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.
Delighted to see Diary of a CEO is finally getting cancelled over on TikTok.
January 8, 2026 at 8:26 AM
Delighted to see Diary of a CEO is finally getting cancelled over on TikTok.
I got my nails done to mark ten years this week since Bowie gave us Blackstar, and then died two days later and suddenly it was a completely different album.
January 6, 2026 at 2:34 PM
I got my nails done to mark ten years this week since Bowie gave us Blackstar, and then died two days later and suddenly it was a completely different album.
Over at the Bad Place, they’re trying to blame the NL New Year Fireworks shambles on immigrants. Of course they are. 🙄
(The people setting off fireworks in the street, and yeeting them under cars, in post boxes, at buildings were - as they are every year - mostly 13 year old boys)
(The people setting off fireworks in the street, and yeeting them under cars, in post boxes, at buildings were - as they are every year - mostly 13 year old boys)
January 3, 2026 at 9:05 AM
Over at the Bad Place, they’re trying to blame the NL New Year Fireworks shambles on immigrants. Of course they are. 🙄
(The people setting off fireworks in the street, and yeeting them under cars, in post boxes, at buildings were - as they are every year - mostly 13 year old boys)
(The people setting off fireworks in the street, and yeeting them under cars, in post boxes, at buildings were - as they are every year - mostly 13 year old boys)
Good morning from me, a smug bastard who kicked off Christmas Day by doing a spin class.
If this doesn’t get me on a hundred block lists, nothing will.
If this doesn’t get me on a hundred block lists, nothing will.
December 25, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Good morning from me, a smug bastard who kicked off Christmas Day by doing a spin class.
If this doesn’t get me on a hundred block lists, nothing will.
If this doesn’t get me on a hundred block lists, nothing will.
Well who could have predicted this?
(Everyone)
(Everyone)
December 19, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Well who could have predicted this?
(Everyone)
(Everyone)
Ok so there’s deffo something wrong with his right hand
December 18, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Ok so there’s deffo something wrong with his right hand
I appreciate this will get any future ESTA refused, but that ship has now sailed I think, so…
My expectations of that man were already at rock bottom and yet somehow he still manages to be that bit more of a cunt. Genuinely shocking, and after all these years that‘s really saying something.
My expectations of that man were already at rock bottom and yet somehow he still manages to be that bit more of a cunt. Genuinely shocking, and after all these years that‘s really saying something.
December 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I appreciate this will get any future ESTA refused, but that ship has now sailed I think, so…
My expectations of that man were already at rock bottom and yet somehow he still manages to be that bit more of a cunt. Genuinely shocking, and after all these years that‘s really saying something.
My expectations of that man were already at rock bottom and yet somehow he still manages to be that bit more of a cunt. Genuinely shocking, and after all these years that‘s really saying something.
How do I nominate the guy slamming the off button for een lintje? 🎖️
Truly the hero the Amsterdam Metro needs.
Truly the hero the Amsterdam Metro needs.
December 14, 2025 at 9:36 PM
How do I nominate the guy slamming the off button for een lintje? 🎖️
Truly the hero the Amsterdam Metro needs.
Truly the hero the Amsterdam Metro needs.
A tiny Japan moment made it into the FT’s Working It: a robot tour guide showing me around, operated remotely by a disabled worker elsewhere in the country. A reminder that the real future of work is human (and also kawaai)
December 4, 2025 at 8:15 AM
A tiny Japan moment made it into the FT’s Working It: a robot tour guide showing me around, operated remotely by a disabled worker elsewhere in the country. A reminder that the real future of work is human (and also kawaai)
“Arrive by 05:45,” the ticket said
When the terminal is closed and there’s nowhere to buy coffee.
THESE WERE PRECIOUS MINUTES I COULD HAVE SPENT IN BED
When the terminal is closed and there’s nowhere to buy coffee.
THESE WERE PRECIOUS MINUTES I COULD HAVE SPENT IN BED
December 2, 2025 at 5:23 AM
“Arrive by 05:45,” the ticket said
When the terminal is closed and there’s nowhere to buy coffee.
THESE WERE PRECIOUS MINUTES I COULD HAVE SPENT IN BED
When the terminal is closed and there’s nowhere to buy coffee.
THESE WERE PRECIOUS MINUTES I COULD HAVE SPENT IN BED
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