Currently Reading
A curated selection of philosophical texts, ethical frameworks, and leadership literature that inform my practice and thinking.
Atlas of AI
Kate Crawford
We obviously need to do everything we can to understand what’s happening with AI. This is about data as a resource, and how its extraction relates to power, politics and our understanding of what is intelligence.
Beauty: A Very Short Introduction
Roger Scruton
What makes an object beautiful? And what does our ability to appreciate beauty tell us about what it means to be human? As part of my ceramics practice, I am thinking a lot about the relationship between form and function. I am also curious about where the value of “beauty” shows up in organisations and leadership.
An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Humanity to Independence
Zainab Badawi
Inspired by my recent trip to Kenya for the Aspen Africa-UK Catalyst Fellowship.
Geopolitical Conflict In the Wolf World
Marc Saxer
I just moderated a seminar in Ukraine, with an extraordinary group of participants from parliament, diplomacy, the military and defence industries. This makes for a bleak but useful bit of background reading.