Weeknotes - Tomomi Sasaki

Week 43, 2026 —

Sun, 25 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Week 42, 2026 — Netherlands galore

Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT

I spent the first half of the week co-hosting the ReConnect retreat in a beautiful forest estate in Hilversum, about half an hour away from Amsterdam. Kathleen and I welcomed eight UX research leaders--brilliant, generous and dedicated--to work on strategy, unbothered by as few commitments and daily frictions as possible, in a conversational space that nurtured trust, honesty, and connectedness.

Week 41, 2026 — Carrots, green figs, and a poem

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT

I had a magical time at Fête de la Carotte at Maison Jaune, a theater-garden and artistiс residence about an hour outside of Paris. A bonus was tasting pelmeni, Russian dumplings, for the first time.

📚 Books: Risking Being Alive (Yaro Starak), 自分の感受性くらい (茨木のり子)

Week 40, 2026 — Re-entry

Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT

After time away, people typically re-enter their home and work systems with brute force. Jumping head-first into enormous to-do lists, we deprioritize re-connecting with loved ones and colleagues, let alone tend to our physical health.

Week 39, 2026 — Cycling Peloponnese

Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

I'll write up a trip report soon enough, just to note here that my sister E and I went on a cycling adventure in the east-most "finger" of the Peloponnese peninsula and the island of Spetses.

📚 Books: Your Many Faces (Virginia Satir), Making Contact (Virginia Satir)

Week 38, 2026 — In a Gestalt bubble

Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

It was a very enriching week outside of Athens, in a happy bubble for the fifth and final module of the International Gestalt Organization & Leadership Development Program that I started in September 2025.

Week 37, 2026 — Enoughness

Sun, 13 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Highlights:

Week 36, 2026 — Oh hey, September

Sun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

It's been a calm week at home in Paris.

📚 Books: Making Contact (Virginia Satir), ライオンのおやつ (小川糸), The Elegance of the Hedgehog (Muriel Barbery), Counterfeit (Kirstin Chen)

Week 35, 2026 — Letting go of summer

Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Arriving home early Monday from Austria was a bumpy way to start the week. I re-calibrated with a few quiet days at home, and filled my cup to the brim with an active weekend, savoring the last weekend of the summer with different friends.

📚 Books: Bad Feminist (Roxane Gay), The feasts of memory (Elias Kulukundis), Lady Tremaine (Rachel Hochhauser)

Week 34, 2026 — Breathing in the alpine tundra

Sun, 23 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT

I spent the first half of the week home in work mode, then joined friends in the mountains of Vorarlberg, the westernmost part of Austria.

📚 Books: 庭の話 = Think as a Garden (宇野常寛), Yellowface (R. F. Kuang), Yesteryear (Caro Claire Burke)

Week 33, 2026 — Cycling the coast of Estonia

Sun, 16 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT

It was obon week -- i.e. my summer break i.e. time for another cycling trip. This year, Estonia!

📚 Books: When the Doves Disappeared (Sofi Oksanen), Purge (Sofi Oksanen), Transitions (William Bridges), Finnish Nightmares (Karoliina Korhonen), New Finnish Nightmares (Karoliina Korhonen), Third Culture Kids (David C. Pollock)

Week 32, 2026 — Feeding the cat

Sun, 09 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT

This week I took care of a friend's cat. It started a few years ago when a different friend offered me the use of their beautiful home for a few weeks, with one request: that I give daily attention to their cat. I had a lovely stay outside of the city, playing with the prickly beast whenever he allowed it, and came away feeling like the friendship had deepened. It also struck me as a creative, reciprocal exchange of resources.

📚 Books: The Summer book (Tove Jansson), Parzival (Katherine Paterson), The Twin (Gerbrand Bakker), The Dinner (Herman Koch), 手段からの解放 : シリーズ哲学講話 (國分功一郎), Gut (Giulia Enders)

Week 31, 2026 — Texture of connection

Sun, 02 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT

I listened to an interview with Tsunehiro Uno about his latest book, and he talked about the texture of one's connection to society, as something in desparate need of nuance in today's world of social media-fueled identity politics. The word he used was tezawari, which literally means "hand feel".

📚 Books: The Song of Achilles (Madeline Miller), The Penelopiad (Margaret Atwood), Jacob Have I Loved (Katherine Paterson), 暇と退屈の倫理学 (國分功一郎), 手段からの解放 : シリーズ哲学講話 (國分功一郎), はじめてのスピノザ : 自由へのエチカ (國分功一郎), ほんとうのことを書く練習 (土門蘭), Homo Ludens; A Study of the Play Element in Culture (Johan Huizinga)

Week 30, 2026 — Participating in summer in Paris

Sun, 26 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

It's not August yet but summer is in the air, and I don't mean just the weather or the forest fires that are ravaging many locations in France.

📚 Books: Diviner Mind (Nicola Robins), 魔女の体力 40歳、女性が体力をつけるべきとき (イ・ヨンミ), ナイルパーチの女子会 (柚木麻子), 目的への抵抗 : シリーズ哲学講話 (國分功一郎), ムーミン谷の彗星 (トーベ・ヤンソン), 孤独の価値 (森博嗣)

Week 29, 2026 — Inspired

Sun, 19 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

I got back to Paris mid-week after a stopover in Toulouse to catch up with a friend. I'm glad to be home, and the thought of a few quiet weeks here, on the wings of what was a stimulating stay in the Ariège, makes me happy. Between the near-daily cycling expeditions and small-town socializing, there had been several "firsts" that I said yes to when the opportunity arose. I've brought some of that momentum home: I've ordered a few (more) books about the region, written down recipes I want to try, and already did some cycling and yoga to continue the athletic kick.

📚 Books: Circe (Madeline Miller), Minor Feelings (Cathy Park Hong), We are Not Machines (Sarah O'Connor), 暇と退屈の倫理学 (國分功一郎)

Week 28, 2026 — Full on Ariege

Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

I've had a very nice week, despite the heat, which basically prohibits any serious outdoor activity between 11am-8pm. I even sent a Postcard, which always feels good!

