Being clever: “How’s that working out for you?”
Two of the books I’ve been reading this week – Thinking In Systems and Wolf Hall – connected in a surprising way. Let’s start with the thoughts …
The Covid-19 crisis is a shape-shifter
One job of a leader in a long crisis like the pandemic is to explain what’s going on – offer a frame, a narrative about what …
Fooled by stories: Antonym No. 6
The below article is cross–posted from Antonym, my weekly newsletter. “Do you enjoy cautionary tales? Shilly–shallying children eaten by wolves, that stuff?” “Alice, I am …
Antonym Vol.4 A 31-day-long year
A runner on Brighton seafront. Cross-posted from Antonym at Substack, where I am trying out the newsletter format. I’m not sure where it is going …
Antony No.3: Sick Bern
This is a newsletter cross–posted from my Substack newsletter. That’s hope I know he can be beaten. Because he’s a fanatic — and a fanatic …
The insurrection will be monetised.
Learn the facts, Steed-Asprey used to say, then try on the stories like clothes. — Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, by John le Carré This email newsletter …
Review of Robert A Caro’s Working
This isn’t a review, it is a reflection, an act in keeping with the lessons shared by a master of his crafts – of writing, …
My best reads of 2020
This is cross–posted from my new Antonym Substack – an email newsletter/blog platform. I published it there as a series of five posts – but have combined …
Invisible bombs
This article is adapted from a letter to my team at Brilliant Noise last week. It has a special resonance on the eve of the 75th …
Why you should read Machiavelli
A friend asked on Twitter: “What two books would you recommend a new people manager reads and why?” One book I recommended was The Prince, …