. Read more
Revisiting hypothesis-based approaches and the importance of ideas that end with a question mark. Read more
How it’s wired into us that we’re the centre of the map. Read more
Understanding DOGE and why organisations still need to reset their relationships with technology. Read more
Why change is hard. Exploring how it involves understanding people and team dynamics to try and unlock progress and new ways of doing things. Read more
Breaking down organisational challenges and responding to change with technology. Read more
Philippe Petit’s World Trade Center high-wire stunt in 1974 and the stories we take as true. Read more
A response to Pat McFadden’s ‘test and learn’ speech. Read more
Exploring why it’s possible to grow an organisation while staying beautifully small. Read more
The problem with the language of ‘analogue to digital’ when we have a health system that’s already full of technology. Read more
What we can learn from the work of Antony Gormley, British sculptor and artist. Read more
Exploring my predictions for the coming year in digital transformation. Read more
Exploring the importance of test and learn approaches and the attitudes we have towards failure. Read more
A story about upgrading my mobile phone contract with EE. Read more
The importance of caring deeply about your work, but learning how to hold that responsibility lightly. Read more
How we need to value design time over the outputs of design. Read more
Why it’s not smart to design for everything. Read more
How often is it that we’re not able to see where we’ll get stuck in our work? Read more
A story that starts with planning decisions in Coventry, and the problem of design losing any sense of the places and communities it represents. Read more