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Apr 22, 2021

What did you expect from The Vaccines?

If the COVID-19 / Coronavirus pandemic has taught me one thing it is how privileged I am. As a white, middle class man working in tech I have it pretty sweet. Yesterday I had my first COVID-19 Vaccination. Another privilege. I just had to walk the one and a half…

Covid-19

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What did you expect from The Vaccines?
What did you expect from The Vaccines?
Covid-19

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Feb 27, 2021

Keith Haring — in praise of simplicity

Last night I watched the BBC Arena documantary ‘Keith Haring — Street Art Boy’ If you’re in the UK It’s on iPlayer for a few more months. I can’t get over the fluidity of his line; it’s like he IS the brush. …

Lean

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Lean

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Oct 9, 2020

Glass Case Planners

Last week* I saw Narek Alaverdyan give an inspiring Agile London talk on his work at Hotels.com transforming their delivery cadence, creating the ability to experiment and fail early, and so deliver more value to the business. This image, from his talk, of factory staff managing the work from the…

Lean

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Glass Case Planners
Glass Case Planners
Lean

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Sep 20, 2020

History, Tragedy, Comedy. If Shakespeare were alive today he’d be The Streets

History, Tragedy, Comedy. If Shakespeare were alive today he’d be The Streets Like Shakespeare, Mike Skinner is an Everyman. In 500 years time there will be a film made called ‘Skinner in Love’. The music of The Streets takes in hip-hop, dance, pop, rock, even prog at times. …

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History, Tragedy, Comedy. If Shakespeare were alive today he’d be The Streets
History, Tragedy, Comedy. If Shakespeare were alive today he’d be The Streets

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Mar 20, 2019

“Lean Drawing” an exaptation story

Three years ago I was inspired by the artist Pascal Anson to make some pen and ink drawings of people using a strategy he shared on BBC TV’s Big Painting Challenge. Here’s one of them: Here’s Anson describing the strategy: As a practitioner of Lean strategies and methods in…

Art

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“Lean Drawing” an exaptation story
“Lean Drawing” an exaptation story
Art

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Jan 29, 2018

Why I love baby signing

Last November*, Sasha Felix, founder of baby signing programme Sing and Sign asked parents to write about their experiences of Baby Signing for the Sussex addition of ABC Magazine. You can read it in the online version of ABC magazine (Select Page 27 at the top of the page). …

Parenting

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Why I love baby signing
Why I love baby signing
Parenting

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Aug 15, 2017

The Robots are Coming

Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas Edinburgh Fringe 9/8/2017 One of my highlights of this year’s Edinburgh Fringe was a talk by Professor Ruth Aylett of Herriot Watt University entitled ‘The Robots are Coming’. …

Robotics

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The Robots are Coming
The Robots are Coming
Robotics

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