Ollie Cansdell

@theasnow This happens to me all the time! Such an unwelcome reminder.

A couple of times every week I think I see someone I know but then, as I go to say hi, I realise the person I think I’ve seen is a person who lives in London, and the person I’ve actually seen is a Melb-based doppelgänger. It’s always momentarily exciting. And then a bit sad 😢

@theasnow @Karminker Enquiry v. Inquiry 🙄🙄

@Karminker Also practice and practise 😬

@geoffmulgan Sorry to hear that Geoff, all the best.

My easter highlight/surprise was testing positive for COVID-19, two and a half weeks after vaccination. The vaccine has probably mitigated it – but still high fever, listlessness, coughs etc. Luckily a year of lockdowns is good preparation for self-isolation.

@DataDotOrg @nesta_uk @MikhailovDanil @CathSleeman @FionaAldridge I really enjoyed this panel. Great insights all around. There's a bunch of new horizons in LMI right now and they all look really promising.

Thanks to @nesta_uk for inviting @MikhailovDanil to present with @CathSleeman and @FionaAldridge on data + #ChangingWorldofWork. Great perspectives!

@JMateosGarcia @CMTippett Great, great reference 🙌🙌

@CMTippett & I talked about the why/what/how of mixed methods innovation not wasting the opportunity to get a bit of philosophy of science & Princess Bride memes into the mix.

Yesterday, we had a fantastic @nesta_uk practices awayday. This included a talk by Maesy Angelina from @UNGlobalPulse about their mixed methods work. I specially like the idea of using mixed methods to map problem, solution & identity spaces. 🙌 @kseniazhel & @KathyPeach 🙌

@RBAInfo Let the NLP, begin!

We have released our new digital archive, Unreserved. The first records to be released show the diversity of our collection, which spans almost 200 years of economic, financial and social history - bit.ly/38NqC1j

@katjabego Even Aussie ones? 🇦🇺👨‍💻

📢🚨 We're looking for a freelance internet policy researcher to help us with a very exciting 3-month project on preserving privacy/agency in public spaces (starting in April). If you'd like to learn more or have a chat, get in touch! More info here: nesta.org.uk/project-update…

@ruthneale @nesta_uk @NestaChallenges Fond memories of freezing my arse off working on that balcony, just to enjoy the view.

Today marks one year of #WFH and saying goodbye to this view @nesta_uk London office. Looking forward to seeing my @NestaChallenges colleagues again soon 🤞

@Kateannasutton At some point soon I'd love to chat about mindset, too? We've tipped our cap to mindset before but I'm keen to make it a bit more explicit in our work.

@ojcansdell Crucially what's important about these steps is mandate and power which is not often considered in innovation literature

Thread: I gave a talk about #innovation last night and how ya'll can do it. A few bits from it. I talked about technical and adaptive challenges and knowing the difference when you are starting your innovation journey (of course @Dan_Farag)

@Kateannasutton I'm embarking on a (comparatively mundane) piece of research on innovation, and may steal this.

I went through my 5 steps on how to innovate which I developed at Nesta to simplify the job being done into steps.

@theasnow That's a refreshing counter-point to the idea that WFH means your de facto available/online at all times!

Lots of new, creative things have emerged as a result of COVID. One of the developments I like the most is how people are taking time to craft out-of-office messages that are so human, and often quite hilarious.

@katjabego @geoffmulgan True, and an availability heuristic? People who quickly recall The End Of History & other famous predictions that missed the mark are quick to paint others with the same brush?

@geoffmulgan Could also be a bit of a bias at play: we’ll still read a history book even if it made some wrong predictions/extrapolations + history books generally have a longer shelf life, whereas books on current affairs/future trends that were completely off the mark are mostly forgotten

A friend argued to me that historians are never good at either forecasting (other than very mainstream forecasts) or political strategy. I love reading history - but couldn’t think of any exceptions. Are there good ones? And if there aren’t, why is this?

@Kateannasutton OMG SOMEONE DO A FACE SWAP RIGHT NOW!!

@ojcansdell I'm always smiling! I'm talking about the climate crisis and just smiling away - I'm ludacris (not the rapper)

Gotta make a short video for some NZ civil servants to inspire them to be more innovative... What energy should I bring to this? 🎉🔥🤞🙏🏻🥸☠️?

@Kateannasutton I can see it now 😂

I went for 🔥✊ which is my usual energy and LOTS OF HANDS!

@JMateosGarcia @black_whole @nesta_uk @g_r_richardson 😢

@black_whole @nesta_uk Hi Alia: thank you for your interest in the role. I think we are looking for applicants who can work in the UK but @g_r_richardson can confirm.

**Job opportunity** We are looking for data scientists at various levels of experience / skillsets. This includes roles embedded in multidisciplinary teams pursuing ambitious health & sustainability missions. Get in touch if interested & spread the word! nesta.org.uk/jobs/principal…

2 most common pieces of advice when buying a 🏠 (often from the same person): 1) have a hard limit and stick to it, and 2) in the long run, what's a few thousand $$$ more? 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

@JosephNWalker Great spot.

Scotland Island: quite different to its namesake, and honestly not that much better if you don’t prefer the sun and beach and all that.

@theasnow @CPI_foundation Oh man, if you like that see if you can still get into @hankgreen's awesome sock club!

Beautiful socks make me feel happy. I bought these on the weekend using a birthday gift voucher from @CPI_foundation. What random thing makes you happy?

@JMateosGarcia @nesta_uk Really great article. I loved the source for the Common Task Framework! Great read.

The Protein & the Social Worker. Here is a summary of my @nesta_uk blog about the potential and risks of deploying machine learning* to tackle societal challenges & implications for our work in the future. nesta.org.uk/blog/the-prote… ______ * I don't find the AI frame useful here.

@bdoshi21 @shazzah_harm I'd be into that. Shared on Spotify, or deeper into the interwebs than that? 😂

@shazzah_harm started one just before ny, it's been a while so trying to get back into it...hopefully will be done before start of feb : )

i got back into digging for music over the break, which i rarely have had time to do over the last year...i'm talking about going deep into the interwebs. being able to hear all these artists and their music from the instruments used to their history has been quite relaxing