Away Day
It really has been a great time to start work at Equator. Yesterday was the company’s away day and rather than the usual ra-ra-ra about targets and motivation and all that it was a good grounding in the company, its values and its principals. It was pretty inspirational stuff and I was delighted/relieved that the company had the same values as myslef.
The next few posts are goign to be about these values. Firstly because I think they spread across any company, not just a digital agency and secondly because I feel like I’ve taken these values or granted and I want to explore them a little.
Finally I’m going to be making some changes to the blog probably starting in the new year. Nothing too crazy, juts trying to get a focus on what I want to write and why I want to write. I enjoy writing, I find it a good way to clear the head but I need to put some focus on what I do here and why I do it. Going to do some work on that over the next couple of weeks but if you have any suggestions or ideas on what you want to see here please leave a message in the comments.
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“The next few posts are goign to be about these values. Firstly because I think they spread across any company, not just a digital agency and secondly because I feel like I’ve taken these values or granted and I want to explore them a little.”–
Actually this is the kind of thing I love to read about. Well, that and (just being honest) a little straightforward wankage when it’s truly warranted.
“I need to put some focus on what I do here and why I do it.”–
Well, sweetie, like Steven King says, we’re writers, we don’t know where we get our ideas. And really? Much of the time we write we don’t know what it’s really about until a bit after we write it, when we can see more clearly the subtext. I adore writing. It can be very clearing, cathartic, as you say. I would go (the rest of the way) crazy if I couldn’t write something.
I’ll be checking in from time to time when I can. You do have a pleasing writing voice, that’s part of the reason I visit your blog. Voice is the most difficult part of writing to explain or teach, but you know who gives good voice when you read it. You seem to be a natural at it. Run with it, daddio!
Have you tried structured free-writing? It can be very self-revealing. Just pick a subject, any subject, and start writing about it. It’ll look random as all get out at first. And then the subconscious kicks in. That’s when it starts getting very, very interesting…