📚 Books: 孤独の価値 (森博嗣), 暇と退屈の倫理学 (國分功一郎), Galatea (Madeline Miller), Navigating a New Economy (Anna Branten)

Week 27, 2026 — Out and about

Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

A highly satisfactory week, with a reprieve from the heat (thank goodness) and Oriana in town to run "Patterns of Trust" workshops from the Emotions at Work repertoire. Major kudos to our client contact for creating and protecting the breathing space in their organization for a topic like this -- I don't take it lightly, and felt both joyful and relieved that all of the participants seemed to get a lot out of our time together. They were present in the moment, and the quality of listening, thinking and connecting that happened in the room felt really good.

📚 Books: Creation Lake (Rachel Kushner), The Systems View of Life (Fritjof Capra)

Week 26, 2026 — Keeping our appointment with life

Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

This week in France and across Western Europe was all about the heat wave. It dominated the news and our conversations, with enthused sharing of news, tips, and commiseration, against the backdrop of a slow acceptance that this is the new reality for summertimes.

📚 Books: The Man Who Spoke Snakish (Andrus Kivirähk), The Systems View of Life (Fritjof Capra), Patterns of Connection (Fritjof Capra), Self-compassion : the proven power of being kind to yourself (Kristin Neff), Radical Acceptance (Tara Brach), なんでも、漬けもの。 (河井美歩)

Week 25, 2026 — Paintings for the Temple

Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

It's been a rough week, physically, as I battle jetlag, a heatwave and tree pollen allergy. The heatwave will continue next week, so I've changed the duvet and dug out the fan, ice cube makers, ice pillow etc. The pollen is a huge energy suck - it makes me feel dazed and weak - so I'll be more conscientious next week with meds, the air purifier and changing from outside clothes. Time to get pro-active.

📚 Books: Hilma Af Klint and Wassily Kandinsky: Dreams of the Future (Julia Voss), Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine (Gail Honeyman), The Systems View of Life (Fritjof Capra)

Week 24, 2026 — Tokyo - Enoshima - Paris

Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

I started the week by co-hosting a small event at the AQ Studio with my friend Michael. We ran a light version of his game, "Cowtopia", for a fun mix of his network and mine. I always enjoy running small events in a familiar setting, introducing something light-hearted and useful to peers after work. Glad that we were able to pull this off!

📚 Books: 死ねばいいのに (京極夏彦)

Week 23, 2026 — Yatsugatake - Tokyo - Echizen

Sun, 07 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Monday: Movie night with French and Singapore friends. I was initiated to La Cité de la peur.

Week 22, 2026 — Rest and recuperation

Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

As planned, I retreated to the AQ Cabin after 10 days of non-stop activity in Singapore, to rest and read, while catching up on work and life admin. My hiking ambitions for the Yatsugatake Range will have to wait until next year - right now, it's more the mood of hammocks, fireplaces and long walks.

📚 Books: ほんとうのことを書く練習 (土門蘭), センスの哲学 (千葉雅也)

Week 21, 2026 — Going broad and deep in Singapore

Sun, 24 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

I holed up in hotel conference rooms by day, and huddled with colleagues at hawker centers and bars at night, for the fourth of five modules of my "Gestalt in OD and leadership" training.

Week 20, 2026 — Tokyo stop, short and sweet

Sun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

I worked out of my Tokyo office for the better part of the week.

📚 Books: ほんとうのことを書く練習 (土門蘭), A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith), The Let Them Theory (Mel Robbins)

Week 19, 2026 — Golden Week

Sun, 10 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

It was Golden Week in Japan and another three-day weekend in France, which made for a quiet week overall. I set aside the vague hiking plans I’d made earlier this year and happily spent five days seeing friends and coding.

📚 Books: The Other Significant Others (Rhaina Cohen)

Week 18, 2026 — Long weekends and lots of threads

Sun, 03 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

France has a string of long-weekends in May, and this was the first. With Japanese bank holidays also coming up, things felt nicely slow and spacious, once it was clear what had to get done and what could wait.

Week 17, 2026 — Milestones for Emotions at Work

Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Oriana was in Paris this week, so that we could run in-person Emotions at Work workshops for a client team. This was a long awaited moment, on many fronts, as we had been planning and looking forward to this since the end of 2025.

Week 16, 2026 — New website is fully live

Sun, 19 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

I finished the migration of this website and cancelled the Squarespace plan. It's a big deal to me, since this is a site I've had since I was a college kid. After the beloved Wordpress era, there was a practical Squarespace era, and now I'm on Astro, editing markdown and writing little scripts with the help of Claude Code.

📚 Books: 脳科学者の母が、認知症になる (恩蔵絢子), 感情労働の未来 (恩蔵絢子), 勉強の哲学 (千葉雅也)

Week 15, 2026 — System thinking daydreams

Sun, 12 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Another nice, quiet week. I revisited Donella Meadow's Thinking in Systems and was very pleased that I understand the concepts much better than the first time I read it, prior to studying ontological coaching and Gestalt psychology.

📚 Books: Thinking in Systems (Donella Meadows), The Names (Florence Knapp), 憂鬱でなければ、仕事じゃない (見城徹)

Week 14, 2026 — Conversations, coding, and a concert

Sun, 05 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

This week had: a successful project delivery, two enriching workshops (one as a participant, the other as host), one dog, one cat, two potential new coaching clients, an excellent deep dive on the overlap between Gestalt and ontology, a new restaurant find in the neigborhood, plenty of interesting reading, and Josh Groban in concert.

📚 Books: そして誰もゆとらなくなった (朝井リョウ), Pompeii (Robert Harris), The Vegetarian (Han Kang), Artificial Organizations (Barry O'Reilly), The Other Bennet Sister (Janice Hadlow), Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine (Gail Honeyman)

Week 13, 2026 — Supporting exploratory energy

Sun, 29 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT

This week I had a string of long, 1-1 conversations with peers in professional transition - people who've made quite drastic changes to their working environment, sometimes their living environment, too, after stewing in it for years. Is there something in the air? I feel a lot of optimistic, exploratory energy from them, a sense of reveling in the open sea ahead.

📚 Books: AI Engineering (Chip Huyen), Hidden Patterns (Clay Parker Jones), Coaching the Team at Work (David Clutterbuck), Conclave (Robert Harris)

Week 12, 2026 — Where did it go?

Sun, 22 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Now that I’m tinkering and publishing on a near-daily basis on my Build site, Weeknotes has tumbled down the list of things I pay attention to — the new container is custom-built for how I want to think, and therefore it’s way more fun there.

