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 interested in the overlaps between these areas, and other themes and trends that are starting to connect and collide with them.
Listed below are a few of my most popular posts…
I really value getting feedback, comments
Careers & The Future of Work
- If Jobs were Houses
- Lowercase skills
- Career Fuel: 3 elements for making deals as a freelancer or consultant
- 3 circles for managing control, influence, concern, and anxiety
- 5 lessons from Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola
Coaching
- 5 common myths about coaching
- Diving Deep as a Coach
- Advisor, Mentor, Coach, Counsel: what’s in a name?
- When you’re not killing it
- Depression in the music industry: Here’s one thing no one is talking about
Education/Workshops/Teaching
- The 2 most important slides for your workshop
- Workshop Slide Deck (guided): Lifecycles in products, companies, and careers
- My Podcast Gear: recording, editing, and publishing
- Trend Spotting: How to identify what’s coming next
- The rise of Edutainment
Innovation
- Design Thinking: Culture and Contraceptives
- The freezer or the morgue: a quick primer on innovation
- 8 workspace trends for 2018
- How one club night became the turning point for my business
Media & Entertainment
- Avicii: True Stories: A tale of tragedy, excess, indifference, and home truths
- Building creative businesses: The Power of 3
- Music Business: How to choose an agent
- Behind the scenes at Europe’s most eco-friendly major music festival
- 7 lessons from the story of CAA
Resources
- Undertaking an Annual Life Review (a Guide & Template)
- Open Source: My reading list
- How to create your own personal investment thesis
- Mind the Gap: A primer on Biases and Mental Models (slide deck)
- How to facilitate your first class, workshop or training session
- How to survive your first year living in NYC
- Tall Stories – the importance of storytelling
- Career Fuel: Portfolio planning for the full stack freelancer