Field notes.
Things I am exploring through my work: making, conversations, technology and what happens between people.
The other side of the hill
“The effort you put into something is attention.”
On the speed of AI, making by hand and the world beyond the screen.
How strategic prep made the AI prompt click
The preparation behind an echo during a live session: what should that reflection offer the group?
All field notes
The other side of the hill
On the speed of AI, making by hand and the world beyond the screen.
The Systems Thinker Trap: when thinking becomes more important than beginning
How designing an ever more elegant system can get in the way of beginning.
Why I use AI for real conversations.
A personal exploration of what can emerge in a conversation with AI.
AI connected my workshop to my work
An experiment with AI as a mirror for the connection between my workshop and my work.
From live dialogue to AI-crafted podcast
A recorded workshop became the source for a generated podcast. Includes the audio version.
The moment AI became normal
What changed when the conversation took centre stage again and AI moved into the background.
Prompting our way to connection
How questions and prompts can help build on what people contribute themselves.
How strategic prep made the AI prompt click
The preparation behind an echo during a live session: what should that reflection offer the group?
When AI sparks ownership
What happens when people recognise their own words in a shared draft plan.
From the Social AI Field Guide
These pieces live in the Social AI Field Guide. Each begins with a question from practice and gives you something to try or inspect.
Prompt the people first
What kind of experience do your questions invite people to share?
Language as ownership
When does a useful summary stop sounding like the people who spoke?
Patterns over time
What changes when you place conversations alongside each other?
Something to explore together?