Working closely with an Italian team means seeing your future before it happens. I've seen them react to their evolving situation including travel restrictions, school closures, shops closing and working from home. In almost daily update video calls, over the last few weeks it's been clear that this was going to be the new normalContinue reading "business not quite as usual"
workshops and horns
It’s quite strange how reluctant people are to put away their phones and close their laptop screens in meetings. Having been frustrated a lot recently as both participant and running workshops, we decided to be very clear and deliberate in two sessions we ran this week. After limited response to the first request, we repeated,Continue reading "workshops and horns"
Broken
There are good people and not so good people. They’ve defined who I work for and who I am. It’s how I react to situations. It’s why I’ve run through walls for people and broken myself in the process - not necessarily as a result of those people but what happens in life. But what’sContinue reading "Broken"
Remote lessons
This is me sitting outside the One Co Work offices in Barcelona’s marina some weeks ago. We spent two days inside here workshopping and scheming. And quite a few hours after the meetings in the cafe opposite the hotel, and in the hotel, working remotely and collaborating to do the day job outside of theContinue reading "Remote lessons"
autologia
It's not everyday you get asked to appear on an Italian automotive blog. Thank you, Eraldo. Sette domande a Nick Gill
Talk it out
Clear your head in 60 minutes? For free? Absolutely. Chris Barez-Brown believes that a ridiculously simple approach to mental-health and wellbeing will benefit everybody. He openly admits its not the answer to everything but it can help. He’s so determined to prove it can work that he’s teamed up with a leading University to runContinue reading "Talk it out"
How to live a remarkable life
This is Thalassa. Thalassa is happy. Not just because of the Tony’s Chocolonely in her hand. Because she’s engineered a way to make her work fit her life goals. Just look at her and how happy she is. She always had a dream to live and work in Barcelona, a city she feels is homeContinue reading "How to live a remarkable life"
From always on to mostly off
I can remember my first wireless mobile device. It was a BlackBerry. I got it even though officially my grade wasn't high enough but because I had to deal with a range of clients and partners in the Wunderman network across Europe in person and across email and calls. A BlackBerry would help. And atContinue reading "From always on to mostly off"
Everything has changed but nothing has changed
As part of my little experiment, I'm going to read more and share more. Here's some thoughts on Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari. Where years later we're still doing the same things our ancestors did. This staggering book is a tour of the last 70,000 years of humankind. How we cameContinue reading "Everything has changed but nothing has changed"
Tools of Titans or Follies of Fools? Today’s the day.
Today is the 31st January 2018. I’m two years into co-running my own business. It’s demanding but we have great clients and projects. I have a stable and demanding home life and a loving family. But I’m feeling overwhelmed. Not so much that I can’t cope and need time out. But that I'm far tooContinue reading "Tools of Titans or Follies of Fools? Today’s the day."
