Month: July 2010
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Colouring Between The Lines
When children first start to draw we teach them to colour in between the lines. We reward accuracy rather than interpretation. Neatness, not expression. This says a lot about our own predispositions. In this short but insightful interview, Seth Godin talks about an education system characterised by an industrial model from an industrial era. Built…
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Joining The Bucket Brigade
So Bud Caddell, Strategy Director at Victors & Spoils, is writing a book. And as you may already know, is crowd-sourcing the funding through Kickstarter to enable him the time to write it. And I've decided to invest and support it (not my first investment on Kickstarter) and have joined his Editorial Board. Seems…
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Ideas Having Sex
"The greatest technology that humans ever created is humanity itself" Kevin Kelly Funny. The day I blog about serendipity, creativity, connection and the combination of ideas (and 'flow' within organisations), I serendipitously see the first talk posted from this week's TEDGlobal 2010 which is all about creativity, connection, and the combination of ideas. Ever since…
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We Need To Rethink How We View Creativity
In a world of new economics, perpetual change, and reduced latency, it goes without saying how important creativity is right now to every organisation on the planet. IBM's survey of 1,500 global CEO's identified creativity as the number one 'leadership competency' of the future. When we think of creativity at an individual level we think…
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Art From Code
"Generative art refers to art that has been generated, composed, or constructed in an algorithmic manner through the use of systems defined by computer software algorithms, or similar mathematical or mechanical or randomised autonomous processes." Thanks to Alan for sharing this. Keith Peters writes code. But he also creates breathtaking pieces of art, derived of…
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Workshops & Speaking
Alongside our consulting work we’ve developed a number of workshops in reponse to client needs focusing on Digital Marketing and Digital Marketing innovation, Agile Planning and Digital Content Strategy. Our preferred way of working is to tailor each workshop to individual need, so if you would like to talk to us about running a workshop…
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Workshops & Speaking
Alongside our consulting work we’ve developed a number of workshops in reponse to client needs focusing on Digital Marketing and Digital Marketing innovation, Agile Planning and Digital Content Strategy. Our preferred way of working is to tailor each workshop to individual need, so if you would like to talk to us about running a workshop…
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The Tyranny Of ‘The Plan’
"In the highly turbulent, quickly reforming environment of the new economy, the competitive advantage goes to the nimble and malleable, the flexible and quick. Speed and agility trump size and experience. Fast to find the new is only one half the equation; fast to let go is the other important half." Kevin Kelly One of…