Michael Lewarne

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A daily [b]log of work progress

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About this [b]log

At the end of each year I review the past year and start to plan out the following one. Over the last few years I’ve

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The agenda

Daily accountability posts At the end of every day I work I will briefly post about my day. It’s intended to be a quick 5

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2023 Goals

These are the relevant goals for my year, for a level of accountability. They’re a starting point, not so much an end point. I may

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Michael Lewarne

About Michael

Hi I’m Michael and I’m a ‘Rebel’* I’ve questioned how architectural practice can be better throughout my architectural career.Meditated on the rare value of an

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The daily [b]log posts

Cross

Day 65: Friday 14 April Thinking about precedent and crossbreeding today I recalled a story Richard Feynman told. I need to dig it out to

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Inbred

Day 63: Wednesday 12 April Been thinking about a new frame for my work on a better culture in the profession. In his book Build-

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Enrolment

Day 62: Thursday 6 April Enrolment is not about forcing, cajoling, tricking, bargaining, pressuring, or guilt tripping. Enrolment is the art and practice of generating

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Precedent

Day 61: Wednesday 5 April Randomness from a random day. To embrace precedent requires Making space for curiosity requires making space for the humility of

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Questions not asked

Day 59: Monday 3 April It’s not just about assumptions. It’s about those questions we fail to ask altogether. Accepting without question. When thinking about

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A world view

Day 58: Friday 31 March No-one likes to be challenged on their world view. When someone challenges us on our beliefs we might arc up.

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Keep going

Day 57: Thursday 30 March Positive feedback is always seductive but I’ve always been uneasy with it. Yes, it’s nice to receive. But I’ve always

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To lead or not to lead

Day 56: Wednesday 29 March Leadership is not for everyone. I think that’s easy to forget in an aspirational culture. I love Derek Siver’s observation

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future of practice

Day 55: Tuesday 28 March When attending a webinar about the future of practice lead by a technology company (as I did today) it’s no

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Value

Day 54: Monday 27 March Coming out of the ditch. I had many conversations on Friday that showed me the challenges I face in my

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You’re seldom alone

Day 53: Friday 24 March In business, when things aren’t going well or worse, unravelling, it’s unlikely you’re the first. Those challenges you’re facing. It’s

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Start again

Day 52: Thursday 23 March Today I went down a rabbit hole with a friend. They’d come by to help me rebuild, rethink or recognise

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Spinning

Day 51: Wednesday 22 March The beach ball of death in my head has spent most of the day spinning.

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To blog or not to blog

Day 50: Tuesday 21 March The last two days have seen me write two half blog posts. There’s some good bits in both and maybe

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