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Midnight, boarding a plane again

By Dave Snowden · November 27, 2012 · Trivia

So yesterday I landed in Singapore and I'm now in the lounge ready to fly back to the UK and a frantic drive down the M4 to Cardiff for a WAO event. The day went well, a good presentation, commitment to moving forwards and an outstanding lunch followed by an evening meal with those members of the team who had not beat a hasty retreat to their beds to catch up on the sleep deprivation of the weekend. The project is the biggest in our history as a company and this first stage was important to say the least so I'm pleased to say we...

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on Packing

By Dave Snowden · November 4, 2012 · Trivia

So here we go, another round the world, in this case in 16 days. The worse of times as well as its two weeks in Singapore followed by a weekend in Aukland and then two days in Calgary so I've had ot pack for three climates. That with regret means checking something in, which in turn means a relaxation of packing discipline!

There is nothing like having to get everything into two bags of specific dimensions to make sure you only take the essentials. OK planning helps, but not planning for a trip, but planning for resilience for...

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Val-de-ri—Val-de-ra

By Dave Snowden · July 11, 2012 · Great places, News, Trivia

I was going to post today about upcoming Advanced Cognitive Edge courses and the forthcoming CalmBeta event, but some supporting information hasn't made it on time. So instead I decided to report (and thereby commit) to the one private project which has been keeping me sane between proposals, costings, reports and email overload. Our sitting room is currently occupied by piles of maps and guidebooks arranged where I can grab them while not disturbing the cat, Said feline expects me to provide a resting place between 2200 and...

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Muddling through Sunday

By · January 16, 2012 · Trivia

I've spent most of the day sat at a computer, aside from a bath, brunch and the final episode of Sherlock on BB1. I've handled multiple tweets including some fairly childish allegations (see tweets from me to @tetradian if interested) which involved publishing a censored comment on the chaotic domain of Cynefin. That was an interesting task and it will lead to a more elaborate blog later in the week. I've handled my daily emails from a pro-Rand, NLP loving author, who was permanently banned from editing wikipedia (by a member of...

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A metaphor for coherence

By · January 7, 2012 · Trivia

I frequently reference messy coherence as a key aspect of living with complexity and I've blogged about it from time to time, especially in the context of the state of my study. Of recent years I have also used the example of a spider's web, not in the fearsome symmetry of its first creation, but if it has been around the block a bit; caught a few flies, being rained on or in the case of this one frozen. Thanks to Anna Biskit's Flickr stream for the picture by the way.