Dr Michael Weatherburn
@mrweatherburn.bsky.social
Field Leader and Academic Fellow at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social. Works on history, strategy, data.
Founder: Project Hindsight www.projecthindsight.org. Lots more 👉 www.michaelweatherburn.com.
Founder: Project Hindsight www.projecthindsight.org. Lots more 👉 www.michaelweatherburn.com.
🤝This Mon, Dr Giulia Frezza and I co-launched, and now lead, @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social's Humanities & Arts SIG!
🎨 🎼 We hosted Oliver Gooch, Director of the Blyth Centre for Music & Visual Arts (info 👉 www.imperial.ac.uk/music-and-arts).
Please sign up! 👉 📥 www.imperial.ac.uk/about/educat...
🎨 🎼 We hosted Oliver Gooch, Director of the Blyth Centre for Music & Visual Arts (info 👉 www.imperial.ac.uk/music-and-arts).
Please sign up! 👉 📥 www.imperial.ac.uk/about/educat...
November 12, 2025 at 4:55 PM
🤝This Mon, Dr Giulia Frezza and I co-launched, and now lead, @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social's Humanities & Arts SIG!
🎨 🎼 We hosted Oliver Gooch, Director of the Blyth Centre for Music & Visual Arts (info 👉 www.imperial.ac.uk/music-and-arts).
Please sign up! 👉 📥 www.imperial.ac.uk/about/educat...
🎨 🎼 We hosted Oliver Gooch, Director of the Blyth Centre for Music & Visual Arts (info 👉 www.imperial.ac.uk/music-and-arts).
Please sign up! 👉 📥 www.imperial.ac.uk/about/educat...
Excellent interview from Source Global👉'#AI adoption: Moving beyond the #hype to achieve success' www.sourceglobalresearch.com/podcast/ai-a...
October 1, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Excellent interview from Source Global👉'#AI adoption: Moving beyond the #hype to achieve success' www.sourceglobalresearch.com/podcast/ai-a...
John Lennon's Infamous "Lost Weekend" Sunglasses Are Up for Grabs news.artnet.com?p=2693654
September 30, 2025 at 3:49 PM
John Lennon's Infamous "Lost Weekend" Sunglasses Are Up for Grabs news.artnet.com?p=2693654
AI² - Artificial Intelligence in Arts and Industry. Cool events with @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social and other fine Albertopolis institutions, 10-11 Sept. Tickets 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ai2-artifi...
September 8, 2025 at 8:40 AM
AI² - Artificial Intelligence in Arts and Industry. Cool events with @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social and other fine Albertopolis institutions, 10-11 Sept. Tickets 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ai2-artifi...
London's Leading Literary Festival.
A charity embedded in the Wimbledon community.
‘One of the UK’s most important literary festivals’ – Evening Standard
16 – 26 October 2025
Tickets now available 👉
www.wimbledonbookfest.org
A charity embedded in the Wimbledon community.
‘One of the UK’s most important literary festivals’ – Evening Standard
16 – 26 October 2025
Tickets now available 👉
www.wimbledonbookfest.org
August 30, 2025 at 1:49 PM
London's Leading Literary Festival.
A charity embedded in the Wimbledon community.
‘One of the UK’s most important literary festivals’ – Evening Standard
16 – 26 October 2025
Tickets now available 👉
www.wimbledonbookfest.org
A charity embedded in the Wimbledon community.
‘One of the UK’s most important literary festivals’ – Evening Standard
16 – 26 October 2025
Tickets now available 👉
www.wimbledonbookfest.org
How McKinsey lost its edge: As it nears 100, is the world’s most illustrious consultancy past its prime?https://www.economist.com/business/2025/08/03/how-mckinsey-lost-its-edge
August 30, 2025 at 7:05 AM
How McKinsey lost its edge: As it nears 100, is the world’s most illustrious consultancy past its prime?https://www.economist.com/business/2025/08/03/how-mckinsey-lost-its-edge
An MIT literature professor discovered that his students were quietly meeting outside class to write verse. Joshua Bennett on what this means for the future of AI and why poetry matters in a world ruled by tech: www.theatlantic.com/books/archiv...
