Peace Without During the lockdown, we also explored how visualisation helps tackle intergenerational trauma and build bridges for understanding its inherited (and often buried) sources. Data visualisation helps us construct mental models to make sense of fragmented narratives and trust the veracity of our lived experiences. Since none of us is born with self-doubt and …
The Cost of Entertainment We either create value or die. Black lives really do matter … but why? In the 21st century, our awareness of some of the most pernicious social diseases is rising and gaining momentum. The dehumanisation of others for entertainment and trade is amongst the oldest of these inflictions because it is …
Tools in a Nutshell How we use the tools available to us matters a great deal. It always has and always will. Combined with certain behaviours it creates a base for stable navigation (sense-making) and defines a key component of our agency (what we can do for ourself and for others). In the 21st century, …
Moore’s Law and Then Some Typically manufacturers release a new smartphone, tablet or PC every 12 months which is faster and more powerful than the previous model and yet remains around the same price or cheaper. This idea, as articulated, in Moore’s Law has been hitherto a well-established principle in the field of technological development …
Re-humanisation of Work So, Coronavirus has accelerated an already emergent phenomenon that is rapidly becoming part of the much-heralded “new normal”; digitally-enabled remote working. This much is very clear by now, but who will decide what’s normal in the post-crisis world? Give yourself a pat on the back if you thought, “middle-class, middle-aged white men” …
Creating Value Is Intimate Work Doing rewarding work is like art in the sense that its value is completed through contact with the intended or incidental audience. In some organisations, the perceived distance between inputs and outcomes can be so great it’s difficult for those doing the work to see this equation. It’s a well-documented …
The RAIN, THE Cloud and the Silver Lining This rapid pace of change, fuelled by new technologies and an exponential increase in the volume of news and information has created a chasm into which Coronavirus casts a dark shadow of misinformation conspiracy theories and scams. The result is a parallel crisis that influential bodies like …
One of the most rewarding things about working with someone like Olive is we inevitably get to know each other. That’s the nature of the learning process; you chat and discover those apparently insignificant things that somehow knit themselves together to form the fabric of a shared experience. It’s a similar dynamic to the conversations …
Our Lives Must Touch Labour’s campaign pledge raises fundamental questions about social equality. Delivery on the promise would necessitate the partial re-privatisation of the corporate giant, British Telecom (BT), at a cost of tens of billions, which some say could be more wisely spent on other underfunded public services. Read more about our curious take …
Read All About It On the 23rd June 2016, the “B” word became the defining socio-political issue of our time. It was like flipping a coin that landed on its edge then watching in slow motion as it teetered, knowing whichever way it eventually lands it will delight some and isolate others. Those others being …
