The last thing you want during COVID-19 is to be caught Swimming Naked

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Leaders around the world have had two critically important decisions to make during the Covid-19 crisis. Of course there are lots of little ones that have had to be made. In terms of political survival (and let’s be clear, that is always near the top of the...

Did Whatsapp (Facebook) just get properly disrupted by Europe (GDPR)?

#FlyingUnstable, Customer Experience, Disruption, Technology, Trends

With two children of 15 and 18, a headline like, WhatsApp likely to raise age limit to 18 in South Africa, got my attention as it arrived in my feed. The reason for the age limit raise is because Facebook (the owners of Whatsapp) just changed the terms of service for...

Be Curious About Absolutely Everything – Start With 50 Questions

#CrayonProject, #FlyingUnstable

Laoch Fhiosrach (pronounced Loch Eesroch). Irish for Interesting Warrior. It’s tattooed onto my left forearm. My preparation for this tatt was to send an email to a mate in Hawaii and a mate in Ireland to ask for a translation. I said that I’d use the...

Words, Colours and the Stroop Effect

#CrayonProject, #FlyingUnstable, Creativity, Disruption, Play

Have you heard of the Stroop Effect? Before I explain what it is and why our brains get overloaded and in a muddle, try this simple exercise: Look at the words below and say the colour of the font out loud (don’t say the word, just the colour of the font) It may...

Rushing Around on a Planet in a Universe that isn’t Going Anywhere

#FlyingUnstable, #FutureNow, Creativity, Disruption, Play

My colleague Catri sent this to me (the video embedded below) the other night. My head became overwhelmed while watching it. In the most wonderful way. It felt a lot like a legion of thoughts that wander around my head without a home, all jumped up at the same time...

A Fun Look At How Very Quickly Our World Has Changed

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Sometimes to appreciate the pace of change and disruption one has gone through, requires a little reflection to consider what was, and just how far we’ve come? I recently Stumbled Upon found a great Buzz Feed reflective post on Mix. It’s not the usual tech...