Digital Leadership & Learning at Lunch.
Hello! Welcome to the weekend. Here’s a very brief recap of my week.
I’ve been reading…
- Kill your old ideas so you can be more creative.
https://lifehacker.com/kill-your-old-ideas-so-you-can-be-more-creative-1796074082 - Chatbot comparison — Facebook, Amazon and Google.
https://www.techemergence.com/chatbot-comparison-facebook-microsoft-amazon-google/ - Better Intranets — Bringing Devon Count Council’s Intranet into the public domain.
http://comms2point0.co.uk/comms2point0/2017/6/7/better-intranets-bringing-devon-county-councils-intranet-into-the-public-domain - Stickers tell tiny stories.
https://gilest.org/stickers.html - Digital Workplace hubs need learning communities.
https://postshift.com/digital-workplace-hubs-need-learning-communities/?platform=hootsuite - New look Twitter!
https://blog.twitter.com/official/en_us/topics/product/2017/Check-out-our-new-look.html - Well managed risks : Context is everything.
https://goodpracticeexchange.wales/2017/06/15/well-managed-risks-context-is-everything/ - Shearing layers in organisational transformation — half an idea.
https://medium.com/@markdalgarno/shearing-layers-in-organisational-transformation-half-an-idea-9ea85eff57cc - Had a good think lately?
https://aeon.co/essays/do-we-all-need-a-little-time-simply-to-sit-and-think - Collaborating and Connecting.
https://medium.com/@gerrymcgovern/collaborating-and-connecting-57055bd3bcfc - Tipping Point : Agile Procurement is in a precarious position as Waterfall looms large.
https://blog.wearefuturegov.com/tipping-point-agile-procurement-is-in-a-precarious-position-as-waterfall-looms-large-9b31790714bd - Communities First : The most important questions to ask.
https://www.bevanfoundation.org/commentary/communities-first-questions/ - The EAST framework (Nudge Unit).
http://www.behaviouralinsights.co.uk/publications/east-four-simple-ways-to-apply-behavioural-insights/ - Theresa May wants to ban crypto : here’s what that would cost, and here’s why it won’t work anyway.
https://boingboing.net/2017/06/04/theresa-may-king-canute.html - One community garden at a time : how New Yorkers are fighting food justice.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jun/12/new-york-city-food-justice-community-garden-libertad-urban-farm - Do more! What Amazon teaches us about AI and the jobless future.
https://medium.com/the-wtf-economy/do-more-what-amazon-teaches-us-about-ai-and-the-jobless-future-8051b19a66af - The advantages of being a little underemployed.
http://www.collaborativefund.com/blog/the-advantage-of-being-a-little-bit-underemployed/?utm_campaign=Revue%20newsletter
I’ve been watching…
- “The most important inventions come from lots of failure.”
https://twitter.com/ProductHunt/status/874725579571908608
I’ve been working on…
- On Tuesday I attended Good Practice WAO’s event on Improving digital leadership and ownership. I sat in on some really thoughtful and practical sessions (see tweets below) and it’s always brilliant to actually meet up with people whom you’ve been following/stalking on Twitter for ages.
- I’ve set a date for the lunchtime learning/lightening talk experiment. 3 speakers, 20 minutes each. Good range of topics too! I’ll report back how this goes in about two weeks.

- Had a department come in to look at the kanban board. Looking back at the original blog post, I’ve been running the board for 3 months now. Interestingly, seems to attract attention in waves. This week I’ve been reminded of adoption curves — could be somewhat related (early adopters, early majority etc). Also, I REALLY need to write up some reflections on its use before the finer points evacuate my brain.