This is what I heard from a lovely hour listening to Angus, The Agent and Andis discuss the Bristol street art scene. It is incomplete, possibly partially erroneous, but most fascinating insight into the rules of engagement. It made me … Continue reading Some Rules of Bristol Graffiti
Social networking and the collaboration dynamic is transforming the enterprise, right? Whether it is your Jive or Yammer instance, or more recently ChatOps like Slack and Hipchat, people know each other more, teams are working out loud by default, and … Continue reading Public Vs. Private In Your Enterprise Social Network
In Change Agents Worldwide, we had a conversation thread recently about how we talk about each other, so that others might know us better. Lois Kelly and I agreed to correspond. Now, I have never met Lois in person. So what am … Continue reading The Fabulous Cannon Of Aha: You Should Know…Lois Kelly
Where to begin? OK, well, this is a data dump. It might even be a love letter. It is about a group of people who have helped me be better at work, more productive, more urgent, more optimistic, more open. … Continue reading Everyone, Anytime, Everywhere, Anything*
I like these kinds of articles about hiring best practice. If you are undertaking hiring interviews, explains Fast Co., ask questions relating to these seven topics: grit, rigour, impact, teamwork, ownership, curiosity, and polish (not Polish, as I first thought…) … Continue reading 7 Ways Working Out Loud Can Get You Hired!
[Big] Data is telling us that we – the great and good middle class – are generally screwed. There is a slide to low-paid jobs, we are extravagantly over-educated and our skills increasingly under-leveraged. What to do? I have begun … Continue reading The Middle Class Is Screwed (Part Two) – The Fight Back Begins
During International Working Out Loud week recently, I was scanning my work world considering how I leverage its techniques: garnering inputs from a wide array of experts, across a myriad of topics, synthesized through an interconnected network of interested parties … … Continue reading Reading A Newspaper Is A Good Working Out Loud Practice
I thought, for a while there, that technology had unleashed me on to an unsuspecting world (just ask some of my warier colleagues). Technology as liberator! Technology that unlocks the door and then, wait for it, steps aside and ushers … Continue reading I Thought Technology No Longer Carried Such A Heavy Cognitive Load: Scratching My Head Out Loud #WOLweek
A message to colleagues in my company today… Back story +++++++ Until about 5 years ago, I thought I had to do it all on my own – that I had to take full ownership of an idea or a … Continue reading The Purpose of Networking And How It Can Improve Your Work / Life #WOLweek
I work in a matrix / network fashion; by turns browsing across media and content types to get a feel on something; then deep-diving into a tool or content type to deliver outputs / productivity. This is a very Millennial … Continue reading A Reflection on My Working Style For International Work Out Loud Week #WOLweek
We sit together and discuss content out loud, dropping in and out of each other’s conversations. We wear headphones when we want to focus We write up themes and projects on a whiteboard so we can massage serendipity We share … Continue reading Working Out Loud with Millennials #WOLweek
I am just back from a week with my mum in the UK with the kids. Hardly a thought about work, including “out loud”, and wondering what I have to say about this movement of sorts, this time around… And … Continue reading Working Out Loud Is Like Bamboo: You Can Physically Observe Growth
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