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The Sunday Dispatches archive...
How long is your shadow?
How long is your shadow? Yesterday I snapped this photo on Conwy Morfa beach. The perfect place for a dog walk and to blow away the mental cobwebs. Looking at the photo I was reminded of the long shadows we human cast. We tend not to think about it much.
Take breath
Yesterday I woke up to this view. Snowdonia with a sprinkle of icing sugar. No fake billboards with perspirational quotes. No sycophantic industry rewards. No not so humble brags. Unexpected. Awesome. Real. Take breath. Stop scrolling. Find your centre. That's it. For today.
Think Different
I love it when there's a seemingly Unreasonable Agenda. The Apple Think Different campaign epitomised this. Just look at the change makers: Albert Einstein: Questioned absolute space-time. Bob Dylan: Reimagined song meanings poetically. Martin Luther King Jr.: Envisioned equality beyond segregation. Richard Branson: Ignored business conventions fearlessly.
Here to share
Posting regularly on LinkedIn one starts to appreciate the different social engagement circles. You've got your lurkers. They follow but never engage. You've got your collectors. They connect to boost their numbers, but aren't truly interested. You've got your barnacles (HT Dean
Molly vs the Machines
Monetising misery. A machine for manipulating behaviour. Global architecture of surveillance. Computational governance. -//- Yesterday I watched Molly vs the Machines on Channel 4 catch up. I feel it's a must watch for anyone with children. The phrases above are four of many I wrote down, used to describe
Dobby is a free elf.
Today Dobby will be trying third-person self-talk. He will only use observed data, ignoring narratives and feelings. This started as a light-hearted response to a question from my friend Adrian Sandy 🗝️: “I wonder if it's possible to hard‑wire your brain to objectively evaluate yourself
Weird.
It's a little weird. I just got an email from myself. This happens every Sunday. It’s a copy of The Weekly Reframe, the memo I send out for others to read. What’s strange is reading it back as a subscriber. There are parts I don’t
Systems
A working system delivers consistent outcomes. Which means there are never bad results. Now, there may be undesirable results, because the system was designed to deliver one thing, and it's not what you want now. Maybe it was never what you wanted. So, stop blaming the system. The
Special relationship?
Can a 'special relationship' be transactional? Consultants aspire to Trusted Advisor status. And that's what some clients want. But others are looking for a Vendor. The only 'trust' they want... for you to do what they say. And if you don't, if