This Medium post by Steve Schlafman hit my Twitter feed earlier this week. I’ve tried reviews like this before but the process always felt either overly complicated and heavy, or too ethereal. Steve’s method strikes a really good balance. As I was working through it, I realised I was straddling…
Date Archives December 2018
Best of…
I started writing here in 2015, and there are now over 150,000 words on these pages, as well as various videos, slide decks, mixtapes, diagrams and other ideas. The main themes I write about include careers, entrepreneurship, the future of education, culture, and the media & entertainment industry. I’m particularly…
Diving Deep as a Coach
Moving towards something transformational beneath the surface. The time between 15 and 17 years old were not my finest. I got suspended from school 3 times, dyed my hair some terrible colours, got in (minor) trouble with the police, probably aged my parents by 10 years and was generally pretty…
What kind of artist are you?
Finding out with three lines, a few dots, and a long-sleeved shirt Note: I found this post in my drafts today as I was looking for the shirt diagram. This post originates from May 2015. Even though some of my thinking has evolved since then I’ve decided to publish it in…
Tickets Podcast: Rob Fitzpatrick on how to create compelling workshops, programs and products
Listen now:Apple Podcasts | Castbox | Overcast | Spotify | Stitcher | Acast | Google Play In a world that’s now full of influencers, thought leaders and keynote speakers, how do you know who’s worth paying your attention, or your money, to? What sets the best education experiences apart from…
2018 List: Podcasts
Like a lot of people, I’ve listened to a lot of podcasts this year. It’s too distracting for me to listen to them while I’m working, but I’m lucky enough to live in a central area of a very walkable city so there are plenty of excuses for me to…
Build, Buy, Borrow, or…
A few weeks ago I was teaching a course at the HQ of one of the biggest and well-storied companies in the US. During the lunch break I started chatting to one of their senior HR execs. Within a few minutes we’d got into everything from Chinese innovation to the…
4 Podcast Trends for 2019
A few hunches I have for the world of podcasting in the coming 12 months. Awards Shows: Podcasting categories will appear more regularly within vertical-specific awards shows (i.e. Music, Gaming, Law etc. Specialist Creative Agencies: There’s still a pretty big opportunity to provide creative and/or technical agency services to businesses…
The Microscope & The Telescope
Sometimes we need to look at things through the microscope: the detail, the hidden particles, the connective tissue, the grit, and the friction. It can be surprising just how much is happening in a tiny surface area. Other times we have to look through the telescope: the bigger picture, the vision…
Two quick tips on Trend Spotting
This quote from Beth Comstock is a nice heuristic for spotting emerging trends. Another way of looking at this is through writing. If you notice something and find yourself writing it down three times in a short space of time, you may have just spotted a trend. Go back to…