Natasha Trethewey is a poet who keeps a notebook of pictures, except the pictures in her notebook are actually words. It’s worth mentioning up front that Natasha isn’t just any poet but rather a US Poet Laureate and a Pulitzer Prize winner in Poetry. There are some pictures that grab her and won’t let go;…
“No matter how brilliant your mind or strategy, if you’re playing a solo game, you’ll always lose out to a team.” – Reid Hoffman I’ll stick my neck out here and say that out of all the terms associated with Millennials and the new world of work, collaboration has become the coolest. Collaboration has given…
“For last year’s words belong to last year’s language And next year’s words await another voice.” ― T.S. Eliot, Four Quartets Before I dive into the heart of this month’s blog post, I first need to tell you two mini stories to help me illustrate a bigger point. My first mini story. I’m not…
Machines Need To Learn From Us, But Do We Know How To Teach Them? In a world undergoing major transformational shifts as a result of artificial intelligence (AI), it’s easy to see why conversations tend to center around topics like data and algorithms – without these technical components, AI couldn’t exist. However, as is…
In January 2019, I will welcome in a new group of Masters students to Digital Research Methods and Design Thinking; two courses that I teach at Goldsmiths, University of London. I get just twelve weeks with each cohort and while I’m trying to teach them as many skills as I can during that time, there…
