I read a lot… so I thought it might be nice to drop in halfway through the year and make a few recommendations for ☀️ summer reads, from everything I’ve read in the past year-and-a-half, but with a focus on escapism and easy reads. So, from the 114 books I have read between 1st January […] continue reading »
The most underestimated, underused, and unknown element of Human-Centred Design that I have ever encountered is the Question. That sentence that pitches up at the end, and finishes with a beautiful and quirky uncertain squiggle with a supportive dot underneath. When we are five, we tend to be great at questions. We ask the Queen […] continue reading »
I’ve not been well. Nothing major, just anaemia, and perimenopause, but it does impact life deeply when every morning you wake up from a solid 9 hours and feel as energised as if you’d barely slept. Do you take vitamins? One of the things I have been doing for years is taking health supplements. Mainly […] continue reading »
I love travelling. Something about being above the clouds, or the buzz of the airport, or just seeing new things, all make my hippocampus and other bits of my brain happily buzz. And typically, I will sit down, make a list of things to pack, and go off and pack them. In two waves. Night […] continue reading »
To think, I had started thinking of building this back in November… how is it already April May? (Also seems I forgot to post for nearly a month! Argh! The most probable « why » is at the bottom of this post as a small life update) Well no sense waiting any longer. Tape version of the […] continue reading »
I read a lot of good books in 2023. In total, I read 80 books, and I would say that 72 of them were good, which makes for a 90% hit rate. Amongst the 80 books then, there were some that I felt were truly wonderful, for a variety of reasons. These are the ones […] continue reading »
In 2022 I read 62 books. Well, I finished 62 of them. I know this because I track what I read on goodreads. This is my shelf from 2022. Out of 62, I think it would be fair to mention 10% that were worthwhile. Anything less and I will be ignoring some really good books […] continue reading »
Happy New Year!! And welcome to a new edition of the Linear Calendar. I use it to plan projects at work, and visualise my whole year in one shot in my personal life, mainly for the purpose of planning my holidays. For the personal holiday planning I use the poster format printed at 85% on […] continue reading »
A few weeks ago I ran a small ideation & affinity mapping workshop with some colleagues on the theme of Inclusion. And I want to tell you what we discovered. What’s a DE&I activity? The premise of the workshop was simple. I needed to put together a proposed budget for DE&I activities in the coming […] continue reading »
Today I was advertised a lovely-looking wine subscription box. Seems genuinely smart, as it asks you flsvour preference questions, like “the evening is winding down, are you most likely to reach for a platter of cheese, a sponge cake, or macarons?”. But. Like many other services like it, it does not account for managing selections […] continue reading »