Riffs on technology, marketing & culture
Art of Gig
Adam Murray
Hi, my name is Venkatesh Rao (Venkat). I am a writer and consultant based in Los Angeles. My writing can be found on my blog Ribbonfarm , which I've been writing since 2007, as well as the Ribbonfarm Studio newsletter. Several curated collections of my online writing are available as Kindle ebooks . I have also written a book on timing and decision-making Tempo (2011), and am working on another one, The Clockless Clock , which I am serializing in my newsletter.
The bulk of my practice comprises 1:1 work with senior executives as a conversational sparring partner, to stress test and improve the rigor and quality of their ongoing thinking about their evolving challenges. Karl Weick's short paper What Theory is Not, Theorizing Is is a good description of the natural process I try to build upon.
The working arrangement is usually just ongoing email/slack interactions, with 1:1 video-conference sparring sessions of 1-3 hours every 4-6 weeks (more or less often depending on the pace of developments). Occasionally a client will rope in a colleague or direct report to help drill down into a particular issue. There is usually no output product as such, beyond the summary email notes I send after every call.
Riffs on technology, marketing & culture
Art of Gig
Adam Murray