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Creative Business

The perils of Audience Capture

If you’ve ever posted on any social media platform, you run the risk of Audience Capture. But this is

15 Nov

Future Of Work

Where did I lose you?

Lose. Confuse. These are common problems when we’re sharing our work and ideas. It’s worth being aware of

06 Nov

Learning Innovation

Did you lose them? Or confuse them?

Lose. Confuse. These are common problems when we’re sharing our work and ideas. It’s worth being aware of

06 Nov

Adventures...

Lost & Found | Adventures… #62

Hello. I'm back. It only took a year and a half...

02 Nov

Best of...

I struggle horribly as a student. So I rebuilt the class. Here's how.

I had a horrible experience in a class recently. So I tried to figure out why - and what I could do to remedy it.

30 Oct

Entrepreneurial Endeavours

Tour de Freedom

By 2016, Mark Cavendish had won 30 stages of the Tour de France. It was extraordinary. Most pro cyclists go

30 Oct

Journal

Michael Mann's musical meltdown

'The Insider' is probably only Michael Mann's second best film. But his best was 'Heat&

29 Oct

Creative Business

Hobby. Job. Career. Vocation.

A 'self-help' video that everyone should take 9 minutes to watch.

29 Oct

Reflections & Stories

Flash Balls & The Great Dictator

The summer of 2017 was a pivotal time in my life. The UK was still reeling from the Brexit vote

28 Oct

My single go-to question for an intro chat

I do a lot of intro calls and chats. Despite being an introvert, I really do like meeting people. I’

27 Oct

Learning Innovation

Why conference Q&A segments kill the experience

Live events are back. Conferences, summits, conventions, festivals. All hail human interactions! Fresh ideas! A variety of salted snacks! But

25 Oct

Creative Business

The Monopoly on Narrative

This quote by Bryce Roberts on entrepreneurship and narratives stopped me in my tracks: “In the same regards that VCs

23 Oct

Independent Paths

The new Mom-and-pop store

“Mom-and-pop” businesses are typically small, family-owned, independent. They’ve gone in and out of fashion (mainly out). But I reckon

21 Oct

NYC

5 tips for making it in NYC

If you can make it in New York, you can make it anywhere. True? Probably. But how do you get

28 Sep

Journal

I want to believe your pitch. But I can’t.

The story of the SXSW shuffle I’m in the middle of evaluating 200 proposals for SXSW. One theme is

25 Aug

Freelancing

Teaching. Denied.

I recently applied to do some adjunct teaching. I like teaching. I’ve done a lot of it, and have

22 Aug

Entrepreneurial Endeavours

"The ups and downs of entrepreneurship"

Can someone please ban this phrase? “Ups and downs” is about as descriptive as saying New York is a place

03 Aug

Independent Paths

Overcoming Inertia

A lot of people are struggling in their work right now. Most don’t want to talk about it. But

26 Jul