Week 11, 2026 — Weekend in London

Tue, 17 Mar 2026 19:30:47 GMT

Went for a last-minute trip to London to join my UK-based Gestalt peers for some fun weekend plans.

Week 10, 2026 — Signs of spring

Sun, 08 Mar 2026 19:20:19 GMT

We finally had some sun in Paris, enough that I took an anti-histamine pill to combat the pollen. The whole city felt like it was in good spirits. I’d become a bit too immersed in coding, though. I felt its affect in my sleep, eyesight, short term memory and the way people reacted to how I talked about my experiments and ideas. I had the good sense to call a coach friend for a session—their genuine concern for my wellbeing broke through my jittery stupor, and I put Claude Code aside for three days, to help me start recalibrating. It’s been weird.

📚 Books: The Lucky Ride (Yasushi Kitagawa), How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read (Pierre Bayard), Fundamentally (Nussaibah Younis)

Week 9, 2026 — Too much Claude

Sun, 01 Mar 2026 22:18:45 GMT

This week, I spent all my time building apps with Claude Code. It’s a very strange feeling, to have my software engineering years in my 20s merge with my product design experience, and to have access to all of that (and more) through a “coding assistant”. On the seventh day, I started running a fever—a literal sign that my brain was being fried. Caught up in fever dreams, and trying to wrap my mind around the implications of what I was learning. I’ve started putting out feelers to find “safer” containers for the exploration, so there are other people involved, there are projects, and it’s more integrated in my professional activities.

📚 Books: Creative Book Design (Sendpoints Publishing Co. Ltd.)

Week 8, 2026 — Hello Claude

Sun, 22 Feb 2026 17:38:34 GMT

I went to see the exhibition L’empire du sommeil at Musée Marmottan Monet, which had some nice pieces but felt like an unserious attempt at tackling a rich theme like sleep. It didn’t explore dreams, day dreams or napping at all. And there were a few too many pieces that were “man/god looking at nude, sleeping female“ to which I had a heightened awareness of, as our visit was the same day that former prince Andrew was arrested. Still, a museum visit and light dinner afterwards is such a wonderful way to spend a weekday evening and I’m determined to repeat it soon.

Week 7, 2026 — Mostly I read books at home

Sat, 14 Feb 2026 20:41:08 GMT

I had three outings, so not in complete cave mode, but close to it. Mostly I did what was needed for work, and then just read book after book.

📚 Books: 西の魔女が死んだ (梨木香歩), Phantom (羽田圭介), 読書する人だけがたどり着ける場所 (齋藤孝), 水木サンの幸福論 (水木しげる), 「新」富裕層ビジネスの教科書 (岸田大輔), 崖っぷちの老舗バレエ団に密着取材したらヤバかった (渡邊永人)

Week 6, 2026 — Cat-sitting, singing and writing to think and understand

Sun, 08 Feb 2026 11:37:31 GMT

It was my first week back in Paris, but fragmented as I was catsitting for friends, and spent considerable time going back and forth between my home and theirs. I have completed this mission, though, and I look forward to re-building my daily routines. Really need to get back in the gym, it’s been almost two months.

📚 Books: オリガ・モリソヴナの反語法 (米原万里)

Week 5, 2026 — A big week

Sun, 01 Feb 2026 12:48:31 GMT

* Monday: Morning hike in Kirstenboch with M, an afternoon of journaling, and a last dinner with M and K * Tuesday: Cable car up to Table Mountain for a meandering walk, picked up a bunch of South African novels at an indie bookstore, sent a Postcard * Wednesday: Up at 5am to get back to Paris, a 12hr flight. Read Wisani Mushwana’s “ _Soft Landing_ ” and Damon Galgut’s “ _The Promise_ ” * Thursday: Back to work * Friday: Some work, Korean resto dinner with M and early night in * Saturday: Did loads of laundry and cleaned my apartment. Read Kopano Matlwa’s “ _Bosadi_ ” and Sayaka Murata’s “ _Convenience Store Woman_ “. Started a week of cat sitting for friends * Sunday: Read some of the zines I’d picked up in Tokyo. Hang out with A and the cat

📚 Books: A Soft Landing (Wisani Mushwana), The Promise (Damon Galgut), Bosadi (Kopano Matlwa), コンビニ人間 (村田沙耶香)

Week 4, 2026 — Vibrant bubble

Mon, 26 Jan 2026 04:57:41 GMT

A crazy intense week where I barely blinked. It’s Sunday and my training is officially finished. We learned about resistance, conflict, and dyadic systems—and by learn I mean, we practiced with and on each other in different configurations, and with organizational clients. On two nights I stayed till the end of dinner parties, an on two other nights I crashed without any dinner at all. I got a light bout of gastro and handled it well. I celebrated my birthday with my peers, feeling bashful and pleased. I had a joyous reunion with a friend for the first time in-person, after five years of Zoom connections. She and her daughter drove me to the Cape of Good Hope and introduced me to views all along the coast. I visited Robben Island, most know as the place where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for 17 years, but also for keeping many other political prisoners and leprosy patients in isolation.

Week 3, 2026 — Arrived in Capetown

Sat, 17 Jan 2026 16:52:10 GMT

I needed to be in South Africa on Saturday and I’d decided to spend a few days in Paris first, to re-pack and re-connect. It was wonderful to be home and hard to leave. Sometimes I wonder how much I really love travelling. I can’t imagine not doing it but I’m also a huge homebody.

📚 Books: BUTTER (柚木麻子), イン・ザ・メガチャーチ (朝井リョウ), Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (Gabrielle Zevin)

Week 2, 2025 — Sliding door

Sun, 11 Jan 2026 03:25:54 GMT

I kicked off work on Tuesday, starting with a nice team lunch and commuting to the office every day. It’s a run of what my life may have looked like if I hadn’t moved away, which I always find to be a marvelous, confusing mix of bittersweetness, nostalgia and gratitude.

Week 1, 2026 — HNY

Mon, 05 Jan 2026 05:27:26 GMT

It’s Week 1 but half 2025 and half 2026, which makes the numbering compatible with the days of the week, but it’s not very elegant. I sent a Postcard from wintery Yatsugatake on the 30th, a cap on the feather of some very nice reflection time, then spent a few days with family. We made three trips to the _onsen_ hot spring bath, which might be a record in one week! It was super nice in Yatsugatake as usual, and I’m already looking forward to coming back in July for early summer hiking and a creative project or two.

