HERDspotting: How Things End
We don’t often think about how things end. And that’s a shame. Take riots for example. They start how? Well, we have plenty of theories about that. Grievance, provocation, the […]
HERDspotting: On Leaning
It was a long drive back from Minehead, on a wet and windy winter’s day. I’m told I held her on my lap for the best part of a hundred […]
HERDspotting: Looking For The Kestrel
The kestrel. She stands at the window. Sulking or fuming, some bruise to her prestige or some unseen orunacknowledged slight. The details don’t matter. She peers out through the raindrops […]
HERDspotting: In The Field
There is a recurring fantasy that particularly affects those who focus on human behaviour. It goes like this: if you can just get far enough back, stay quiet enough, keep […]
HERDspotting: It’s All A Performance
Last week at Wyndham’s Theatre, Rosamund Pike finished her performance in Inter Alia, took her bow — and then came back. “I am trying to tell you a story, and […]
HERDspotting: The Death of Expertise
Do me a favour: go on your LinkedIn feed and count the number of people who describe themselves as a “thought leader” or who pedal “disruptive innovation.” Count the “experts […]