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Lauren Pope @lapope.bsky.social · 6d

I will probably go and see it at the cinema again, and that's not something I do very often. Oh! Can't believe I forgot to say Benicio del Toro is great too.

Lauren Pope @lapope.bsky.social · 6d

Really enjoyed One Battle After Another. Story is great, pacing is great, Teyana Taylor is great, LDC is great, score is great, and there's an absolutely incredible set of villains to hate.

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Lauren Pope @lapope.bsky.social · 9d

It was a very pretty chicken

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Lauren Pope @lapope.bsky.social · 9d

Just when I think all the eccentrics have been gentrified out of Brighton: The path out of my office building is blocked by a couple sitting on the front steps with a loose, live chicken.

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Lauren Pope @lapope.bsky.social · 9d

Yes - and one of the easier ones to ID too.

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Lauren Pope @lapope.bsky.social · 9d

Have been tracking the growth of a giant puffball mushroom in the woods for a few weeks. Went to check on it and someone has stomped on it. On the one hand, I'm sad I don't get to see how big it would have got. On the other, I get it. It was begging to be stomped on and probably felt amazing

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Lauren Pope @lapope.bsky.social · 14d

2nd year doesn't understand some fundamentals about limited stop buses and is accusing bus drivers of ignoring the bell. I am fighting the urge to butt in and be the colossal know it all I was born to be.

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Lauren Pope @lapope.bsky.social · 14d

'You have to flag the bus down when you're standing at the bus stop. And you need to ring the bell when you want to get off.'

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Lauren Pope @lapope.bsky.social · 14d

On a bus listening to a 2nd year American student try and explain how buses work to a first year American student. Neither of them had even got a bus before moving to the UK. It's kind of fascinating.

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Lauren Pope @lapope.bsky.social · 16d

I love micro pasta in soup.

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Lauren Pope @lapope.bsky.social · 16d

And with picking season over, that means it's now soup and SAD lamp season.

Today's soup: Roasted tomato pepper, and garlic.

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Lauren Pope @lapope.bsky.social · 16d

Never in my life had such a good foraging year for apples, cherryplums, damsons, sloes, bullace, hawthorn, apples...early though and literally rotting on the trees now

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Lauren Pope @lapope.bsky.social · 16d

Thanks Lizzie. That kind of story really came through in the comments people left. There's so much work still to do!

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Lauren Pope @lapope.bsky.social · 17d

- Decentralised structures are more common in mid- to larger-sized orgs - but they come with lower performance scores and silo issues.

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Lauren Pope @lapope.bsky.social · 17d

- Participants aren’t satisfied with the performance of their organising structure for content. Scores were mostly low - the average was 2.5 (out of 5)
- Over 7 in 10 respondents rate their content capability as either Reactive or Tactical. No participants said they were at an Operationalised level

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Lauren Pope @lapope.bsky.social · 17d

Here are some of the key findings:
- 1 in 3 content teams are using a Hybrid or Hub and spoke structure, making it the most common approach and it’s also rated the highest for performance...
- ... but Centralised structures seem to work best for smaller orgs (500 employees or less)

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Lauren Pope @lapope.bsky.social · 17d

I've just published a report sharing the findings from a survey into the prevalence and effectiveness of different organising structures for content teams. (Thanks if you took part!) lapope.com/2025/09/22/u...

Unlocking content potential: a report on organising structures and capability | Lauren Pope: La Pope Ltd

A survey of over 70 content teams, exploring the organising structures they use, and how they help or harm content capability.

lapope.com

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