Week 52, 2025 — Hurling towards the end of the year

Sun, 28 Dec 2025 14:41:32 GMT

Solid last week at work, wrapping up client work, lunch with a client that I hadn’t met in person before, office cleaning and evenings out with colleagues. I’d wanted to make progress on personal projects but decided to end the work week and meet friends from high school instead. It was a bit of a reunion moment, and I’m so glad for this reconnect. I’ve missed so much of their lives, and I would like them to be part of mine again. It also gives me an experience of Tokyo (and myself) that I’d let fade away, through many years of prioritizing work and family on these trips to Japan.

📚 Books: Julie Chan Is Dead (Liann Zhang), 正欲 (朝井リョウ), 「好き」を言語化する技術 (三宅香帆), The Myth of Normal (Gabor Maté, MD), 「推し」の科学プロジェクション・サイエンスとは何か (久保(川合)南海子)

Week 51, 2025 — Arrive in Tokyo

Tue, 23 Dec 2025 12:58:36 GMT

I cleaned my flat, took care of some visa admin (long story) and flew out to Tokyo on Thursday, arriving Friday night. Usually I go into the office the next morning so getting a restful weekend first felt very relaxed.

📚 Books: You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey (Amber Ruffin), Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Toshikazu Kawaguchi)

Week 50, 2025 — Fifty!

Sun, 14 Dec 2025 21:10:46 GMT

I had a light-ish work load, a few catch-up calls with friends, and a beautiful Emotions at Work alumni session on emotional regulation. Otherwise stayed home, mostly in bed with a weird, stomach upset. Back at 90% as of Sunday, thankfully.

📚 Books: You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey (Amber Ruffin), The Answer to How Is Yes (Peter Block)

Week 49, 2025 — Sunny Barcelona

Mon, 08 Dec 2025 19:23:15 GMT

I spent most of the week north of Barcelona, co-working with friends. Daily sunshine, a view of the sea and the full moon! It was great to have a break from the grey drizzle of Paris. Maybe it’s time to consider a longer stay in Spain…

📚 Books: Strong Ground (Brené Brown), On Muscle (Bonnie Tsui)

Week 48, 2025 — Officially, pre-holiday

Sun, 30 Nov 2025 20:19:21 GMT

_Brown water and burnt toast but the vibes can’t be beat_

Week 47, 2025 — Chasing sunlight

Mon, 24 Nov 2025 23:50:58 GMT

_Took a selfie as evidence that there was a bit of sun…_

📚 Books: Bird by Bird (Anne Lamott)

Week 46, 2026 — Small changes

Mon, 17 Nov 2025 18:08:33 GMT

It was another nice week at home, with a near-ideal balance of work, sport and meeting friends. Tried a new cafe, a new restaurant and a new neighborhood grocer. All were great and serve as wonderful reminders to keep trying new places. In recent months I’ve had to unpin so many of the establishments I’d saved on Google Maps in the past decade. So much turnover.

📚 Books: Bird by Bird (Anne Lamott), Steppenwolf (Hermann Hesse), Siddhartha (Hermann Hesse)

Week 45, 2025 — Another quiet week

Sun, 09 Nov 2025 18:40:29 GMT

_I sat by the Seine for an hour before meeting a friend for dinner, and caught up on my correspondence._

📚 Books: Conscious You (Nadjeschda Taranczewski), Bird by Bird (Anne Lamott)

Week 44, 2025 — Quiet days

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 11:59:43 GMT

I came back from Bavaria mid-week and sent another Postcard—yay! I get a nice handful of replies each time, sometimes from people I haven’t interacted with in ages, and that makes me happy. For me it’s a win to send out a clean signal that’s perceived to be inviting enough to spontaneously shoot back a reply or text. A while back I thought to myself, it would be something to still be sending sporadic Postcards in ten, twenty years time. It was a thought that opened my aperture for this project and makes me feel more generous and generative.

📚 Books: Unreasonable Hospitality (Will Guidara)

Week 43, 2025 — Late fall in Bavaria

Mon, 27 Oct 2025 13:52:21 GMT

I’m co-working at a friend’s outside of Munich for a few days. It’s peak foliage all around _and_ early snow up in the peaks. We made apple strudel, watched Interstellar and hiked the Ammergau Alps which runs across Bavaria and Tyrol. I learned about the story of the Oberammergau Passion Play, where villagers perform the Passion Play once every 10 years to uphold their promise to God since 1634. I feel well-rested and grateful for the change in pace.

📚 Books: Better Days (Neal Allen)

Week 42, 2025 — Beautiful, glorious leaves

Sun, 19 Oct 2025 21:27:50 GMT

This week was a pleasant blend of quiet time and catching up with friends. I’m realizing it’s a pattern—the first week after I’m back from travel, I like to recharge at home, and the week after that, I’ll start going out again. It was the “second” week, so it makes sense that I was able to go on four outings with friends, catch up on some errands, and go for a ride.

📚 Books: Hilma Af Klint (Julia Voss), Life Admin (Elizabeth F. Emens), The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, Manga Edition (Patrick M. Lencioni)

Week 41, 2025 — Socks weather, officially

Sat, 11 Oct 2025 19:32:43 GMT

A while back I told myself that the sandal weather was over for the year but of course chanced it one more time. It’s really over though, despite how sunny it may seem. I shall wear socks from tomorrow onward. And shoes. I should hide my sandals.

📚 Books: Unbound (Kasia Urbaniak), Tiny Experiments (Anne-Laure Le Cunff)

Week 40, 2025 — Hiking Picos en Europa

Mon, 06 Oct 2025 23:48:56 GMT

I spent the week in Northern Spain, on a long-anticipated hiking trip with friends and collaborators. We started on the Basque Coast, then crossed into Asturias and Cantabria to explore different areas of Picos en Europa. Two short walks and three big hikes.

Week 39, 2025 — Lake Balaton and back home

Sun, 28 Sep 2025 09:44:01 GMT

After a very intense training period, I met with a good friend to decompress and catch up. We rented bicycles and rode around Lake Balaton for a few days. The infrastructure for leisure cycling there is excellent, with paved bike paths with good signage and villages every hour or so to grab a bite to eat. We dipped in the lake a few times—parts of it are very shallow as you can see from the photo—and let the sun dry us while we cycled on. What fun! We celebrated the intentional investment in our friendship, our foresight in planning an enjoyable, easygoing trip, and our good luck with the late summer weather.

