Brigadoon Weekend
Your weekly dose of the emerging issues + independent thinkers shaping commerce + culture
SOctober 2, 2021
Get to Know:
Matt Chorley
Matt Chorley is a writer and broadcaster for The Times.
He presents the mid-morning political show on Times Radio Monday to Thursday 10 am-1 pm, hosts the award-winning Red Box podcast, and writes a column on Saturdays, bursting the Westminster bubble with his pin-sharp wit.
His early career was at the Taunton Times before covering politics for the Western Morning News and the Press Association. He was subsequently political editor at MailOnline and a political correspondent for the Independent on Sunday. He has won awards for his political podcast and digital journalism.
In 2019, Chorley toured his one-man comedy political show, This is Not Normal, around the UK.
At the 2020 London Press Club, Chorley won Digital Journalist of the Year for his Red Box political email newsletter and podcast for The Times.
Three reasons why Matt Chorley inspires and motivates the Brigadoon network:
+ Editor of Red Box, The Times’ political email and podcast, giving an insider’s guide to life in Westminster with additional comment, polling, analysis - and a sense of humor
+ Joined The Times in 2016 after a decade covering politics at MailOnline, Independent on Sunday, Western Morning News and Press Association
+ Expanded media reach by launching a stand-up comedy show This. Is. Not. Normal.
Five Weekend Reads:
Inside the lucrative world of falcon racing: The fastest birds can win millions at prestigious events in the Middle East. The birds are remarkable hunters and some species can reach speeds of more than 200mph as they swoop on their prey. Bedouins are skilled at training the raptors to catch game such as smaller birds, reptiles, and hares in the harsh desert conditions. The photographer Kiki Streitberger captured the prized raptors and their owners.
The Times
Beatles on the brink: How Peter Jackson pieced together the Fab Four’s last days: The director’s new documentary weaves together hours of unseen footage to dispel many myths about the band’s final months. John Harris, who was involved in the project, tells the inside story.
Guardian
Forget COP26 boasts — decarbonizing takes thousands of tiny, boring steps: Truly green companies redesign their products rather than buying offsets or planting trees.
Brooke Masters
Can entrepreneurship be taught in a classroom? As the pandemic reshapes entire industries, the need for agile entrepreneurs has never been more urgent. But traditional business education isn’t always optimized for preparing the next generation of leaders for an uncertain, rapidly changing world. Nevertheless, some business schools have pioneered new teaching models designed to teach entrepreneurship more effectively by focusing on “effectuation,” or leveraging existing resources to take action. New research sheds light on two new models for entrepreneurship education: Rotman’s operating theater classroom, in which startups are interrogated in front of an audience of students, and Darden’s rewiring approach, in which students are encouraged to embrace an action-oriented, collaborative mindset.
HBR
How Pappy Van Winkle became a wildly expensive, impossible-to-find unicorn: The fact of the matter is, there wasn’t just one thing that turned Pappy Van Winkle into an impossible-to-find unicorn. As more people started to talk about it, Pappy became famous for being famous.
Wine Enthusiast
Quote of the Week:
"Pencil. Paper. Forget the world." -- Shaun Hick
10 songs for this weekend
Splinter - Scott Hutchison & James Graham & James Graham
Abre Las Manos - Devendra Banhart
Superlove - Lenny Kravitz
Don't Swallow the Cap - The National
Generator - Mondo Cozmo
Wheat Kings - The Tragically Hip
Unfinished Sympathy - Massive Attack
Hello Time Bomb - Matthew Good Band
How Long (feat. Panama) Bag Raiders
It All Feels the Same - Dreams We've Had
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Brigadoon October Call:
Do one thing well
David Hieatt | Co-Founder of Hiut Denim Co + The Do Lectures
2:00 pm ET | Wednesday, October 20, 2021
$45 | Brigadoon Members attend free
David Hieatt is the Co-Founder of Hiut Denim Co and The Do Lectures.
He is active in building them into influential global brands.
The quest for Hiut is to get 400 people their jobs back in a small town that used to have Britain's biggest jeans factory. To have the biggest impact on its community while seeking to have the lowest impact on the planet.
The Do Lectures is a network that exists to encourage people and their businesses to do amazing things. The talks are given to the world for free. That is paid for by attendees at the global Do Lectures event and workshops around the globe.
The talks have been viewed over 150 million times. Plus, the Do Book Co publishes a series of books from speakers at The Do Lectures. They are available throughout the world.
These are two of my favorite Do Books: Do Open and Stay Curious.
David is a highly sought after public speaker. He has spoken at Apple, Red Bull, Facebook, Google, John Lewis, and Waitrose.
It is fantastic he said yes to speak with Brigadoon.
More about David @ Hiut Denim Co + The Do Lectures + @davidhieatt.
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Wednesday, October 20, 2021 @ 2:00 pm ET.
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Have a great weekend. See you next week.
-Marc
Marc A. Ross | Founder + Chief Curator @ Brigadoon
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