Month: October 2011
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Revisiting ‘T-Shaped’ People
“Regardless of whether your goal is to innovate around a product, service, or business opportunity, you get good insights by having an observant and empathetic view of the world…empathy allows you to have original insights about the world. It also enables you […]
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The Divided Brain
"The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant" Albert Einstein This latest RSA Animate by reknowned psychiatrist Iain McGilchrist (and the accompanying book) is a powerful evcoation of how the divergent, contradistinct nature of the […]
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Tappety-Tap
My first job out of college was a telesales job in a small publishing company. After the comparatively easy-going atmosphere of education, I found myself in a busy, noisy office, filled with young people sat at desks with little more than a […]
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Occupy
"This is not a movement with a traditional narrative arc. As the product of the de-centralized networked-era culture, it is less about victory than sustainability. It is not about one-pointedness, but inclusion and groping toward consensus. It is not like a book; […]
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Sound And Vision
"Sound" from SoundCloud on Vimeo. Lovely little film for Soundcloud and a lovely little story from VC Fred Wilson about how founder Alex Ljung pitched him for funding several times before he was successful: "…He showed me one slide. It had various […]
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Playing The Long Game
As an interesting addendum to the post below I came across this Quora answer from an ex-Amazon employee to the question 'What allows Amazon to be so innovative?'. Alongside mentions of visionary leadership, entrepreneurial culture and future-focused approach, there is of-course talk of […]
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‘Two-Pizza’ Teams
Werner Vogels: Amazon and the Lean Cloud from HackFwd on Vimeo. “Amazon is a technology company. We just happen to do retail” So much insight in this fascinating talk from Werner Vogels, Amazon CTO, at the recent HackFwd event in Berlin. Werner […]
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Post Of The Month – September 2011 – The Winner
Another hard fought battle in this months vote, notably between Martin Weigel's excellent post on the bankruptcy of 'engagement', and Mark Sorrell's piece on TV as the Second Screen. But in the end it was the latter that won through (just), so […]
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Post Of The Month – September 2011 – The Vote
Thanks everyone for the nominations. So, our shortlist this month is between: ‘Engagement’: Fashionable Yet Bankrupt by Martin Weigel Bless The Toolmakers by Robin Sloan Will You Become Irrelevant? from John Winsor Check Against Delivery. My Speech to the IAAC by Ben Hammersley TV Is […]