📚 Books: The Fertile Void (John Leary-Joyce), Leadership in the Age of Not Knowing: Strategies for Leading in a Learning Way (Mary Ann Rainey)

Week 38, 2025 — In the grand city of Budapest

Mon, 22 Sep 2025 15:22:28 GMT

I’m in Budapest for training, fatigued but feeling alive with new experiences and the certainty that I’m learning exactly what I want to be learning. The barrier to entry to this training is high, in terms of the time, energy and financial commitment. It acts as a forcing function for each of us to make the most of the opportunity - people are hungry to learn, ready to take risks and intent on making the most of every moment. The goal is to become more of who we are as we develop as leaders, and strengthen our skill of influencing human systems.

Week 37, 2025 — Almost the 40th week

Sun, 14 Sep 2025 09:51:51 GMT

It was a week to relish. Busier with work than I had anticipated but still got out every day. And didn’t drink any alcohol, either. Check out this Swedish rhubarb cider. I didn’t detect any rhubarb taste but hey why not 🤷‍♀️

Week 36, 2025 — Tasting September

Sun, 07 Sep 2025 09:46:54 GMT

A third of my week evaporated when I caught a cold from the sudden temperature drop. I put 100% effort into recovery and it’s behind me now. The worst of it was losing my step count streak, a fine example of a tragedy in the grand theater of my tiny inner dramas.

📚 Books: Confronting Shame (Ilse Sand)

Week 35, 2025 — Is it fall already?

Sun, 31 Aug 2025 08:46:06 GMT

Another quiet week at home. The weather has turned cool in Paris, even raining a few times. On Saturday I went for a long walk in the forest and was surprised to find fall foliage.

📚 Books: The Serviceberry (Robin Wall Kimmerer)

Week 34, 2025 — Nesting at Home

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 11:28:20 GMT

This turned into something of a second week of break--technically I've been back at work from Tuesday but everything on the client front was quiet, and with just a trickle of social commitments, I had the chance to rest and think in a luxurious, open-ended way. That's a different mode than being on holiday and I'm grateful for this unplanned time to re-orient.

Week 33, 2025 — Summer cycling

Wed, 20 Aug 2025 07:39:55 GMT

The heatwave is intense but our legs feel strong. I’m cycling with my sister from Annecy through Chamonix Valley through Aosta Valley down to Ivrea then Turin!

Week 31, 2025 — The start of summer

Mon, 04 Aug 2025 08:53:45 GMT

Paris has been cool, even a bit chilly at times, in a cheery, magnanimous mood as people disappear into their holidays. It's also the time to look around to connect one last time with those still here. I've had a more social week than usual, and enjoyed it a lot.

📚 Books: David Hockney en Pays d’Auge (Jean Frémon)

Week 27, 2025 — Reviving weeknotes

Sat, 05 Jul 2025 08:25:57 GMT

I let go of my Legacy plan on Squarespace and switched to the Basic plan so I can have 1,000 pages instead of 20, after fuming for several years about this artificial constraint. I want to override that bitter taste, and am determined to use and enjoy my website again.

Week 15, 2022 — Tucked away at home

Sun, 17 Apr 2022 16:44:42 GMT

I'm enjoying being home after two weeks on the road. Time to focus on a big delivery, go out a couple of nights and luxuriate in sleeping in.

Week 14, 2022 — Mountains and valleys

Tue, 12 Apr 2022 22:04:55 GMT

I traveled from Barcelona to northern Italy for By Design or Disaster, the annual conference of the MA program in Eco-Social Design at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano. This year’s theme was Radical Care - _the question is not only how to care practically today, but how to create conditions that allow all to care?_.

Week 46, 2021 — A full week

Sun, 21 Nov 2021 16:25:21 GMT

On Monday, I took the train down to the French Pyrenees. I'm spinning up a project there with a friend which requires a bit of luck. We have a lot of momentum right now and I'm hopeful we can keep it going! Afterwards, I headed further south to Barcelona to set up a design project for next year. I should know in a few days what kind of commitment will be feasible.

Week 45, 2021 — Melancholic fall

Sun, 14 Nov 2021 16:01:42 GMT

I just sent out a Postcard for the first time in many, many months, and am reflecting on why it took so much out of me to get to a sendable e-mail.

Week 39, 2021 — The city as a playground

Mon, 04 Oct 2021 21:34:32 GMT

October has crept up on us and the winds are starting to get chilly. This week, I recovered from a bad cold and managed to venture out with friends to see "Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped" and the Georgia O'Keefe retrospective at the Pompidou. I also caught up with a friend visiting town - we took a long walk in Montmartre and ducked into a cafe for hot chocolate when the rain started to fall. What great reminders of the abundance that a city like Paris has to offer.

Week 36, 2021 — Heading home soon

Sat, 18 Sep 2021 10:13:11 GMT

A passport kerfuffle turned this into an unplanned, extra week in Tokyo. It meant a couple of missed lunches and drinks in Paris and one 3am call but once I got over the feeling of being stranded, it turned out to be a blessing in disguise. I enjoyed a few more in-person coffees, museum visits, a bike ride and more time with my family. As a special bonus, the oranthaamus flowers (flagrant olive tree) started to bloom. This is my favorite scent in the world. Because I always visit in the summer and winter seasons, it’s been six? years since I was in the same city when they bloom for a few weeks in the autumn. What a gorgeous surprise!

Week 34, 2021 — Spacious strategies

Tue, 31 Aug 2021 05:57:35 GMT

When you don’t have an aircon: Take a nap when it gets too hot, after eating a big slice of watermelon.

Week 33, 2021 — Laying low

Sun, 22 Aug 2021 09:33:46 GMT

I’m now in Tokyo under a government mandated quarantine that’s deployed consumer technology to scale tracking and surveillance of individuals who fly into Japan. It’s an app-based check-in system, with random notifications and video calls throughout the day. I’m almost through the two week period and then I will continue socially distancing without being managed by an app.

Week 22, 2021 — Seeking sunlight and space

Mon, 07 Jun 2021 21:34:49 GMT

My newsletter took over the space reserved as my writing outlet, pushing out my weeknotes. I’m taking back that space, after ten weeks of disarray and a realization that what I thought was an established habit needs watchful protection.

