I’m headed to London and the UK for a few weeks with the amazing Rose Levien, which means that my room is available for anyone looking for temporary (3 week) accommodation in Redfern, Sydney. If you’re moving into the neighbourhood, perhaps from interstate, feel free to check out my listing on Airbnb. You’ll have amazing housemates in Michelle Williams and Adam Tait, [...]

What gets measured, gets managed. This saying remains one of the key truths of management theory today. In my previous post, Matt Jones and Russell Davies talk about slow projects at the Do Lectures, but they also raise a key new idea which has become a reality in our world. What gets scored, gets played. This [...]

What is a slow project? And why does it matter how we define it? Russell Davies, a member of the London based Really Interesting Group (amongst other things), spoke at the Do Lectures about Slow Projects in 2008. Essentially, he theorises that there is this ‘eternal triangle’ in projects: that you can do things good, cheap or fast – but [...]

Sometimes, when you’re trying to get started on a new (epic) project, it can be tough to get traction right away. We always have a lot of questions we ask ourselves. “How should I think about this?” “This is really hard. I should think about this.” You know the ones. Don’t make starting harder than [...]

What makes something epic? Or awesome? Or just plain brilliant? Have you ever noticed that some new initiatives seem to capture the imaginations and dreams of people – while others simply wither on a vine and never seem to get anywhere? How can you tell if something is going to be awesome, before you start [...]

Just after I had graduated university, I was in a meeting at work and someone mentioned the word scope with regards to what we were planning to do. I stopped for a moment, and wondering exactly what this person actually meant. My internal monologue was one of embarrassed curiosity..”What does he mean, scope? I’ve never [...]

Pete Yandell gave a great talk, entitled Starting Up, at Trampoline the other week and I liked it so much I thought I’d share a few thoughts on the topic and share a few of Pete’s more salient points. 1) What is it, in one line? One of the points Pete raised was to tell people what your [...]

Being content has been a strong topic of thought for me this week, following on from the post last week about being wise. There seems to be a real desire in society not to settle, or be content with ones situation. How often have you heard someone deride another because they settled, or took second [...]

Trampoline 3 was held this weekend, and I thought I’d share a few of the threads that really came home to roost for me during the day. I feel like trampoline helps me quickly grok concepts I’ve often wondered about as I listen and bounce thoughts off others in sessions. It exposes me to things I have no [...]