My published second brain is organised around the following topics ## Interesting Projects *Stuff I'm working on that others might be interested in* - [[Tackling Loneliness]] - [[Salford SU Tackling Loneliness Strategy (TLS)]] - Addressing [[Bureaucracy]] and becoming more agile - [[Salford SU Kickstarter]] - [[Flexible Time Off Policy]] - Implementing a [[Policy Book]] approach - This website - see [[Second Brain]] ## My Areas of responsibility *Publishing notes on areas of my life that might be of interest but I'm not always actively developing* - See... [[My Areas of Responsibility]]. ## Advice *Based on my experience, I have some sections that others might find useful* - [[How to be an amazing Student Officer]] (aimed at Salford Officers at the moment; hopefully useful stuff nonetheless) - [[What it's like being an SU CEO, and what I'd have done differently]] (in development). ## Thoughts I'm developing *Random stuff I'm thinking about- some of it mine, some of it others'* - [[Advocacy without community is ineffective]] - [[Any progress not at the constraint point is Busywork]] - [[Separate rules must be made for freedom of speech in academic and non-academic contexts]] - [[Bureaucracy is entrenched because it is familiar, complex, serves a purpose, and helps the powerful]] - [[The UK higher education system is brilliant at trapping students]] - [[Leaders are Merchants of Hope]] - [[The student experience is a luxury most students can’t afford]] ## Stuff I've written *Strategies, blogs, documents of all kinds* - [[Salford SU Tackling Loneliness Strategy (TLS)]] - [[Policy Book]] - [[Wonkhe Blog Post on Policy Book]] - [[Salford SU Strategy]] - [[Wonkhe Blog Post on new strategy]] ## Talks I've given *Including podcasts as well as conference sessions* - [[AUA Conference session on Second Brains]] - [[Strategy Exchange (SUSE) Conference Session 2023]] - [[Strategy Exchange (SUSE) Conference Session 2024]] ## Quotes I like *no particular reason, just like 'em* - [[Do good recklessly ]] - [["The moment you think of yourself as great your slide towards mediocrity will have already begun"]] - [[“There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit.”]] - [["Vision is not enough; it must be combined with venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps; we must step up the stairs"]] - [[True nobility is being superior to your former self]] - [["Critique, don't criticise"]] - "[[This is Water- David Foster Wallace|This is Water]]"