August 28, 2025 at 10:37 AM
An MIT literature professor discovered that his students were quietly meeting outside class to write verse. Joshua Bennett on what this means for the future of AI and why poetry matters in a world ruled by tech: www.theatlantic.com/books/archiv...
🏛️ 🎙️ Pleasure to speak at @cam.ac.uk conference of
@bshsnews.bsky.social. Dr Jen Wallis & I spoke about development of humanities at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social, success stories, & ways we make humanities relevant and interesting to #STEM students & staff.
www.imperial.ac.uk/news/266274/... 👇
@bshsnews.bsky.social. Dr Jen Wallis & I spoke about development of humanities at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social, success stories, & ways we make humanities relevant and interesting to #STEM students & staff.
www.imperial.ac.uk/news/266274/... 👇
July 15, 2025 at 11:19 AM
🏛️ 🎙️ Pleasure to speak at @cam.ac.uk conference of
@bshsnews.bsky.social. Dr Jen Wallis & I spoke about development of humanities at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social, success stories, & ways we make humanities relevant and interesting to #STEM students & staff.
www.imperial.ac.uk/news/266274/... 👇
@bshsnews.bsky.social. Dr Jen Wallis & I spoke about development of humanities at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social, success stories, & ways we make humanities relevant and interesting to #STEM students & staff.
www.imperial.ac.uk/news/266274/... 👇
🙏 My gratitude to Ailish Harikae for nominating me! (see attached)
📅 Hope to return in 2026!
📅 Hope to return in 2026!
July 9, 2025 at 4:15 PM
🙏 My gratitude to Ailish Harikae for nominating me! (see attached)
📅 Hope to return in 2026!
📅 Hope to return in 2026!
☀️ 💐 Thank you to @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social President Hugh Brady and Provost Ian Walmsley for the kind invitation to Imperial's 2025 Garden Party. What a lovely time to catch up with colleagues and hear so many impressive success stories. more/👇
July 9, 2025 at 4:15 PM
☀️ 💐 Thank you to @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social President Hugh Brady and Provost Ian Walmsley for the kind invitation to Imperial's 2025 Garden Party. What a lovely time to catch up with colleagues and hear so many impressive success stories. more/👇
It was great fun to deploy some of the wonderful, burgeoning literature on related topics, such as 👇
July 1, 2025 at 10:45 AM
It was great fun to deploy some of the wonderful, burgeoning literature on related topics, such as 👇
🤝 We really enjoyed visiting sessions with:
👍 Jonathan Cohen of Robocap on the digital #economy.
👍 Pierre-Edouard Wahl on #cryptocurrency.
👍 Gordon Hart - an actual rocket scientist on #innovation thinking.
👍 Applied Works for an excellent #design workshop (pictured).
(Plus more) 👇
👍 Jonathan Cohen of Robocap on the digital #economy.
👍 Pierre-Edouard Wahl on #cryptocurrency.
👍 Gordon Hart - an actual rocket scientist on #innovation thinking.
👍 Applied Works for an excellent #design workshop (pictured).
(Plus more) 👇
July 1, 2025 at 10:44 AM
🤝 We really enjoyed visiting sessions with:
👍 Jonathan Cohen of Robocap on the digital #economy.
👍 Pierre-Edouard Wahl on #cryptocurrency.
👍 Gordon Hart - an actual rocket scientist on #innovation thinking.
👍 Applied Works for an excellent #design workshop (pictured).
(Plus more) 👇
👍 Jonathan Cohen of Robocap on the digital #economy.
👍 Pierre-Edouard Wahl on #cryptocurrency.
👍 Gordon Hart - an actual rocket scientist on #innovation thinking.
👍 Applied Works for an excellent #design workshop (pictured).
