In keeping with the spirit of a Thinkweek today was meant to start with a leisurely walking meeting, followed by lunch and an afternoon reading but as so often happens things didn’t quite go to plan. The day started as planned with an hour at Caffe Nero reading through my...
It’s now my habit to nominate one week a month as a ‘Thinkweek’ modelled loosely on Bill Gates scheduled research weeks of the same name, but more frequent. Having taken 12 Thinkweeks last year I’ve come to appreciate them greatly and they’ve delivered considerable benefits in the form of time...
20 years ago most people were employed and their employers provided the offices they worked in, the desks they sat at, the chairs they sat in, the tools they used and defined the times at which they worked. Employers controlled everything about the work experience, even for many people (task...
Days like this can be a bit frustrating! Waking up on a sunny day, with a mild wind & nothing planned, a day full of opportunity, rudely constrained by inflamed knees & Achilles’ tendons. But then this is why I’m very fortunate, I’m a short hobble away from a lovely...
Podcasts are hugely important to me, they entertain me and educate me and allow me to get useful work done whilst driving and keeping moving and enjoying the benefits of fresh air and sunshine while walking or cycling. In fact I also have a waterproof media player and headset so...
This morning I’ve been listening to the ‘Humans are not broken’ podcast, which makes the case that Humans bodies have evolved to work pretty flawlessly over millions of years, we are the product of millions of generations of ancestors every one of which lived until at least reproductive age. Hence...
For many years now I’ve not worked on Fridays, in fact I’ve tried to avoid all commitments and just take time for myself to rest and relax, its been one of the key strategies that I’ve used to restore my health. Today though I had one commitment to take Anna...
Yesterday I listened to the fascinating Temple Grandin talking about how she ‘thinks in pictures’ on The TED Radio Hour she described how in a conversation or when thinking her mind constantly conjurers up a constant stream of images. These images are not random, the are specific images from her past that...
On the drive to the office today I listened to one of my favourite podcasts, The TED Radio Hour on the topic of Overcoming and it really struck a chord with me as it discussed two of the major challenges I’ve faced that forced me to rebuild my life. I thought it would be...
My first meeting of the day was a walking meeting with Gary around Astley Park. Walking meetings seem to have four advantages, Gary and I get to avoid the perils of sitting and get some exercise, Gary’s not constantly distracted by the stream of ‘important’ emails that constantly flood his inbox...