Month: December 2010
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Emergence
I've long believed that the more rules you put around something, the more prolific the unintended and unforeseen consequences. Consequences which often result in more rules and yet more layers of complexity. In systems theory (as in nature, science and art) the concept of Emergence refers to the way in which complex systems and patterns…
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Ghetto Testing
This hour long lecture by Mark Pincus, CEO of uber-successful social gaming business Zynga, and Bing Gordon, the longtime Electronic Arts creative force is somewhat rambling but contains some real gems. Pincus's view (as explained adeptly here by James) is that the next stage of the web will be far more about people paying for…
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Converse Domaination
I've seen a few lists of the top 'digital campaigns' of the decade. Most of them feature similar work (Uniqlock and Lucky Switch, BMW Films, Nike+, Whopper sacrifice and subservient chicken, Chalkbot etc). But there's one which has been strangely absent from every list that I've looked at, so it's only right that I recognise…
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Command And Control
I'll likely get flamed for this but I'm not convinced that this is such a great idea. Setting up a walled off space with copious screens showing visualisations of data streamed from social media monitoring systems seems to be the new new thing. I have no doubt that the objectives behind it – listening and…
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Unplanning
After writing about Agile Budgeting, I stumbled serendipitously (as is the way with these things) on a Tom Fishburne post about Waterfall Planning that echoed some of the points I was making. Specifically, how crafting an annual plan is "like getting a bill through Congress", what with all the hours of spreadsheet crunching, debate, negotiation,…
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Post Of The Month – November ’10 – The Winner
Delighted to announce that the winner of Post Of The Month for November 2010 is Pek Pongpaet with his excellent post on The Myth of People Stealing Your Ideas. Well done Pek – you get the props of your blogging peers and are entered into the ThinkTank Hall Of Fame. Thanks everyone for taking part…
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Post Of The Month – November ’10 – The Vote
Slightly shorter shortlist this month than usual but that’s no bad thing. Thanks for the nominations. Our vote this month is between: Thinking About Cognitive Surplus In the Enterprise by JP Rangaswami The Myth of People Stealing Your Ideas from Pek Pongpaet Digital May Be Everyday, But It’s Not Effortless by Iain Tait Post Digital…
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Post Of The Month – November ’10 – Nominations
Right, so nominations for Post Of The Month are open. Please nominate your favourite posts that were posted in the month of November in the comments below. My reading has been a little lighter than usual this month (mostly because I spent a good part of the month in Africa) but I've listed four nominations…
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Agile Budgeting
I make no apology for writing another post on agility. I think it's one of the most fundamental (and often unacknowledged) shifts that businesses need to make in order to be fit for purpose in the world in which we find ourselves. We no longer need to follow the model of creating a perfectly crafted…