(Plus more) 👇
Thinking #BlackMirror -meets- #BSc, we merged specialisms to analyse how digital and internet-enabled tech has impacted many facets of life and work over the past 30yrs. We developed quant and qual skills, actively leaning into #GenAI software, and analysis of #futurology (a favourite!) 👇
July 1, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Thinking #BlackMirror -meets- #BSc, we merged specialisms to analyse how digital and internet-enabled tech has impacted many facets of life and work over the past 30yrs. We developed quant and qual skills, actively leaning into #GenAI software, and analysis of #futurology (a favourite!) 👇
🌟That’s a wrap! In addition to #history of #science, #bioscience #futures, #environmental #tech, & more (e.g. imperial.ac.uk/centre-for-l...), I'm proud of my new
@imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social course: The Digital Transformation: Economics, Organisations, Society (imperial.ac.uk/horizons/mod...) 👇
@imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social course: The Digital Transformation: Economics, Organisations, Society (imperial.ac.uk/horizons/mod...) 👇
July 1, 2025 at 10:42 AM
🌟That’s a wrap! In addition to #history of #science, #bioscience #futures, #environmental #tech, & more (e.g. imperial.ac.uk/centre-for-l...), I'm proud of my new
@imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social course: The Digital Transformation: Economics, Organisations, Society (imperial.ac.uk/horizons/mod...) 👇
@imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social course: The Digital Transformation: Economics, Organisations, Society (imperial.ac.uk/horizons/mod...) 👇
I really enjoyed writing this Substack piece with Jake Taylor-King on Radical Simplicity 📚https://wildtypehuman.substack.com/p/towards-radical-simplification / more 👇
May 14, 2025 at 8:47 AM
I really enjoyed writing this Substack piece with Jake Taylor-King on Radical Simplicity 📚https://wildtypehuman.substack.com/p/towards-radical-simplification / more 👇
🙌A delight to attend yesterday's @sciencemuseum.org.uk & @stsucl.bsky.social 40th anniversary celebration of history of science classic 'Leviathan and the Air Pump'. Thanks for organising!🙏'https://www.ucl.ac.uk/sts/events/2025/may/leviathan-and-after-celebration-history-science-field-and-its-future
May 13, 2025 at 10:11 AM
🙌A delight to attend yesterday's @sciencemuseum.org.uk & @stsucl.bsky.social 40th anniversary celebration of history of science classic 'Leviathan and the Air Pump'. Thanks for organising!🙏'https://www.ucl.ac.uk/sts/events/2025/may/leviathan-and-after-celebration-history-science-field-and-its-future
💡 📝 As I outline in my article, both the UK and USA have engaged in similar projects before, in fact many times, each project with their distinct texture and focus. (Clue: Musk is not the first famous engineer to intervene in U.S. Government Efficiency). Recommendations 👇
April 30, 2025 at 6:32 AM
💡 📝 As I outline in my article, both the UK and USA have engaged in similar projects before, in fact many times, each project with their distinct texture and focus. (Clue: Musk is not the first famous engineer to intervene in U.S. Government Efficiency). Recommendations 👇
💡 ✨ Very proud to present my @historyandpolicy.bsky.social article 'The Gospel of Efficiency: DOGE and the UK Office of Value for Money in historical perspective' to the world 👉 historyandpolicy.org/policy-paper... more 👇
April 30, 2025 at 6:28 AM
💡 ✨ Very proud to present my @historyandpolicy.bsky.social article 'The Gospel of Efficiency: DOGE and the UK Office of Value for Money in historical perspective' to the world 👉 historyandpolicy.org/policy-paper... more 👇
Exciting upcoming FREE conference at St. Cross College,
@ox.ac.uk: Measure for Measure: A History of Measurement. Tickets 👉 stx.web.ox.ac.uk/event/happ-o...
@ox.ac.uk: Measure for Measure: A History of Measurement. Tickets 👉 stx.web.ox.ac.uk/event/happ-o...
April 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Exciting upcoming FREE conference at St. Cross College,
@ox.ac.uk: Measure for Measure: A History of Measurement. Tickets 👉 stx.web.ox.ac.uk/event/happ-o...
