After a twenty year career analysing situations to work out what the problem is, and what can be done to improve the situation in question, I think I have finally come to understand why it is rare for The Problem to be directly and successfully addressed. Whether I was preparing material to teach University students, […]
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2021 in review and a look at 2022
If 2020 was the year of COVID-19 shock, and 2021 has become the year of COVID-19 exhaustion, then what will the emergence of the Omicron variant mean for 2022? I am not a medical professional and have no intention of offering medical advice. I have spent most of my professional life analysing security risks, and […]
Communications’ Lessons from Stanley McChrystal’s Risk
I always look forward with anticipation to listening to General Stanley McChrystal’s new book. From listening to My Share of the Task in 2013 onwards, I have come to know that Stan McChrystal will masterfully combine experiences from his life and career, the issues that had to be overcome, the approach he took to getting […]
Communications’ Lessons from Stanley McChrystal’s Risk
I always look forward with anticipation to listening to General Stanley McChrystal’s new book. From listening to My Share of the Task in 2013 onwards, I have come to know that Stan McChrystal will masterfully combine experiences from his life and career, the issues that had to be overcome, the approach he took to getting […]
Join Tim and me at 19:00 ACDT tonight for Blind Insights Live!
www.facebook.com/events/1218299331914118/ Many of you already listen to Blind Insights, and most of you who read my blog posts have seen the podcast page here on my website. As much as I like writing my thoughts down to share with you, the idea of getting to answer your questions in real time is genuinely exciting. Please […]
My most significant and uncomfortable insight
This week I received my marks for the courses I took this semester as part of my Master of Media in Strategic Communication. My marks were not quite as high as last semester, which I am okay with, because I now feel like I have a solid handle on this new area of knowledge. Between […]
Join Tim and me for Blind Insights Live at 19:00 on 1 December
Many of you already listen to Blind Insights, and most of you who read my blog posts have seen the podcast page here on my website. As much as I like writing my thoughts down to share with you, the idea of getting to answer your questions in real time is genuinely exciting. Please join […]
Are you okay, and what do we all need to be okay?
Tim and I ask: are you okay, and what do we all need to be okay? omny.fm/shows/blind-insights/are-you-okay Countless articles about the negative mental health implications of lockdowns have been written since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, and what they tend to have in common is an emphasis on the deleterious consequences of the isolation […]
What Facebook has learned from Big Tobacco
This week, former Facebook employee Frances Haugen has blown the whistle on the company knowingly continuing to allow its social media platforms to harm their users. Her evidence has been damning, and Facebook’s response has been very similar to Big Tobacco’s response to years of critical coverage. To get up to speed on this week’s […]
A perfect mental health storm: fear, risk aversion, social media, and the COVID-19 pandemic
Countless articles about the negative mental health implications of lockdowns have been written since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, and what they tend to have in common is an emphasis on the deleterious consequences of the isolation and uncertainty that so many people are experiencing right now, but very few of them seriously reflect […]