I imagine you bike lot already know about this, but, in case you don't A Sunday In Hell is an extraordinary documentary - the story of the 1976 Paris–Roubaix. The film making is sparse and contemporary, the setting and the atmosphere is almost medieval and the music is gorgeous.
We went to see the Forensics show at the Wellcome Collection last week. It looked fascinating. I bet it was. But, like most shows featuring old documents, everything was too dark and too small for an old person like me to read. I know they have to keep things dark to preserve the documents but I don't understand why they can't blow things up and stick them alongside the originals.
So the only two things I really enjoyed were this brilliant Pathe film - Science Fights Crime (watch until at least 1:20 to discover how to deal with a man rushing at your throat, it's surprisingly straightforward) - and a section on The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death. These are tiny models of crime scenes, designed to train detectives, but they're accessible for the hard of seeing because of the extraordinary photography of Corinne May Botz.
It reminded me how powerful models can be, they're frozen moments, they imply worlds, they're so much more compelling than stories. That's possibly why they're also a bit creepy. You get some of that from this BBC4 show about Dolls' Houses.
Right here is the problem that effective digital transformation can solve - it can put the people delivering services back in control of their 'system'. That won't make it perfect. It doesn't mean it'll never break. But when it does they'll actually be able to do something about it. The system won't stay broken for so long they have to make a laminated sign about it. They'll be able to make it work - for them and their users.
One of the things that brand strategists never talk about is the fact that some of the most the most visible and successful brand makers ever exist in a completely different part of the forest and seem blithely unaware of all the usual "brand science "dogma. Specifically - fashion people.
Of course, it's partly about creativity, all that. But it's mostly about people and organisations and getting stuff done. Nerves, power, relationships. What everything's about, really.
