BLOG Know Unknowns So somewhere I am going to write a blog about this card. It bothers me, it makes me think. It is sitting on a table at breakfast and belongs to Andrew Waller. Round the table are known knowns, everyone knows who people are. There are known unknowns, who has worked with who? Who has experience dealing with Middle Eastern Property groups, who has a recording studio near Kings Cross? What I'd love is no more unknowns. There are so many good people in my network (or tribe as I prefer) the most
BLOG My #IcarusDeception It is all potential torture. Hearing what you could do and knowing you could have done it. When I listened to Linchpin a few years ago it sounded like the dissertation I would have written for my masters degree if I had be able to finish it (the degree that is.) The work of that masters has stayed with me for ever, I notice more because I sat in those classes and read those books. The actual bit of paper means very little to me so I don't mind not having it. The ability to look behind the cu
BLOG Chocolate cake and Getstoried vs Kindredhq Today we did the Kindred huddle! This is where everyone shares what they are working on and we see where we can help each other out. "Simples!" KindredHQ goes from strength to strength with every type of freelancer starting to join in and you do have to have a "Mac" to show up. Running out of time Emily and I (supported by Yiannis on tech) recorded our latest Sharing Economy podcast with Alex (KindredHQ founder) on co-working and how it plugs into the rapidly emerging sharing economy. "What ma
BLOG A good macchiato always makes my day.... You would not believe how hard it is to find a good macchiato. The word macchiato loosely translates from Italian as "stain of milk" - if you go into Pret and ask for a macchiato they will give you a short latte, so you can pay £1.40 for a latte but you don't get a macchiato.
