Upped my walking this year. Weather at this time not helping as its mostly cold and grey but every so often you get a nice winter sunset.
An older weeknote from Andy Callow really struck a chord. He talked about being a leader is a bit like a T-Rex – their arms are short, so the ability to change things become much less than others would expect, but has a long-tail, such that decisions made can have a big impact on the time and focus of others behind them, without necessarily being fully aware of the consequences. Since taking on the director role I’ve had a few comments along the lines of “your words carry weight” but much of the time it feels like I can influence very little. In retrospect though there are comments I’ve made that do end up carrying further and wider than I’ve expected and had a negative impact. As Andy states in the blog post, holding that mental image of a T-Rex going forward will be useful and also I need to be more deliberate in decisions and actions.
Love this from Tom Loosemore, “Trying to help an organisation change? Coming up with the “right” answer is the easy bit, be that strategy, org design or whatnot. Taking the organisation with you.
That’s the work.”
In amongst “the coup” taking place in America the UK have asked Apple to create a back door to any data that a user may store. Outrageous, I guess Apple or someone close to the technology capability notice has leaked this as APple officially can’t say if they’ve been served a notice or discuss it. This really is madness. I was optimistic on the new Labour government but they are dropping the ball in a number of areas and at an alarming frequency.
Noclip allows you to load some classic gaming maps in your browser and then fly around. Mostly Nintendo but was great to pick some Half-Life 2 maps and tour them in the browser. Phoboslab also does the same for WipeOut. Stunning.
Speaking of WipeOut, XF Extreme Forumla is out on Steam and gives off strong F-Zero and WipeOut vibes. Enjoying it so far.
Watched Nosferatu – 3/5 – art over substance. Also rewatched Pulp Fiction – glorious.
