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📝 Writing
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Portfolio Career
Standing on set
After he’d shot his scenes for the day, Alec Baldwin would retreat to the
comforts of his private trailer.
A story a day keeps the clouds away
I struggle with depression sometimes. Admitting this publicly is probably not
good for business. Then again, I’m a human
Mindsets & Growth
Hiring: the voices in-between
I first posted this little riff on LinkedIn
[https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6803739664575434752/], and
wanted
Transforming 'average'
This morning I asked Jacinta what she was wearing. It looked fabulous.
Something from a boutique perhaps? A well-known designer
The Tension
Two forms of form
It’s a TV show. A podcast. A blog post. A slide deck.
If we’re making something, we probably
The Tension
Flexibility & Lock-In
There’s a lot of opportunity for us to work with more flexibility. The last year
has proved it.
Technology
Entrepreneurial Endeavours
Runway
When going out and doing a new thing, people often talk about ‘runway’. Usually
this term refers to the number
Can't write? Then speak
Jerry Seinfeld says writing is the hardest thing in the world. He’s
exaggerating, but not all that much. Writing
Mindsets & Growth
Going back to the Old Oak
You know those people who like to talk about how many books they’ve read this
year?
It’s ok,
In The Neighborhood
The new success
There used to be a cafe in the Lower East Side called El Rey. It was a tiny
place, with
Adventures...
Adventures… #54: Windows to the world
Why we need a different kind of aperture, and some of football's hidden clues
A trip to Barcelona, and the hint I didn't take
In 2008 I was working at a digital agency in London. A digital agency creates stuff for brands – usually campaigns,
Adventures...
Adventures #53: The Momentum Machine
Two valuable lessons from a pair of toddlers, plus career navigation made better and a dose of YOLO
Best of...
Fitness and Education: from IRL to URL
8 lessons for the new era of learning
Give your social media timelines a cursory scroll and it probably won’
Adventures...
Adventures... #52: Through the Jungle
Why we need digital caretakers - not just elite creator commandos. Plus: purchasing power parity, and why bands are disappearing
Stage Left
The resident earworm: west on 27th
Much of it was cleaning windows, picking up sandwiches, and writing mailing
labels. But it was the most impactful job
Stage Left
As good as it gets
It’s easy to forget that even Hollywood legends had to start somewhere.
There was once a time when Jack