Week 12, 2021 — Small pauses

Sun, 11 Apr 2021 20:36:21 GMT

Writing these Weeknotes for about nine months made it easier to start my newsletter. But I sent out two Postcards in three weeks and it took up all of my capacity for writing! That was unexpected. But I hadn’t really thought about it, and it does make sense in hindsight. They are both forms of public journalling at the end of the day.

Week 11, 2021 — Sending you a postcard

Sun, 21 Mar 2021 21:56:14 GMT

This week I wrapped up the Advanced Facilitation class, which feels less like an close but an opening of potential futures. As a sign of gratitude and a promise to the universe to walk through these doors that are now open, I started a personal newsletter.

Week 10, 2021 — Steady march

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 21:47:26 GMT

The week has zipped past and honestly I don’t remember much about it. Solid progress on all project fronts, with a new one kicking off next week. Next week is the last week of our Advanced Facilitation course and I’ve managed to spend time mapping where I want to be playing in the cohort-based learning field. Accumulating experience as a student and teacher takes a lot of time - there are no short cuts - and I’m thankful for all of the experiences I now have under my belt.

Week 9, 2021 — In like a lamb

Mon, 08 Mar 2021 10:54:08 GMT

Not much “In like a lion”-ness happening this March, rather a vague sense of malaise that’s unbecoming of the shy rays of sunlight. It’s almost the ten year anniversary of the Great Eastern Japan earthquakes and Fukushima disaster.

Week 8, 2021 — And, retreat

Sun, 28 Feb 2021 10:10:04 GMT

When we think of going on a retreat, we tend to think of it as time away - a reprieve from the humdrum of daily activities to rest and re-connect with whatever is important in our belief system, in the hopes of coming back rejuvenated. In our modern world, it carries a flavor of self-indulgence, something that only certain individuals can afford to prioritize at the expense of other people or things that might be deemed more worthy.

Week 7, 2021 — Spring is in the air

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 21:31:37 GMT

I’ve signed on for two exciting projects - one which is a quasi-coaching assignment and another to join an experimental academic research initiative. Both are wondrous offshoots from my core work of design and research. My role is to hold space and provide structure for group processes to flourish x injecting an outsiders’ perspective. It’s not a facilitator role, and it’s also not exactly “group therapy” as a friend remarked… I’m not sure what it is exactly but both inquiries seem to have come from a similar need. A gap that two completely different friends saw and thought, huh I should call Tomomi. I’m making a note to myself to ask them to walk me through this logic.

Week 6, 2021 — Play with what you have

Sat, 13 Feb 2021 17:56:27 GMT

A quick inventory of notable things:

Week 5, 2021 — Getting on with it

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 21:53:31 GMT

I’m back to daily life in an apartment, quarantined with just quick forays outside for groceries. With a full week of severe jet lag and plenty of projects and engagements to keep me on my toes, the days are running long and packed. Not much space for adjusting but not much need, either.

Week 4, 2021 — Going home

Wed, 03 Feb 2021 05:31:33 GMT

I’m tapping away on my phone in the darkness of the airplane, in the final stages of the long and complicated process of getting myself home.

Week 3, 2021 — Be a beginner

Sun, 24 Jan 2021 12:33:25 GMT

The YouTube-ing continues to be a ton of fun. It nudges me to make more opportunities to cycle in good weather, and the immediate feedback loop for improving any editing skill is gratifying. The GoPro, not so much! The settings don't match my mental model and the fiddliness of the livecam makes it a chore when I just want to hop on the saddle. I barely check the app once I start riding so there's been a lot of un-usable footage and un-recorded stretches of time.

Week 2, 2021 — Come in, the water’s fine

Sun, 17 Jan 2021 13:45:31 GMT

Recently I had the chance to visit a few places I’ve never been to - a constant occurrence in pre-COVID days but something I wasn’t sure if I’d really missed. It’s safe to say that, yes, I do. I feel more like myself when there’s travel and discovery in my daily life. It’s the act of going somewhere but also of coming back. Back to home base, to rest deeply and re-appreciate what I already have.

Week 1, 2021 — A gentler and more playful gaze

Sun, 03 Jan 2021 14:48:05 GMT

We’ve had glorious cold and sunny days here in Tokyo, a combination that makes you breathe deeply to catch the crispness of the air and stop for long moments to bask in the sunlight.

Week 52, 2020 — Time is a story

Fri, 01 Jan 2021 00:52:16 GMT

Let’s step into a fresh start. Let’s turn the page. Not with vague optimism that things will be better because surely we’ve endured enough, but with the inner strength to find agency in what we _can_ make better, day in and day out. And if small improvements are hard to sustain, a couple of drastic interventions on our environment isn’t a bad idea.

Week 51, 2020 — Breaking away

Sun, 27 Dec 2020 12:22:07 GMT

It took a couple of uncomfortable days to stop feeling unsettled. I’m now sleeping as much as I want (a lot, and it’s not just the jet lag) and sinking into quiet time to read and re-connect with family. I also found a great online deal on a second-hand Brompton bike. I’m really looking forward to learning its ins and outs, riding in Tokyo and bringing it back with me to Paris.

Week 50, 2020 — Still Groundhog Day-ing

Sun, 20 Dec 2020 14:17:13 GMT

It’s been a limbo week, as many people around me wrap up for the holidays, and I ignore my upcoming Tokyo trip like it’s not happening. I’m off to the airport in a few hours, though.

Week 49, 2020 — Saplings

Thu, 10 Dec 2020 21:08:29 GMT

Against the odds, a few saplings have started to sprout for next year. I appreciate the little bubbles of happy to play with, during these days when it’s so hard to sustain excitement or any kind of focus.

Week 48, 2020 — Roaming free

Sun, 29 Nov 2020 15:48:10 GMT

I set up a new Roam database to start my “digital garden” in earnest, and have been having a blast writing and linking nodes of thought. It’s like having a blank canvas that only takes a tap to wipe clear or break off into new sections. I didn’t think the near-zero cost would make such a difference but this is addictive! Figuring out the bi-directional links digitally helps so much to make the links in my thinking. The Roam site is private as I prototype form and workflows but I’d like to make it accessible soon.

