Recommendations Data Detective Two SimonMarch 12, 20210 “Sometimes we want to be fooled.” Tim Harford in The Data...
Recommendations The Data Detective One SimonMarch 5, 20210 “Have the confidence to assess information with curiosity and a healthy skepticism.” Tim Harford in The...
Recommendations Book Recommendation Three SimonFebruary 24, 20210 Against Empathy by Paul Bloom In this short book Bloom argues against the instinctive empathy that drives so...
Politics Book Recommendation Two SimonFebruary 17, 20210 Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell Black Lives Matter has been on the agenda longer than Covid 19....
Recommendations Book Recommendation One SimonFebruary 10, 20210 “Urgency is one of the worst distorters of our world view.” Hans Rosling in Factfulness I read...
Motivation Words Seldom Seen: Coachee SimonJanuary 28, 20210 Coachee Noun: One who is coached. Example: "He met with his coachee every week and some progress was...
Recommendations Words Seldom Seen: Equipoise SimonJanuary 21, 20210 Equipoise Noun: A balance of forces or interests. Example: "In politics equipoise is a rare...
DECLINE Old Age SimonJanuary 15, 20210 ”Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you’re aboard there’s nothing you can do. You can’t...
DECLINE Death by Acronym SimonJanuary 12, 20210 Acronyms are extremely dangerous. On Christmas Eve I had a DVT that caused a PE that nearly killed me. I'm...
Maxims Apologies SimonDecember 28, 20200 “Apologies are cheap and effective all out of proportion to their cost. Carry them like a roll of bills in...