@ox.ac.uk: Measure for Measure: A History of Measurement. Tickets 👉 stx.web.ox.ac.uk/event/happ-o...
✨ In addition to citations of Bruno Latour & cerebral jokes about iridescence/spectra/refractions/reflection, perhaps the most memorable takeaway came from Gemma Ralton's session on #science and #AI/#ML:
🧮 🧪 'What if all scientists are now #data analysts?'
🤔 What do you think?
🧮 🧪 'What if all scientists are now #data analysts?'
🤔 What do you think?
April 9, 2025 at 12:38 PM
🤝As well as the fascinating workshops, it was striking to see no fewer than five ( 5️⃣ ) inspiring @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social alumni with whom I worked individually on research projects during their studies. Great to see them thriving in their chosen areas! /more 👇
April 9, 2025 at 12:36 PM
🤝As well as the fascinating workshops, it was striking to see no fewer than five ( 5️⃣ ) inspiring @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social alumni with whom I worked individually on research projects during their studies. Great to see them thriving in their chosen areas! /more 👇
💡 ☀️ Inspiring to attend @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social's PRISM conference!
👨🌾 An offshoot from the ongoing Good Science project (www.imperial.ac.uk/about/leader...), we attended a day on 'Prism of Research - a conference on research culture'. Info 👉 www.imperial.ac.uk/events/18952.... /more 👇
👨🌾 An offshoot from the ongoing Good Science project (www.imperial.ac.uk/about/leader...), we attended a day on 'Prism of Research - a conference on research culture'. Info 👉 www.imperial.ac.uk/events/18952.... /more 👇
April 9, 2025 at 12:33 PM
💡 ☀️ Inspiring to attend @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social's PRISM conference!
👨🌾 An offshoot from the ongoing Good Science project (www.imperial.ac.uk/about/leader...), we attended a day on 'Prism of Research - a conference on research culture'. Info 👉 www.imperial.ac.uk/events/18952.... /more 👇
👨🌾 An offshoot from the ongoing Good Science project (www.imperial.ac.uk/about/leader...), we attended a day on 'Prism of Research - a conference on research culture'. Info 👉 www.imperial.ac.uk/events/18952.... /more 👇
📈 🚀 As I mention towards the end, Project Hindsight has plentiful, growing activity coming up, including new associates, fresh partnerships, media features and conference appearances 👉 newbooksnetwork.com/historical-c... / more 👇
March 19, 2025 at 8:04 PM
📈 🚀 As I mention towards the end, Project Hindsight has plentiful, growing activity coming up, including new associates, fresh partnerships, media features and conference appearances 👉 newbooksnetwork.com/historical-c... / more 👇
✨ Really proud to be interviewed by the ever-entrepreneurial Prof. Patryk Babiracki for his practical history podcast, exploring Project Hindsight's development over the years, plus what’s coming up 👉 newbooksnetwork.com/historical-c... (the first he's conducted outside the USA)
March 19, 2025 at 8:04 PM
✨ Really proud to be interviewed by the ever-entrepreneurial Prof. Patryk Babiracki for his practical history podcast, exploring Project Hindsight's development over the years, plus what’s coming up 👉 newbooksnetwork.com/historical-c... (the first he's conducted outside the USA)
✨ 📚 Interested in writing fiction, non-fiction, publishing, journalism - all writing? Join us at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social on Thurs 20 March 2025, for a superb 'Writing Business' event ft. Aifric Campbell, Anita Chandran, Catherine Cho, Jess Popplewell, chair: Gita Ralleigh. /more 👇
March 10, 2025 at 9:49 AM
✨ 📚 Interested in writing fiction, non-fiction, publishing, journalism - all writing? Join us at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social on Thurs 20 March 2025, for a superb 'Writing Business' event ft. Aifric Campbell, Anita Chandran, Catherine Cho, Jess Popplewell, chair: Gita Ralleigh. /more 👇