If you happen to be near Parliament Square in London over the next few weeks, have a look at the rows of Brexit protestors standing opposite the gates. As you go past, notice how the dichotomy of the referendum question...
This time last year I posted an extract from Steven Pinker, in which he compared reading the word “stimulus” in an academic text to the phrase “tapping on the wrist”, which was what it actually...
I was talking to someone recently about government education policy and they said something like “what these people fail to realise is that a school is not a business“. I don’t want to get into...
Many thanks to all our wonderful clients and supporters for the many great experiences of 2018 – look forward to making more shared meaning with you in 2019. Click on the image for a higher resolution view and...
If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you’ll know that I firmly believe that businesses need better maps, for a whole host of reasons. Here’s another one: Maps help you tell better stories. ...
We were talking in the office last week about Growth Mindset – the idea popularised by Carol Dweck that attainment in classrooms is partly determined by whether pupils believe their ability is fixed or expandable...
I meet Malcolm in a small café on the Upper West Side during one of my early visits to New York. Our small talk is mostly about coffee and the weather, which is just as well. Although he cuts a slight figure, there is...
Firstly, apologies to those asking where the blogs posts have gone. I took a break over summer for a number of personal reasons, but getting back into the swing of it now. I’ve been saying for a while that the...
When I was 18, the IRA hid a bomb outside Belfast Castle, where my sister was celebrating her wedding. It was nothing personal – the security forces had been tipped off, so the bombers had to dump their device before...
What fish can teach us about setting up effective meetings What’s communication like during a typical meeting? Our normal model is very linear – a whole series of these: This linear pattern derives from Claude Shannon...
