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A collection of 25 issues

Imagination, resilience and letting go

Organisations face accelerating pressure and shrinking capacity. Imagination matters, but it needs scaffolding, stability, and space to take root. Real progress comes from better conditions for decision making, small experiments, and structures that turn ideas into sustainable practice.

This week's best things

We've had quite a lot of snow this week, so we went sliding down the hill near our house and found a snowman. A snowy landscape is a wonderful thing. We're off to my favourite sauna on the west coast on Sunday. Blekets Bastu is like

Clocks, clouds, and the nature of digital problems

Not all digital challenges can be fixed with expertise alone. Understanding whether you’re facing a technical or adaptive problem can change how you lead, collaborate, and design solutions that actually work.

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UX lessons from the BFI, coping strategies for workaholism, better alternatives to SWOT, weekly open content crits, a beautiful browser game, reflections on audio-led experiences, thoughtful takes on AI adoption, meeting culture, and unclear communication.

This week's best things

Playing an instrument helps keep the brain young. Also: a museum of web design, innovation vs infrastructure, antifragility, Aurora Orchestra’s learning platform, sensory sculpture, design systems at the NHS, the “futures cone” as a way to think about uncertainty, and the “Age of Worth It.”

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Content strategy and why distribution matters; Cory Doctorow on reversing the “enshittocene”; Rijksmuseum’s relational search; digital exhaustion; art’s measurable health benefits; Hugh on the fact that “people like real things”; imagination in leadership; and Sarah Hughes on “The Likability Trap”.

Reimagining purpose, value, and dealing with pressure

Many cultural leaders admit their organisations feel unsustainable. True resilience comes from reimagining purpose, not outputs or buildings, but the core that makes them indispensable to the public.

Not all decisions are equal (or why you shouldn't treat your hats like tattoos)

In cultural organisations, too many decisions are treated as irreversible. Using the “hats, haircuts, tattoos” framework could help leaders distinguish between low-stakes and high-stakes choices, speeding things up and building a culture of trust.

This week's best things

Copenhagen trips, upcoming talks on AI + digital failure, and a load of good reads: on daydreaming, content structures, gateopeners, the myth of engagement, and why prompting is a design act. Plus rain maps, Lego Globe, shark tracking, and a truly dreadful novel.

This week's best things

Venice Immersive highlights, SEO AI implications, content maintenance, knowledge systems, organising structures, bottleneck leaders, project vs product funding, disintermediation, music discovery, fortune tellers, and more.