What does good thinking look like?
Earlier this week, I posted up the four images above on a twitter poll and on instagram, and asked the simple questions; A, B, C or D? No context, just that – of the four images, which would you...
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View ArticleWhat does good thinking look like?
Earlier this week, I posted up the four images above on a twitter poll and on instagram, and asked the simple questions; A, B, C or D? No context, just that – of the four images, which would you...
View ArticleTowards Leastmodernism; Mr Prosser’s Bulldozer
I was at my second International Futures Form (IFF) breakfast this morning. On Zoom, naturally*. One of the conversation threads in our breakout group was about clutter. We’re spending much more time...
View ArticleFiring Korben Dallas
There’s been a lot of attention paid to a comment that Jes Staley, CEO of Barclays, said on Wednesday 29th April 2020 in comments to reporters. “…the notion of putting 7,000 people in a building may...
View ArticlePlaying the hand you’re dealt
I’ve been thinking a lot about Assemblage. It’s been prompted by Anab’s inclusion of it in her More-Than-Human-Politics manifesto, pointedly positioned against Systems (“Assemblages are diverse,...
View ArticleTraffic Signs, Not Billboards
I went to our local high street today in Haywards Heath. I had an errand to run; my watch battery ran out two weeks into lockdown, and I wanted to get it fixed at the independent jeweller (hey, kids,...
View ArticleIntroduction to Assemblage Space
I wanted to expand on a new idea I’ve been working on, Assemblage Space. I was invited by Steve Simmance to give a short talk as part of a Future of Work Forum he was setting up for some clients. They...
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There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets inLeonard Cohen First of all, thank you to everyone who’s said nice things about this new website. And more crucially, perhaps, to those with...
View ArticleWhat does good thinking look like?
Earlier this week, I posted up the four images above on a twitter poll and on instagram, and asked the simple questions; A, B, C or D? No context, just that – of the four images, which would you...
View ArticleTowards Leastmodernism; Mr Prosser’s Bulldozer
I was at my second International Futures Form (IFF) breakfast this morning. On Zoom, naturally*. One of the conversation threads in our breakout group was about clutter. We’re spending much more time...
View ArticleFiring Korben Dallas
There’s been a lot of attention paid to a comment that Jes Staley, CEO of Barclays, said on Wednesday 29th April 2020 in comments to reporters. “…the notion of putting 7,000 people in a building may...
View ArticlePlaying the hand you’re dealt
I’ve been thinking a lot about Assemblage. It’s been prompted by Anab’s inclusion of it in her More-Than-Human-Politics manifesto, pointedly positioned against Systems (“Assemblages are diverse,...
View ArticleTraffic Signs, Not Billboards
I went to our local high street today in Haywards Heath. I had an errand to run; my watch battery ran out two weeks into lockdown, and I wanted to get it fixed at the independent jeweller (hey, kids,...
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