Working remotely has created a subtle shift in power. Before, those that shouted the loudest shaped the agenda. Now it's those that write the clearest, and this will only become more true with time. Writing well is the art of copying an idea from your brain to someone...

I wrote my first book aged four. It sits in the drawer of broken dreams at home, dusted with time, its potential wasted. I wondered if things could have been different, the stars aligning a few degrees to the left, and unlocking a world where lucky readers would care...

Sushi trains have much to teach us about procrastination. Unlike today, sushi trains had yet to make a dent in 2012 London, so my first experience was in Tokyo while completing an internship. For the uninitiated, a sushi train involves plates of sushi being placed on...

“We’re all watering cans really”. “Watering cans?” “Aye, think about it. We wake up each day fresh and full, and then we start watering the parts of our lives we want to go well: we brush our teeth, fill our bellies, kiss our loved ones good morning. The sorts of...

‘The Cupcake Theory’ was my cure. We’ve all been frustrated working in a team. Some people do all the work, others are all ideas and no action, and some teams seem to just hang around wasting oxygen. When the expectations you had for a team haven’t met reality, you...

Giving away my blood had always been on my list. The list, one that I maintain to this day, was the product of asking myself the question, ‘What would the man I want to be do?’, and, in this instance, the enthusiastic voice in my head replied, ‘Give away your blood’....

The day had started well but by its end, I would be homeless for the night. During my internship in Japan, I’d managed to sneak in some backpacking with two of my fellow interns, and today we were exploring the beauty of Kyoto in the summer. It was only after I had...

It was the summer of 2012 and in a few minutes, I would be cancelling my flight to China. ‘We would love to have you’ read the email that had chimed in my inbox moments earlier, ‘Can you arrive in a week?’. The message was from a lady in Tokyo. There are two important...

"Do you use your degree at work?" It's a fair question as we don't have the luxury of spending a fortune on a degree that's decorative. It should be functional, too. So, was my degree a chocolate teapot? It turns out what I learned during my time studying Philosophy,...

Some times taking the less obvious path is the right move. ‘Can I leave after 5 weeks?’ is an unrecommended way to end a job interview, but that’s how I wrapped up mine back in 2015. I was due to start my Software Engineering job at Kano, but I needed some money to...

Inertia's a funny thing. Back when I was 14, I decided to give up something for three months for New Year's. The choice was obvious: fizzy drinks. They'd become a staple, and at 14 it felt like a true test of will power. 3 months passed, and I found myself celebrating...

‘Is this another one of your phases?’ would be my dad’s go-to challenge when I was a kid. Like how thunder always follows lightning, my dad’s question would always follow from me sharing my latest obsession – Pokemon, martial arts, building my own house out of...

Many of your will be graduating into the slosh that is the current employment market. While the front doors to most companies are shut, the back doors are wide-open to those with the will to create their own opportunities rather than waiting for something to...

Like many others in 2014, I sat eight three-hour exams as part of my Oxford finals. Thats 24 hours worth of mental sprinting that would be scrutinised, judged, and distilled into a degree representing the effort I'd poured into my academic career – a career that...