Bookish Things

  • The Podcast

    The Podcast

    𝘊𝘒𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘳π˜ͺ𝘡𝘦 𝘒 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘒𝘣𝘰𝘢𝘡 𝘜𝘯𝘀𝘩𝘒𝘳𝘡𝘦π˜₯ 𝘚𝘱𝘒𝘀𝘦𝘴 𝘸π˜ͺ𝘡𝘩𝘰𝘢𝘡 𝘀𝘩𝘒𝘳𝘡π˜ͺ𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘢𝘀𝘩 𝘴𝘱𝘒𝘀𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧? Possibly not. I chose to overcome my preference for written text, and listen to Joe Rogan’s podcast featuring Ben Affleck and Matt Damon. Another uncharted space, charted.

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  • Keep on walking

    Keep on walking

    The theme for 2026: movement. Befits the year – the year of the horse that starts in February 2026 – when Uncharted Spaces the book takes wings and lands in bookstores and on your shelves

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  • The Playlist

    The Playlist

    𝘊𝘒𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘳π˜ͺ𝘡𝘦 𝘒 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘒𝘣𝘰𝘢𝘡 𝘜𝘯𝘀𝘩𝘒𝘳𝘡𝘦π˜₯ 𝘚𝘱𝘒𝘀𝘦𝘴 𝘸π˜ͺ𝘡𝘩𝘰𝘢𝘡 𝘀𝘩𝘒𝘳𝘡π˜ͺ𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘢𝘀𝘩 𝘴𝘱𝘒𝘀𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧? Possibly not. Resuming listening to music this year I consciously moved away from focusing on lyrics, to the visceral quality of tune and beat. The result was quite an unusual Spotify list.

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  • Feeling like Cassandra

    Feeling like Cassandra

    As we navigate much uncertainty and complexity in these Uncharted Spaces, ensuring organisational resilience requires vigilance. And the right kind of annoying questions from boards.

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  • Between the human and her computer

    Between the human and her computer

    This liminal space, where machines are becoming ubiquitous in our lives but where our human OS has not changed sufficiently for us to not react emotionally to the machine’s “behaviour”, is a kind of Uncharted Spaces we are navigating together.

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  • The book says “Hello!”

    The book says “Hello!”

    Why did you write the book? Whom is this for? Why the title? Some of your early questions about the book are addressed here!

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  • Book Announcement

    Book Announcement

    My book which I had been writing all summer is now done. It is titled “Uncharted Spaces”. Here I compare book writing with my experience of writing my PhD thesis some years ago, for similarities and dissimilarities in the two processes.

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