Author Archives: Jessica Furseth

Published in Lionheart Magazine #8, the Pattern & Colour issue, September 2017. On synchronicity Reality has one advantage over fiction: real life events can be wildly improbable. When you’re making things up they have to be believable, but reality makes no such promises: anything can happen. It was the author John Irving who said this,Continue reading “On synchronicity”

FusionWire, 2016.  London’s challenger banks are the envy of New York fintech New York has no shortage of impressive fintech startups, but when it comes to challenger banks, everyone is looking to London.   New York fintech holds its own against any other startup scene, no doubt about it – but even New Yorkers willContinue reading “London’s challenger banks are the envy of New York fintech”

Aquila Magazine for children, July/August 2017 (PDF) Buckminster Fuller Buckminster Fuller wanted to bring humanity closer to utopia – a perfect place where everyone has what they need – and he believed that technology was how we’d get there. Fuller’s dream was borderline crazy but “Bucky” got closer than most, in part because he didn’tContinue reading “Buckminster Fuller’s Spaceship Earth”

What does future leadership look like? BL Magazine, July 2017 (p57-59)

Lionheart Magazine, February 2017. Just talking about the weather “It is commonly observed, that when two Englishmen meet, their first talk is of the weather; they are in haste to tell each other, what each must already know, that it is hot or cold, bright or cloudy, windy or calm.” (Samuel Johnson) White sunshine isContinue reading “Just talking about the weather”

FusionWire, December 2016.  Brixton Pound: How fintech boosts the local currency agenda The notes are eye-catching, but South London local currency Brixton Pound is most commonly traded in the form of text messages. We sat down with B£ Communications Manager Marta Owczarek to talk about how technology is furthering the local currency cause. The BrixtonContinue reading “Brixton Pound: How fintech boosts the local currency agenda”

Aquila Magazine for children, November 2016.  Ada and Abbie: The Difference Engines Engineer Abbie Hutty’s job is to build a vehicle that will be sent into space to look for life on Mars. Things have changed a lot since Ada Lovelace became the first computer programmer 200 years ago, in a time when women weren’tContinue reading “Ada and Abbie: The Difference Engines”

BL Magazine, November 2016. Original article p76-78. How to have better meetings: The case against brainstorming Everyone is prone to groupthink – even the boss. There are better ways for truly getting the best ideas out of people, because true innovation is often borne out of moments of quiet. If you want your team toContinue reading “How to have better meetings: The case against brainstorming”

Qatar Happening, October 2016. Original article. Secret tales of the cities If you look closely, cities are full of poetry. We went on a search for random and obscure poetic attractions and found plenty to love in New York, London, San Francisco – and also in Seattle, but only in the rain. For a visitor, sightsContinue reading “Secret tales of the cities”

The Megabuyte Interview: Richard Law Richard Law is calling from the back of a taxi, currently moving through the streets of London towards Euston station. Law is on his way home to Manchester: “The capital of the Northern Powerhouse, as it was.” Law may have announced his upcoming retirement, but the CEO of identity dataContinue reading “Richard Law, CEO of GB Group”