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The Stupid Manager Theory 27 Aug 2013 | 04:18 pm
I like the point made in this piece on Steve Ballmer's legacy at Microsoft about how often the direct impact of CEOs is overplayed: 'The most common, almost universally accepted reason for company fa...
The Modern Spice Routes 21 Aug 2013 | 12:50 am
PayPal have just released a report on cross-border shopping - the increasingly common practice of people using the internet to shop directly from suppliers and merchants all over the world (you have t...
Marina and Ulay 17 Aug 2013 | 05:54 pm
The Kickstarter 'Projects We Love' email told me about performance artist Marina Abramovic's endeavour to fund 'a living, breathing museum for performance art, where attendees not only visit, but part...
Post Of The Month - July 2013 - The Winner 16 Aug 2013 | 08:53 pm
A strong early lead for Bud Caddell's Digital Strategy 101 proved unassailable so his post and deck wins this months vote. Well done to Bud (you are of-course entered into the hall of fame) and thanks...
Post Of The Month - July 2013 - The Vote 14 Aug 2013 | 11:46 am
Thanks for the nominations. Our vote this month is between: The Crime Of Ownerism by Andy Nairn Digital Strategy 101 by Bud Caddell Annual Plans Must Die from Paul Isakson How to Become a Master P...
Post Of The Month - July 2013 - Nominations 13 Aug 2013 | 03:15 pm
Slightly later than usual due to holiday but it's time to open up for nominations for Post Of The Month. As usual, I've listed a few starters below (which includes two from Paul Isakson) but please ad...
Dealing With Worry 13 Aug 2013 | 12:22 am
"Set aside 15 minutes in the morning and 15 minutes in the evening to do nothing but worry about the future." Playing catch up post-holiday (and not entirely unconcerned about the volume of email I w...
Fraggl - The Battle of the Algorithms 26 Jul 2013 | 01:06 pm
I thought it'd be useful to give everyone a development update on Fraggl, the Twitter curation app I'm building with Adaptive Lab (a version of this has also gone out on email to our testing group). I...
On the Death Of Journalism 25 Jul 2013 | 05:48 pm
There's been more than enough pixel inches dedicated to talking about the death of journalism. I don't believe it. Neither it seems does George Brock who, in summarising the thrust of his new book 'Ou...
The Myth of the Eureka Moment 23 Jul 2013 | 12:41 pm
An intriguing addendum to last week's Google Firestarters event on creativity. Eric Barker posts about a story featured in Keith Sawyer's book Zig Zag: The Surprising Path to Greater Creativity. Resea...
