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Tag Archives: Music
Engaging Power [4]: Diffusion
How do we fight, how do we conquer? In oppositional models of power, we deploy overwhelming force, to disrupt the structure. The sledgehammer solution. But when the structures of violence are held within coherent social units, the sledgehammer reinforces them. … Continue reading
Be More Punk
‘Anger is an energy’, says John Lydon, as the title of his autobiography. As Johnny Rotten, that energy was always close to the surface. But energy changes over time, and i was not alone in my surprise when Rotten was … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership
Tagged Anger, Duff Mckagan, Energy, John Lydon, Johnny Rotten, Music, Punk
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Scaffolding the Safari
The Social Age conference is at the more experimental end of the work that i do, and why not? It’s an event i run once a year to explore: to create a space that provokes discussion, exposes us to new … Continue reading
Posted in Choreography
Tagged Art, Circus, Conference, Design, Experience, Graffiti, Music, Social Age, Social Age Safari
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Lost Values: The Objectification of Women
I was unclear if it was artful slow motion or simple writhing, but whichever it was, it was disconcerting. And not strictly necessary. The picture in question was in the toilets of a particularly trendy London restaurant, all exposed brick … Continue reading
Posted in Equality
Tagged Change, Equality, Feminism, Guitars, Music, Objectification, She Shreds, Women
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Brighton Rock: Reckless and Homeless
You can’t walk far in Brighton without finding graffiti: the sanctioned and sponsored art form type, decorating electrical boxes and shopfronts, the porto-art inhabiting alleyways and laid on hoardings, and the raw, visceral cries sprayed on garage doors, derelict rooftops … Continue reading
Posted in Exploration, Graffiti, Writing
Tagged Art, Begging, Brighton, Culture, Graffiti, Homelessness, Longreads, Music, Street Art, travel, Travel Writing, Victorian, Writing
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Brooklyn: Rough Trade and Culture
It always surprises me, the closeness of regeneration and destitution. It was with some relief that the artisan coffeeshops, dog grooming parlours and the familiar facade of Rough Trade hove into view. After twelve miles of walking through the highways … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Exploration
Tagged Brooklyn, Bushwick, City, Community, Exploration, Ghetto, Music, New York, Performance, Record Store, Reflection, Roman, Rough Trade, Travel Writing, Walking, Writing
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The Difference of Digital: are all Conversations Equal?
Some things feel right, some feel wrong, and some are just different. That’s what’s at the heart of my thinking today. I remember the first time i went on camera: painfully awkward, the sound of my own voice was weird, … Continue reading
Posted in Communication
Tagged Communication, Context, Conversation, Language, Leadership, Military, Music, Semantics, Social Age, Social Capital, Social Leadership, Stance, Technology, Tone of Voice, Words
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Voices
Whispering in the wind, echoing through hallways, buzzing like an angry fly down a bad phone line or whispered tenderly late at night. Voices of purpose and intent, voices that implore or beg us to take action, bullying or directive … Continue reading
Posted in Communication
Tagged Art, Authenticity, Communication, Community, Dance, Learning, Momentum, Music, Painting, Purpose, Social Age, Subversive Voices, Tone of Voice, Voices, Words, Writing
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Tempo in learning
Tempo: working to a rhythm. Finding the pace. In music, we use variety: introductions, patterns, repetition. Sometimes engagement come through discord, the use of a minor key or sudden change of. Pace. My second consecutive day of workshop delivery today … Continue reading
Posted in Agile, Learning
Tagged Engagement, Music, Practice what you Preach, Reflection, Rhythm, Tempo, Training, Workshop
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The Record Store: How we use our Communities
The Social Age is lived out in our communities: the varied spaces, both on and offline, where we learn things, share things, subvert the establishment and generate momentum. Or sometimes just hang out. I’m preparing for a Masterclass in Social … Continue reading
Posted in Community
Tagged Authority, Brick Lane, Community, Facebook, Information, Knowledge, Music, Record Shop, Record Store, Reputation, Rough Trade, Social Age, Social Leadership, Social Learning, Twitter, Writer
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