Week 47, 2020 — Flow vs flux

Sat, 28 Nov 2020 18:44:15 GMT

Interesting conversations

Week 46, 2020 — Vectors

Mon, 16 Nov 2020 12:01:29 GMT

Finally got this out the door - “On mentorship as a vector for growth. The editing process was a steep learning curve, the good kind of painful, and I’m proud of how it turned out. We have a ways to go to engage a broader audience but I think we’re onto a rich line of inquiry.

Week 45, 2020 — Writing

Tue, 10 Nov 2020 14:10:12 GMT

I decides to start running as the best option for exercise within the confinement restrictions, and managed to do it four days out of seven. I don’t particularly enjoy running but it’s a low friction activity considering I already own the gear, have experience training and live next to a nice course. We’ve had a few days of autumn weather (still!) and it’s been lovely to be outside. I also made strides in my writing, thanks to the gifts of Writer’s Hour and comprehensive feedback from friends on early drafts. I’m learning so much about the writing process.

Week 44, 2020 — Locked down once more

Sun, 01 Nov 2020 05:50:35 GMT

My new winter cycling jacket arrived in the mail the first morning of our second national confinement. Like a bad joke, like a slap in the face, a promise held in both hands before it was snatched away… but the reality is that the pandemic continues to rage. France is leading the way in spring-like measures being rolled out across Europe, with people casting a weary eye towards the winter holidays. Most of us have enough friends who’ve gotten Covid in the past few weeks for the deterioration to have hit home.

Week 43, 2020 — In stillness

Sat, 24 Oct 2020 08:24:13 GMT

On Tuesday, I delivered a 40min talk titled “Learning as a social practice: ideas to increase our range for growth” for Namahn’s Lecture series. I’d been working on shifting my public speaking to be sharing original thinking that was not anchored in a specific methodology or project, so tackling an abstract topic like learning was a milestone. The talk was quite a hard birth. The preparation took a lot longer than usual, from finding a coherent narrative to pulling together material. I’m pleased with the end result and overall response. I added a Mad Tea activity (aka Chatterfall) to the webinar-format for the audience to share sense-making and reflection, which doubles as an _in-situ_ moment for me to get a sense of how people interpreted the main points and what they’d be able to take into their own work. Not sure where I’ll take this body of work myself - perhaps that could have been one of the questions.

Week 42, 2020 — The beginning of a city life under curfew

Fri, 23 Oct 2020 19:17:06 GMT

We’re living with a 9pm-6am curfew in Paris now, which I imagine to be another 2020 first for many of us. It’s restrictive but so much lighter than the spring lockdown. Let’s see how it goes.

Week 41, 2020 — New views

Mon, 12 Oct 2020 06:43:10 GMT

It’s been an uneventful week and I’ve managed to enjoy that for the most part. The infection situation is worsening in France - it’s good to stay in without letting yourself feel too cooped up.

Week 40, 2020 — Moved!

Wed, 07 Oct 2020 07:28:40 GMT

_The one sunny morning we had this week - luckily it was on Saturday, perfect timing for my bike ride!_

Week 39, 2020 — Packing up

Sun, 27 Sep 2020 10:55:04 GMT

The season is changing. The cycle invites us to creatively destruct what does not serve us anymore so that we may bring forth new ideas.

Week 38, 2020 — Be water

Sun, 20 Sep 2020 07:30:29 GMT

I write this on a Sunday morning from my balcony that overlooks the apartment courtyard. There’s a good 150m stretch between the street and our various building entrances and I’ve spent a lot of time looking out to this view, watching the endless stream of people coming in and out. A husband getting in a quick stretch before starting his mission for a fresh baguette, a young man striding back home from a gym session, a kid swiveling his head from the vantage point of the back of dad’s bike, dolled up girls checking their phones, toddlers on their little scooters circling their parents. The courtyard acts as a buffer between home and street, an in-between where our defenses are lowered, and it fascinates me how much inner monologue seems to be expressed in the physicality of how people move through it. I’m moving out soon, and I think the courtyard is what I’ll miss the most.

Week 37, 2020 — Chasing the last summer days

Mon, 14 Sep 2020 23:50:12 GMT

Three blissful long rides, two beautiful _aha_ moments and never ending waves of work. I don’t remember much else of this week.

Week 36, 2020 — Homemade energy bars

Fri, 04 Sep 2020 19:12:14 GMT

I baked a big platter of energy bars for the first time. As I wait for them to cool, I feel a quiet sense of accomplishment from being able to “provide” for my future cycling and the symbolic act of preparing an energy source that will enhance my endurance for greater exploration.

Week 35, 2020 — Highs and lows

Sat, 29 Aug 2020 15:51:48 GMT

Infection numbers are rising again. We timidly go about the city, wondering what the next few months might look like. My week has been full of high highs and low lows. I’m tired, and tired of feeling tired.

Week 34, 2020 — Starting four day work weeks

Fri, 21 Aug 2020 17:32:51 GMT

I’ve switched to a four day work week to have more time to think and write and cycle and rest. It’ll be Wednesdays off, which I chose by process of elimination.

Week 33, 2020 — Writing and editing!

Thu, 13 Aug 2020 22:40:02 GMT

I added a Field notes from my Liberating Structures practice section to my website. It's not linked from anything and I haven't shared it publicly yet but it's live! And there are twelve structures already, which have gone through multiple rounds of editing.

Week 32, 2020 — In the studio

Sun, 09 Aug 2020 06:46:21 GMT

I’m looking forward to my little summer break next week as _punctuation_(to use Liberating Structures parlance) between month-long marathons of being consumed in projects and other matters.

Week 31, 2020 — Listening to signals

Fri, 31 Jul 2020 21:18:48 GMT

We’ve had heat waves in France this week, which leads to a dampening of personal energy levels for conservation purposes, whether we’re aware of it or not. The mood stays high enough, though. It’s harder to be _down_ when the sun is so bright, so I tend to be stay in a lazy, good mood.

Week 30, 2020 — Time is so elastic

Wed, 22 Jul 2020 17:32:31 GMT

The weeks are slipping by, sometimes unnoticed and sometimes violently. I’ve developed a very active journaling practice in the last month and feel ready to start with the public weeknotes again. It is a pleasure to write here.

Week 29, 2020 — Beautiful tools

Fri, 17 Jul 2020 18:23:00 GMT

My workload exploded two months ago and it’s been relentless. I had the good sense to start using the office again, after a period of thinking I could continue working from home. No, it’s much healthier to have a physically separate space, with a few familiar faces.

