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Dec
12
A river making its way between green cliffs in the mist

Design your own career: part 1

On finding your way into the flow of life. One of the things I want to do with this newsletter
11 min read
Nov
21
A sign saying 'Don't give up' planted in the ground on a tree-lined pavement.

The work is never wasted

On failure, and stewardship, and hope. A little while ago, somebody said something which has stuck with me. We were
6 min read
Oct
03
A small house is built into a grassy cliff on a remote headland

What is your sympathetic nervous system up to?

On noise, and cities, and window shopping houses on remote islands. People who live in the city of New York
5 min read
Aug
26
A group of agitated young men outside a government building, one shouting into a loudhailer with his arm raised.

Two kinds of talking

On dialogue and dialectics I should begin this with a caveat. I have known about the concept of dialogic versus
5 min read
Aug
13
I am, therefore I am

I am, therefore I am

On what the body can tell us. When I was in my early twenties, I started reading about other women&
4 min read
Aug
07
Let's learn some hard words

Let's learn some hard words

On ontology, and its impact on collaboration. I didn't understand what the word 'ontology' meant until
3 min read
Aug
01
What have I done?

What have I done?

and why have I done it? On starting a business. In my first service design team, we had a mentor,
4 min read
May
31
Business as a tool for change

Business as a tool for change

On capitalism done right. I was the kind of teenager who read No Logo and The Beauty Myth and Chomsky
5 min read
May
07
A young girl holding a sign saying 'fight like a girl', accompanied by an older woman

Are we angry enough?

On anger, and who’s allowed to feel it. “Frustration is just another word for passion,” our coach says. “What
5 min read
Apr
19
A cat trying to fit in a bird house

Let's talk about the gremlins

On imposter syndrome. When people said starting a business would be hard, I thought I knew what they meant. I
4 min read