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…
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Open Source: My reading list
This tweet on book lists by Stevan Popovic piqued my interest. Interesting pattern I've noticed: the books that have been most recommended to me by people I know, I have often managed to only partially complete. pic.twitter.com/ir131Ia2H6 — StevanPopo (@StevanPopo) November 17, 2018 My reading list has always been a…
How to create your own personal investment thesis
The term ‘investment thesis’ is a now a fairly common sight on the internet, particularly in the world of venture capital. These investment theses tend to update every few years, often at a similar cadence to companies undertaking a rebrand (after all, a new investment thesis is itself a rebrand…
Mind the Gap: A primer on Biases and Mental Models (slide deck)
Here’s an annotated and somewhat abbreviated version of a talk I did back in May for Hyper Island’s Learning Lab in New York City, focused on biases, decision making and mental models. It wasn’t my initial intention to do this as a talk; I’d just collected a few snippets around…
How to facilitate your first class, workshop or training session
My most recent collaboration project launched last week at New York Climate Week. Sustainable Foundations is a workshop series and email course helping to unpack and demystify sustainability for modern business. During its creation I took some time to think about things I’ve learnt putting together similar education experiences [1], and…
How to survive your first year living in NYC
At the time of writing I’m approaching the end of my first year living in New York City, more specifically in the East Village of Manhattan, one of the most boisterous and lively parts of one of the most energetic cities in the world. NYC isn’t for the faint of…
Tall Stories – the importance of storytelling
Here’s a summarised narrated version of a talk I gave to an entertainment company in NYC on the importance of storytelling in our life, work ,and culture more broadly. On the day itself we got into a bunch of other topics, from how to communicate stories on someone else’s behalf,…
Career Fuel: Portfolio planning for the full stack freelancer
I loved Tiago Forte’s post on the rise of the Full Stack Freelancer. I’d been skirting around this idea for a while but he brought it all together in a really succinct and and coherent way. Tiago says: Full-Stack Freelancers borrow freely — from tech startups, digital nomads, lifestyle designers, independent contractors, the…