Tag Archives: Thinking

Finding Direction

Posted on May 9, 2023 by julianstodd

I’ve started some work on a short guidebook exploring Generative AI. I spent all day on it today, and can confidently say that it’s both muddled and confused. In some areas, it’s way to deep, whilst in others it’s as … Continue reading →

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Shadows of Thought

Posted on May 20, 2022 by julianstodd

I was searching for an image yesterday: i could see it in my head, and knew roughly when i’d drawn it, but could not quite find it. My keyword searches through the blog brought up a succession of progressively older … Continue reading →

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Grounded by the mud on my boots

Posted on February 10, 2015 by julianstodd

Fire forms the beating heart of the house: by day, just a background image, flickering weakly, demanding food every few hours. By night though, as the darkness crawls up the side of the valley, it reaches out: a red flame, … Continue reading →

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Edgelands

Posted on February 6, 2015 by julianstodd

Trains transect spaces: urban to rural, city to the sea, valleys to highlands. And in between? Edgelands: spaces left unclaimed, unloved, spaces that form the thin black line between zones. Narrow, bordered by order, but in themselves chaotic, overlooked, lost. … Continue reading →

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Writing: Milestones

Posted on July 2, 2014 by julianstodd

An unexpected milestone crept up on me this morning: i hit 100,000 views on the blog. Depending how you look at it, that’s a surprisingly high, or surprisingly low number. When i started writing this blog, around three and a … Continue reading →

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Reflecting on a Social way of working

Posted on January 10, 2014 by julianstodd

First week of the year and i’ve been working on a new model, looking at pressures on Organisational Culture. Last year i defined the Social Age: a mindset and way of working where the primary relationship is between us and … Continue reading →

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Creating the space to think

Posted on October 22, 2013 by julianstodd

We can’t take the value of our thinking for granted: it doesn’t just happen. It’s like growing tomatoes. You have to plant them in the right compost, you need the right amount of sunshine, you have to water and feed … Continue reading →

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Where do good ideas come from? Inspiration and innovation.

Posted on May 6, 2011 by julianstodd

Good ideas don’t often fall out of the sky. They tend to have a foundation in the immediate, but extend their reach into wider possibility. Ideas are how we explore the unknown and seek to create order out of the … Continue reading →

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