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Infoslop
“Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.” — Simone Weil I think Infoslop has a lot to answer for. I'm not sure if I have invented the word, but I will try and define it and explain why I think why Infoslop makes us less well-informed yet more confident in our (faulty, or at least non-nuanced beliefs). I am taking measures to try and avoid infoslop in my life, but its a journey - I would love to hear from you, how you have successfully achieved this. To add insu
hbsingh
Nov 25 min read


Britain balancing its books part 3
The moral case — betraying our values? Zoso Davies, a credit strategist and Hartej Singh, a Credit Investor write a four-part series...
hbsingh
Oct 28 min read


Britain balancing its books part 2
More promises than productivity Zoso Davies, a credit strategist and Hartej Singh, a Credit Investor write a four-part series arguing...
hbsingh
Sep 159 min read


The Overton Window
“First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.” — attributed to Mahatma Gandhi You might not have...
hbsingh
Sep 55 min read


Britain balancing its books part 1
Britain balancing its books part 1: Sound public finances underpin living standards, discuss Zoso Davies, a credit strategist and Hartej...
hbsingh
Aug 297 min read


Summer book recommendation
“It is easier to judge a man by his questions rather than his answers” - Pierre-Marc-Gaston I hope you are having a great summer! This is...
hbsingh
Aug 182 min read


The lost art of patience and curiosity
"Dripping water wears through stone, but not in a single day." – Chinese Proverb Before heading off on holiday, I stuffed five slim books...
hbsingh
Aug 84 min read


How we can avoid going broke
“In any case, the days of borrowing much more than can be paid back to support excess consumption, by unproductive people, are coming to...
hbsingh
Jul 144 min read


The 5 Powers of a storyteller
“Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.” - William Butler Yeats, Irish poet Storytellers command power. A...
hbsingh
Jun 276 min read


Vision - the story of tomorrow
"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the colour of their skin but...
hbsingh
Jun 164 min read


Humour - spice for stories
“If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.” — George Bernard Shaw Making people laugh is not...
hbsingh
Jun 65 min read


Stories that lift us
“Stories are the communal currency of humanity.” – Tahir Shah Stories can lift us Welcome to part five of the storytelling series, with...
hbsingh
May 314 min read


Data-driven storytelling
"The goal is to turn data into information, and information into insight." – Carly Fiorina Data is the start of the story not the story...
hbsingh
May 235 min read


The power of narratives
“The narrative is the set of assumptions the press believes in, possibly without even knowing that it believes in them". - from Stephen...
hbsingh
May 164 min read


Stories simplify ideas
“ After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world .” -- Philip Pullman A famous and...
hbsingh
May 95 min read


Learn how to tell stories
“Humans think in stories rather than in facts, numbers, or equations, and the simpler the story, the better.” — Yuval Noah Harari Is the...
hbsingh
May 32 min read


Assumption Sages
“It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.” - Unknown (often attributed to...
hbsingh
Apr 254 min read


Tech trade-offs
'It was the best of times; it was the worst of times' - Charles Dickens I hesitated before writing this. Who am I to generalise, to...
hbsingh
Apr 144 min read


Luxury beliefs
“People care a great deal more about appearance and reputation than about reality.” - Jonathan Haidt , The Righteous Mind Are beliefs the...
hbsingh
Mar 174 min read


Death by process
“Bureaucracy is the death of all sound work.” - Albert Einstein Where to go next? It feels in the day that Amazon can get a product to...
hbsingh
Mar 94 min read


The Blame Game
Blaming others is a common response to not feeling happy Too good to be true usually means too good to be true." – Richard Branson We...
hbsingh
Mar 25 min read


Book: Rockefeller Letters
This is the book cover This week, I have not been able to spend as much time writing as I would have liked to, and that is largely...
hbsingh
Feb 234 min read


Laws are tools not truths
"Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future." - Robert Kennedy The...
hbsingh
Feb 164 min read


80/20 rule and life decisions
“The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.” – Bruce Lee Outsize outputs come from a small group in inputs. If...
hbsingh
Feb 73 min read
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