Andrew Merryweather

VP UX @ Elsevier, gamer, and recovering archaeologist. Fan of the Oxford comma. On a quest to figure out what ‘good’ is.

[Andrew Merryweather @merryux]

@andybudd There’s an urban myth that they’re all descended from one pair of pet birds set free in Richmond Park a couple of decades ago. At least I think it’s a myth. 15 years ago we’d see the odd pair in SW London, they’re everywhere in London now.

[Andrew Merryweather @merryux]

@ryanrumsey A perpetual work-in-progress

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@ryanrumsey Great thread. Based on my last 4 years in a VP role, and comparing with the Manager and Director roles I held before that, you've nailed it.

[Andrew Merryweather @merryux]

@ryanrumsey wrote a better description of my job than my job description.

[Andrew Merryweather @merryux]

@alicatninja @AppStore Yep search down for me too

[Andrew Merryweather @merryux]

An excellent toolkit of soft-skills frameworks published by @trentonmoss100 today:
"Human Powered: supercharge your digital product teams with emotional intelligence.'
I got sight of an early copy and it's already in use.
https://t.co/n8BvEnUPsP

[Andrew Merryweather @merryux]

@mcleanonline This is useful, cheers Richard.

[Andrew Merryweather @merryux]

This thread is very good.

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@ianharveyOT 🙂👍 Interesting

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@mcleanonline Oh wow, ok I’m going to do the same.

[Andrew Merryweather @merryux]

@mcleanonline @SamHarrisOrg Very good timing. Possible antidotes to the nihilism which might bloom in the empty space where free will used to be? Useful that Buddhism is mentioned - it’s in meditation that I’ve observed my mind doing its thing with zero need for my input.

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@mcleanonline 👍 I’ll take a look

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@mcleanonline Finished. Extraordinary - it feels like the key to something I’ve been pondering one way or another for years.

Now it’s as if I’m facing a red pill vs blue pill moment. No way back from fully embracing this idea...

[Andrew Merryweather @merryux]

@Fabien_UX @peterme Cheers Fabien, I’m going to check it out

[Andrew Merryweather @merryux]

@mcleanonline Tx but I’ve already picked it up on Kindle and I’m reading it right now 🙂

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@mcleanonline @SamHarrisOrg You’ve piqued my interest, I’m going to check it out

[Andrew Merryweather @merryux]

@berkun Yes. Since reading into Adler’s psychology via Koga and Kishimi I’ve experimented with this mantra at work as VP UX, and it has proved powerful:

[Andrew Merryweather @merryux]

This thread resonates

[Scott Berkun @berkun]

1. The fallacy of "seat at the table" is often decisions are made before the table meets. I know this because much of my career was controlling tables.

The more people at any table, the more the real action goes elsewhere. Why? I'll tell you.

[Andrew Merryweather @merryux]

@odannyboy I’m still a JTBD