Week 17, 2020 — On meet-ups moving online

Sun, 26 Apr 2020 13:48:43 GMT

It's been another quiet week, not bad from a productivity standpoint considering the level of hay fever symptoms that can put me out of action on a bad day.

Week 16, 2020 — From behind open windows

Mon, 20 Apr 2020 20:07:22 GMT

Week 16! Since my last entry 12 weeks ago, I had a string of travel and then COVID-19 and confinement hit and now, here we are, painfully transitioning into another kind of era.

Week 4, 2020 —

Sun, 26 Jan 2020 21:07:00 GMT

I spent a few days in Ningbo and then Shanghai for a small family reunion. Wow, it’s been more than a decade since I’ve had a chance to visit mainland China and I was super curious to experience first-hand their mobile technology.

Week 3, 2020 — Running uphill

Fri, 24 Jan 2020 07:14:15 GMT

This was the second half of my time in Tokyo, which I typically start by longing to go home. Health deteriorates, sleep quality is in the pits and energy is low. But activities are full-on, interesting opportunities continue to present themselves and I somehow find pockets of time to connect yet a few more dots. It’ll pay off in the following months.

Week 2, 2020 — Feeling home in Tokyo

Thu, 23 Jan 2020 17:04:20 GMT

I had a strong first week at work, with lots of hearty discussions and a string of lunches and dinners with friends and peers. I was introduced to about a dozen people whom I’m sure I’ll meet again sometime. On Saturday I attended a talk event about the popularization of philosophy as a current business trend, which added a few books to my wish list. Afterward, I visited a colleague’s home to see the kids, had dinner with another, and ran into two people I knew on the street. Feeling right at home in Tokyo!

Week 1, 2020 — Clean and white

Thu, 23 Jan 2020 16:38:09 GMT

An auspicious start to the new year at the northern tip of the main island of Japan, with good food, good view and even better company.

Week 52, 2019 — Tokyo

Tue, 31 Dec 2019 16:05:40 GMT

I’m in Tokyo for the winter holiday! Plenty of time to catch up with friends and family, eat good food and finish up the year. I’m glad to be doing these week notes. They’re not as in-depth as they used to be but they’re actually getting written on a weekly basis which feels more important. I plan to continue jotting down some thoughts and adding a photo every week in the coming year.

Week 51, 2019 — Closing up shop

Mon, 23 Dec 2019 17:52:48 GMT

An in-between week, as we work towards wrapping up the year while trying to conserve enough energy to get us there. Paris is less festive than previous years due to the gravity of the nation-wide strikes which continue through the holidays. Making our way through the city means a lot of walking, and walking through tense demonstrations and a lot of traffic. People are getting by but I feel there’s a collective sign of relief to welcome Christmas family time. I’m also glad to do a Big Clean and head to Tokyo, where there will be a much stronger sense of closure as we prepare to greet the next decade.

Week 50, 2019 — Staying close to home

Sun, 15 Dec 2019 20:27:00 GMT

It’s been a quiet week. No travel, no workshops, no deadlines. I spent a big chunk of my week writing a project overview deck, which sounds unexciting but was actually quite important. A meaty piece of content that captures in one place what we mean to achieve, a statement piece that a project could be rallied around, which we could refer back to again when things seem unclear. It took a lot out of me but I’m glad it exists now. Projects need its purpose to be articulated and shared, and it’s too often replaced by some kind of project plan. But people don’t rally around a plan.

Week 49, 2019 — Let’s take the time

Mon, 09 Dec 2019 19:41:01 GMT

This week started off with two long days of user research in the UK, which both shortened and lengthened the feeling of the week! I took it easy on Wednesday so by the time Friday rolled around, I wasn’t too sure which day of the week it was…. First hand field research experience is critical to a project member’s ability to contribute and perform. Spending time in the _genba_ gives us the anchor to be truly useful, and not let ourselves get caught in the follies of egos and organizational matters.

Week 48, 2019 — One last drink

Wed, 04 Dec 2019 10:19:14 GMT

It’s been an incredibly long week, and I’m dumbstruck by how flattened I feel by the sheer volume of work that I put in. But it’s been a great lesson on how critical it is to be able to enjoy time spent together as a team, as a rock-solid foundation of any effort we put in. And there are the moments spent together on actual work, and the moment spent in between - the breaks, the lunches, the chit chat on our chat apps, and that last drink where we _don’t_ talk about work.

Week 47, 2019 — Towards curiosity

Sun, 24 Nov 2019 16:48:41 GMT

Being flown in for workshops is a surreal experience. You’re fully immersed in a bubble, partly of your own making but as an outsider. After a flurry of hard work, intense focus and a slew of unhealthy habits, you drop back into the regular programming at home. A bit like parallel universes. I have multi-day workshops for two different clients in two different countries and it’s giving me a bit of whiplash.

Week 46, 2019 — Why walk on your hands?

Sat, 16 Nov 2019 13:45:05 GMT

I have three multi-day workshops for different clients in different countries with completely different topics in the space of four weeks, and this week was an in-between week among that intensity.

Week 45, 2019 — Searching for red threads

Mon, 11 Nov 2019 19:48:31 GMT

It’d been months since we’d caught up, and we had a meandering conversation, the best kind that webs and flows between all kinds of topics. Through it, he casually put his finger on a common thread between several of my current and past interest.

— A fresh start?

Mon, 11 Nov 2019 18:50:30 GMT

I closed the account for the server where my Wordpress site lived. Accidentally, thinking it was something else. Most of my Weeknotes, and almost a decade of sporadic blog posts have disappeared.

Week 10, 2019 — Extending invitations

Sat, 09 Mar 2019 13:20:33 GMT

In the past few weeks Paris has had big grey skies with fleeting moments of clear blues and bright sunlight, while still remaining cold and rainy. It’s not spring yet, regardless of the increase in pollen that’s starting to make me sneeze.

Week 42, Year 2018 — The ‘Phone a Friend’ Option

Sun, 04 Nov 2018 09:13:17 GMT

Spurred by this informative article about different approaches to documenting your week — thank you Sam Villis! — I’ve decided to give it a go here on Medium. A week seems like a reasonable cadence to reflect and write about ideas, conversations and encounters of interest.