When I was a student, I used to work part time as a paralegal for Diane Bélanger, a long forgotten but fierce immigration lawyer in Montréal. It was a formative experience because it helped me deal with my own immigration journeys: first to study in Italy and then to move to the UK and settle… Continue reading Services or games? (yes this is about immigration)
Sunday Scraps #83
There was an Alice Coltrane exhibition in L.A. recently / Tshepsio Moropa’s collage work looks great / reading about period insomnia / the IET has digitised the entirety of The Electric Age which is great news for me as I’m back to book writing / the UK needs the equivalent to this European arts funding… Continue reading Sunday Scraps #83
Sunday Scraps #82
I’m in Greece for a solo holiday and heading to Hydra for the third time so watched this excellent doco about Leonard Cohen’s time there with Marianne Ihlen / Four Thousand Weeks was a good précis of a lot of other books i’ve read but the chapter about patience is really special / a excellent… Continue reading Sunday Scraps #82
Sunday Scraps #81
Beirut and Bon Iver‘s new albums are making me think I’ve time travelled back to 2006. I especially love Garbo’s Face and THINGS BEHIND THINGS BEHING THINGS / a new arts and architecture grant scheme is great / an intro course to Political Technology is the kind of thing I would have gone for when… Continue reading Sunday Scraps #81
Services or interactions? (a perimenopausal example)
This is a tale about the limits of seeing health as services that need to be designed. My tl;dr is that you’re probably not designing a service, you’re probably trying to tweak interactions (or touch points in service design language) in the hope that the service user (barf) has the outcome they expect. So for… Continue reading Services or interactions? (a perimenopausal example)
What’s next?
I’ve spent the last couple of weeks doing a bit of life admin including going to the post office, buying a new laptop, getting a radio repaired, returning books at the library and other 1990s activities. So I’m now ready to face the inevitable question from The West Wing. Basically, from May 12th I’m available… Continue reading What’s next?
How to write a job description
I’m reading a lot of job descriptions and after almost 20 years of work, I often end up skimming rather than reading them because they are a cultural indicator as well as a checklist. I am looking for signs of a corporate culture between the lines and as someone who has hired, written and revisited… Continue reading How to write a job description
Sunday Scraps #80
Enjoyed listening to this long Gabor Mate interview / i’ve somehow ended up being gifted 7 new books in the last week which includes The Beauty of Everyday Things / Interesting 2025 is coming up and i’m looking forward to it / i’ve been playing jazz with this celery salad and using almonds instead of… Continue reading Sunday Scraps #80
On the glass ceiling
It’s International Women’s Day so I wanted to talk about career arcs and the stories we are told. I’ve recently decided I would like to become CEO soon. I’ve been a founder and co-founder but realised that didn’t translate into people trusting me in a CEO role. I was young and CEO roles implied a… Continue reading On the glass ceiling
Sunday Scraps #79
Went to see the Tirzah Garwood exhibition at the Dulwich Picture Gallery and the canvases she painted from her bed while she was dying of breast cancer were a highlight / Lawyers for Nature sound interesting / learnt about St Brigid’s cross / the Royal Academy of the Arts show about Brazil’s modernist period… Continue reading Sunday Scraps #79