Russell Davies

Let's go round again

One of my favourite moments of the year. I look at the calendar. Pick a date, Ask Anne if she's got anything on. Do a bit of googling to make sure there's nothing important happening and email the Conway Hall. They send me back some forms.

Notes and links - 2 August 2026

"Slop wins because it conforms to neat narrative arcs that fulfill our desires for cohesive stories: At crime scenes, children make the best witnesses because they simply report back what they saw rather than editorializing into a natural story arc. The adult brain is hardwired to eliminate cognitive dissonance

The power of unread copy

Makething the man

"One garment became central to that image. The navy Howick jacket Burnham wore during the Tier 3 dispute in October 2020 is now held by the People’s History Museum. Its catalogue records it plainly as a Howick VI coat, bought from House of Fraser. Yet within days British

People, work, matters and things

Talking with Dan on an internet screen. Friday. Come and say hello How People Work, Live! ... with Russell Davies - Dan HonHow People Work, Live! -- the live show about how to people, based on the How People Work workshop that helps teams deliver better, faster.Join Dan, a very special guest,

Toilets, marketing and the enforced humility of writing down your plan

Inspired by this excellent post from Tom Stafford. "Just imagining that you might be wrong is enough to create demonstrable benefits to problem solving and estimation, which has been variously called “the wisdom of crowds on single player mode” and “dialectical bootstrapping”. I like to think that the imaginary

Interesting etc

At the last Interesting I threatened to come up with a plan to do 'other things'. I love the feeling at Interesting and it'd be nice to have it happen at other times and places, I've never quite worked out how to do this

Our first theatrical production

Arthur's written a play. And it's being performed. And it's quite short. You should come!

Musicking, Cavaliers and rooms full of teeth

The always stimulating Tom Whitwell was kind enough to put up with me asking him for some recommendations...