Here are some common phrases that I'm even finding myself using now. "Did you have a chat to", means "did you talk to". "Can't be bothered" means someone is too busy or just not paying attention to you. "Telly" is TV. Smart vs clever, this is a bit tricky. Smart is more about 'looking professional' such as dressed in a suit. Clever means intelligent, or what most people in the US might call 'smart'.
I went into London last night for my first time since being back. It was an event called Agile Future Forum at Lloyd's Bank global headquarters. The building is on gresham st, which appears to be wall street, I saw what looked like stock trading floors, and a ton of bank headquarters. The lighting on the street felt like a movie set, it was pretty amazing.
It was a very nice event, the delivery was unbelievably good. The topic was 'agile working', which turns out to mean 'flexible working'. If I'm overly honest, I was a bit disappointed by this limited definition of agility. I think agility has elements of innovation, collaboration and adaptation in it. This forum mostly talks about how to setup part time working, job sharing, hot-desking, and other ways of flexible work schedules.
Again though, the delivery of the event was fantastic. It felt like being in a live tv audience. There were about 90 people seated in a circle, almost like a tiny tiny stadium. The stage was in the middle and it looked like the size of 4 feet by 6 feet. There were professional video cameras, microphones, tvs in each corner of the room. The facilitator was a journalist from the BBC. As opposed to 'death by powerpoint', she treated it like a live news cast, where she interviewed people for about 2-3 minutes each. She asked tough questions, summarized their key points for them, then made beautiful transitions to the next 'guest'. At one point, she had 4 people, each managing directors of large businesses, seated in nice white soft chairs, one in each corner of the room. She conducted 4 simultaneous interviews, keeping our attention and getting a lot of information flowing. Very impressive!
I went into London last night for my first time since being back. It was an event called Agile Future Forum at Lloyd's Bank global headquarters. The building is on gresham st, which appears to be wall street, I saw what looked like stock trading floors, and a ton of bank headquarters. The lighting on the street felt like a movie set, it was pretty amazing.
It was a very nice event, the delivery was unbelievably good. The topic was 'agile working', which turns out to mean 'flexible working'. If I'm overly honest, I was a bit disappointed by this limited definition of agility. I think agility has elements of innovation, collaboration and adaptation in it. This forum mostly talks about how to setup part time working, job sharing, hot-desking, and other ways of flexible work schedules.
Again though, the delivery of the event was fantastic. It felt like being in a live tv audience. There were about 90 people seated in a circle, almost like a tiny tiny stadium. The stage was in the middle and it looked like the size of 4 feet by 6 feet. There were professional video cameras, microphones, tvs in each corner of the room. The facilitator was a journalist from the BBC. As opposed to 'death by powerpoint', she treated it like a live news cast, where she interviewed people for about 2-3 minutes each. She asked tough questions, summarized their key points for them, then made beautiful transitions to the next 'guest'. At one point, she had 4 people, each managing directors of large businesses, seated in nice white soft chairs, one in each corner of the room. She conducted 4 simultaneous interviews, keeping our attention and getting a lot of information flowing. Very impressive!
I researched and learned that I'll need to get a drivers licence after being here for 12 months. I'm not sure if 12 months starts from my first visa or my second visa. Guess I better aim for my first visa, which means I need a licence in the next few months! I'll have to get a permit first, then take written and live tests, then pickup a licence, it'll be as if I'm a teenager all over again!
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