Sharon O'Dea
@sharonodea.com
Consulting, writing and speaking on comms, collaboration & future of work. Cofounder Lithos Partners, DWXS and 300 Seconds. Gym bore. Takes too many photos of Amsterdam.
It’s one of many paradoxes I’ve noticed here in Japan:
a country beginning to recognise these challenges, but where solutions are hard to find, and harder still to implement.
a country beginning to recognise these challenges, but where solutions are hard to find, and harder still to implement.
November 5, 2025 at 6:59 AM
It’s one of many paradoxes I’ve noticed here in Japan:
a country beginning to recognise these challenges, but where solutions are hard to find, and harder still to implement.
a country beginning to recognise these challenges, but where solutions are hard to find, and harder still to implement.
🇯🇵 Japan is a country built on education... but not on learning.
Last week at Nagasaki Canvas - a monthly civic forum where locals, students and nomads gather to talk about the city’s future - the theme was learning.
Last week at Nagasaki Canvas - a monthly civic forum where locals, students and nomads gather to talk about the city’s future - the theme was learning.
November 5, 2025 at 6:59 AM
🇯🇵 Japan is a country built on education... but not on learning.
Last week at Nagasaki Canvas - a monthly civic forum where locals, students and nomads gather to talk about the city’s future - the theme was learning.
Last week at Nagasaki Canvas - a monthly civic forum where locals, students and nomads gather to talk about the city’s future - the theme was learning.
This was the original photo 😂
November 4, 2025 at 7:37 AM
This was the original photo 😂
I asked Copilot to fix a small flaw in my photo and instead turned me into someone who runs the neighbourhood watch Facebook group.
It’s giving:
– alphabetises her spice rack
– leaves polite but firm notes about wheelie bins
– owns at least three glue guns
– hosts “sip and paint” nights
It’s giving:
– alphabetises her spice rack
– leaves polite but firm notes about wheelie bins
– owns at least three glue guns
– hosts “sip and paint” nights
November 4, 2025 at 7:19 AM
I asked Copilot to fix a small flaw in my photo and instead turned me into someone who runs the neighbourhood watch Facebook group.
It’s giving:
– alphabetises her spice rack
– leaves polite but firm notes about wheelie bins
– owns at least three glue guns
– hosts “sip and paint” nights
It’s giving:
– alphabetises her spice rack
– leaves polite but firm notes about wheelie bins
– owns at least three glue guns
– hosts “sip and paint” nights
I had a hundred better things to do so obvs I spent an hour making this
November 2, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I had a hundred better things to do so obvs I spent an hour making this
The Telegraph’s quest to find the least sympathetic poverty case studies continues
November 2, 2025 at 2:36 AM
The Telegraph’s quest to find the least sympathetic poverty case studies continues
A day late: October in One Second Every Day. Amsterdam, Paris, but mostly having the time of my life in Japan.
November 1, 2025 at 4:00 PM
A day late: October in One Second Every Day. Amsterdam, Paris, but mostly having the time of my life in Japan.
Even bus stops are better in Japan 🇯🇵
November 1, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Even bus stops are better in Japan 🇯🇵
If you haven’t gone to Don Quixote at midnight to buy random crap, are you even in Japan? 🇯🇵
October 30, 2025 at 3:24 PM
If you haven’t gone to Don Quixote at midnight to buy random crap, are you even in Japan? 🇯🇵
Visiting a local museum in Kyushu, Japan… I did not expect to see this panel about the UK’s COVID-19 Enquiry 🤷♀️
October 27, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Visiting a local museum in Kyushu, Japan… I did not expect to see this panel about the UK’s COVID-19 Enquiry 🤷♀️
Instagram v reality: up the top of a very windy hill taking a photo of a beautiful sunset
October 21, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Instagram v reality: up the top of a very windy hill taking a photo of a beautiful sunset
Ohayō gozaimasu! おはようございます
October 20, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Ohayō gozaimasu! おはようございます
After a surprisingly cosy night sleeping on a tatami mat in a lovingly-restored traditional house in Japan’s Gotō Islands, I’m on to a round of book edits here.
Life is good.
Life is good.
October 18, 2025 at 1:54 AM
After a surprisingly cosy night sleeping on a tatami mat in a lovingly-restored traditional house in Japan’s Gotō Islands, I’m on to a round of book edits here.
Life is good.
Life is good.
The ridiculous exercise class I go to did a one off special at the Sainte-Chapelle in Paris. I love that building, so I blagged a spot and went all the way to Paris to do a single exercise class.
And it was absolutely fucking beautiful.
Life is short; enjoy the shit out of it.
And it was absolutely fucking beautiful.
Life is short; enjoy the shit out of it.
October 10, 2025 at 10:07 AM
The ridiculous exercise class I go to did a one off special at the Sainte-Chapelle in Paris. I love that building, so I blagged a spot and went all the way to Paris to do a single exercise class.
And it was absolutely fucking beautiful.
Life is short; enjoy the shit out of it.
And it was absolutely fucking beautiful.
Life is short; enjoy the shit out of it.
Kemi complains about Labour's magic money tree on spending then less than a minute later makes three pledges to cut taxes without explaining how it'll be paid for.
October 8, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Kemi complains about Labour's magic money tree on spending then less than a minute later makes three pledges to cut taxes without explaining how it'll be paid for.
Happy Mean Girls Day to all who celebrate
October 3, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Happy Mean Girls Day to all who celebrate
Amsterdam be Amsterdamming
September 26, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Amsterdam be Amsterdamming
My favourite thing about this (old) Reddit thread about how to respectfully store your flag was the 100+ photos in the replies of people’s flags, shoved in crumpled Albert Heijn carrier bags and chucked in junk-filled cupboards.
September 25, 2025 at 7:33 AM
My favourite thing about this (old) Reddit thread about how to respectfully store your flag was the 100+ photos in the replies of people’s flags, shoved in crumpled Albert Heijn carrier bags and chucked in junk-filled cupboards.
Time for, as they say, 👏 Some 👏 Personal 👏 News.
Starting next month I’ll be spending a few weeks living and working in Japan 🇯🇵 to research + write about the future of work. Particularly on comms and collaboration practices, global nomads and place-independent working.
Starting next month I’ll be spending a few weeks living and working in Japan 🇯🇵 to research + write about the future of work. Particularly on comms and collaboration practices, global nomads and place-independent working.
September 24, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Time for, as they say, 👏 Some 👏 Personal 👏 News.
Starting next month I’ll be spending a few weeks living and working in Japan 🇯🇵 to research + write about the future of work. Particularly on comms and collaboration practices, global nomads and place-independent working.
Starting next month I’ll be spending a few weeks living and working in Japan 🇯🇵 to research + write about the future of work. Particularly on comms and collaboration practices, global nomads and place-independent working.
Ouch. Sweater weather here.
September 22, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Ouch. Sweater weather here.
Arrived at the IABC Communication Leadership Summit in Brussels. Expecting some smart ideas and great conversations, and hoping this will snap me out of holiday mode.
September 19, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Arrived at the IABC Communication Leadership Summit in Brussels. Expecting some smart ideas and great conversations, and hoping this will snap me out of holiday mode.
Mountain? Completed it mate.
September 16, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Mountain? Completed it mate.
Next level latte art truly capturing my mood here.
September 12, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Next level latte art truly capturing my mood here.
Hands up if it still freaks your nut out to this day
September 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Hands up if it still freaks your nut out to this day