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  • Deafening silence is the sound of a thousand silent screams

    Deafening silence is the sound of a thousand silent screams

    You hear that? It’s the sound of thousands of silent screams. When news breaks and people who know a thing or two about the subject aren’t saying anything it’s the deafening silence that results. Sometimes we find ourselves between a rock and a hard place. The best we can do to be our authentic selves… Read more

  • The Big One – finally I join an Extinction Rebellion march

    The Big One – finally I join an Extinction Rebellion march

    So, The Big One is over for us today. Peaceful protest in London that the mainstream media will struggle to find any interest in I suspect. Too well behaved for them to get exercised about, especially when they have the FA football match to cover and the Marathon. Just families and good people coming together… Read more

  • Untitled post 671

    In 2072 I may very well be dead. Today at the NCE ‘Future of Roads’ conference in London I was asked to look to 2072. I used a foresight interview method called ‘7 Questions’. So what did I have to say when I interviewed myself? Q1 – If you could speak to someone from the… Read more

  • The black elephant of digital accessibility in the transport sector

    The black elephant of digital accessibility in the transport sector

    As the year draws to an end I’m now familiar with the term ‘black elephant’ (h/t Anna Rothnie) and realise that it very aptly represents digital accessibility when it comes to transport planning and appraisal. A black elephant is something visible to everyone but no one wants to deal with it so they pretend it’s not… Read more

  • We’ve been told so often that economic growth is a good thing that we can’t see past it

    We’ve been told so often that economic growth is a good thing that we can’t see past it

    Cognitive fluency is an unconscious bias whereby things that are harder to understand are less believable. For most of us, we’ve been told so often that economic growth is a good thing that we can’t see past it. The idea of NOT wanting economic growth is unthinkable, even blasphemous to growth worshipers. I found this… Read more

  • Pick ‘n’ mix thoughts

    Pick ‘n’ mix thoughts

    This is a ‘pick ‘n’ mix’ of some of the things I’ve been reminded of and explored with bright minds over the last two days in London. They might not all take your fancy, but one or two might be really tasty. 1. Don’t let yourself get stressed over things you can’t control (which can… Read more