Week notes and spider babies
I’m a bit patchy with week notes but a conversation with Oli this week generated an irresistible challenge.
Let me tell you about spider babies……
Field Notes
Week notes: 24th February 2019
I’ve been a bit lax with the 500 words partly because I have been on holiday but partly because I have been brooding over the RBKC post which I just published. Having set that free – and also published the piece I wrote about my research interests for the year here I am again.
2019 enquiries: Getting started
I wrote at the start of the year that I wanted to open up my personal enquiry for the year and see who else is interested in the things I am interested in. I’ve spoken to a few people about this and have some takers so this post is intended to get the ball rolling …
Weeknotes and yet more on multidisciplinary working
I was asked this week what the difference is between our design principles and last week’s post on multidisciplinary working – its a fair shout. Much of what I wrote about trust and respect is very much an echo of what we wrote in our design principles but I still hold out that there is …
Making the whole greater than the sum of the parts
My team has a rich set of skills. We draw both from the established disciplines like business analysis and project management but also from the newer disciplines of user research, content strategy and service design. We have a design principle that commits us to being agile first (you can read more about our design principles …
Mindful system and finding our hum
I went paperless about 9 years ago when I started my PHD and realised that I might actually end up being buried under mounds of articles if I didn’t take action. However I have never ever managed to crack my addition to stationary and you can tell when I feel things are getting a bit …
Week notes: Taking a breath
This is a quick week note to keep me on track as I have a few longer posts in draft and that is usually a sign that I have too much going on in the brain and need to download a bit. One of the reasons for the back up of blogposts was getting to …
Creating a personal firebreak
I really enjoyed reading about how the Helpful Technology gang managed to create what they call a firebreak for themselves — a pause in their work that allows them both to work on their own projects but also catch up on some of the housekeeping work that always gets pushed to the bottom of the pile (or …
Weeknotes 30th July: who needs an agenda anyway?
I have decided to declare the excellent weather as the new normal which means that blogging needs to continue as planned and not be derailed by a desire to be outside – am compromising by writing in the garden. This last week was all about away days as I had a whole day with my …
Mindful diary: the early years
I’ve not blogged for a while for no other reason than the weather has been so lovely I have not wanted to spend time inside unless I have to. Weather now permitting (and in fact demanding) some inside time here we go. My efforts at mindful diary and coming together – its still a work …