John Sykes

Geologist, economist, strategist, scientist, Royal Miner, rugby fan, yogi, traveller, liberal, Yorkshireman, husband, father, son, brother, friend, immigrant...

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⁦@westernpowerwa⁩ can you explain how a bushfire alert 10km away means we have no power until midnight?

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[UWA @uwanews]

Aboriginal English is sometimes misinterpreted as speaking poor English – but in fact it has its own structure and rules. How many of the top 10 features unique to Aboriginal languages do you know? https://t.co/Qf8cFehhpk #NAIDOC #HealCountry #UWA

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Yes, I love this book. Kahane has some great stories, but I just love the philosophy of his work.

[Steve Beresford🦉 @thehiddenowl]

Read ‘Collaborating with the Enemy’ by Adam Kagane on @johnpsykes recommendation.

Working with people with different agendas seems to be the norm, and boy could i do with some coaching

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My @geohug1 presentation on the future of mining and exploration is now available on youTube: https://t.co/or2iztn4LR

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I'm presenting my ongoing PhD research on 'The Future(s) of Mining & Exploration' online on Friday (18th June) at 2pm AWST / 4pm AEST. Detail below. Thanks to Jessica Keast and geohug for hosting me. #mining #exploration #futures #scenarios https://t.co/UQAz2PaZNf

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@westernpowerwa We had some issues about a month ago with a private contractor turning up on behalf of WP and turning off our power for some upgrades. It’s getting pretty frustrating - we run two home businesses from our house.

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@westernpowerwa - unscheduled power outage in 6014... long time on hold being told there are no outages in 6014... what’s going on?

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@westernpowerwa 5/2 Essex Street, but we’ve managed to get through to the emergency line. We don’t know what’s going on though. There’s Western Power crews driving around and digging things up though.

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@thehiddenowl @DBUfodbold Is this about their surprise Euros win?

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@kristiebatten @BadGeoBec Pleasure to be on hand!

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@AnnetteMees @changeist @MadelineAshby Just bought a copy. Looks excellent.

[Annette Mees @AnnetteMees]

My copy of How to Future by the brilliant @changeist & @MadelineAshby arrived in the post today.
“How can you be prepared for what’s next when you don’t know what is coming?”
Can’t wait to dive in tonight
Buy it here: https://t.co/HFV5WEX7Oj

[Steve Beresford🦉 @thehiddenowl]

Some would write this off as old school, and I do understand the benefits of digital, but drawing and musing are part of the psychological process of identifying saliency.

[Steve Beresford🦉 @thehiddenowl]

I’ve been translating field notebooks for my Noril’sk history project. It makes me realize that we have lost something with the move to digital. Sketches and musing are part of the descriptive and exploration process

[Financial Times @FinancialTimes]

"Paradigm shifts tend to happen slowly, and then all at once. That’s the lesson I’ve taken away from the recent market turmoil. The surprise is only that the upset didn’t come sooner." https://t.co/lcYSCCUQMU

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My good friend Sam Davies has won Mann Redmayne Medal for his paper on the Sandstone greenstone belt, WA. I'm proud to have been a (very minor) contributor. Click below to read: https://t.co/zxVsi8SpYH? #gold #exploration #westernaustralia #awardwinning @CETResearch

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Good interview with 'local hero' James Milner:
https://t.co/0O2zod53Sf #LeedsUnited #Leeds #LocalHeroes

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@thehiddenowl @ericries ...anyone can play, the rules are fair, the winning ideas clear. we wrote an SB piece on it once: https://t.co/fZBfFBRttr

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@thehiddenowl @ericries ...anyone or team in the organisation can pitch an idea to be tested in the sandbox, the idea is tested scientifically against known performance criteria, by a multi-functional team from across the company and the results are published in a standard form across the company...