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New jazz, old jazz
In recent weeks I have bought a couple of really interesting albums. The first, John Coltrane’s “Both Directions at Once” is a ‘lost’ album from
September 28, 2018
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Working out Loud: Narratives & Complexity
Some quick notes about narrative approaches and complexity. This is a topic that I have studied over the years, and am revisiting now – looking
August 13, 2018
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Emergent or Certain
Sometimes we really need absolute certainty. We need to know for sure what we will do – what the beginning, middle and end point look
August 8, 2018
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Experimental II
I didn’t get what was meant to be happening with John Cage’s 4:33 when I first heard about it. This was a piece of “music”
May 23, 2017
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Experimental I
This is the first of a series of posts on the experimental. This will be a set of blog posts, which feature ideas and experiments.
May 15, 2017
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Knowing when to quit
There were only two series of “Fawlty Towers”. Two series of “The Office”. And so on. For many comedy writers it’s about knowing how to
November 14, 2016
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The Real Challenge
Question 1: What’s the real challenge for me here? Thanks to Michael Bungay Stanier for that question from his latest book, “The Coaching Habit”, which
November 4, 2016
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Going on Safari – in Bristol?
Tomorrow I am going to the Paintworks in Bristol for the Social Age Safari which is being run by Sea Salt Learning. It’s a 3
May 17, 2016
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A Renaissance Way of Working
I said to him, “It’s all about the techniques that were common in Renaissance time, when people like Leonardo da Vinci weren’t artists or scientists. They
April 4, 2016
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Where and how we work
I read a couple of really interesting blog posts today. The first one was by Julian Stodd who worked with us a couple of months
July 24, 2015
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