Month: December 2013
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Shipped in 2013
A year ago Ian Sanders wrote a post listing what he'd shipped in the past year. Seth Godin has done a similar thing before now. I rather like the idea of doing this. It's a chance to step back from the rush of the day-to-day and pause to reflect on what you've spent your time doing,…
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Systems Trump Goals
Shane Parrish has an interesting point in his review of (the creator of Dilbert) Scott Adams' book How To Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big about systems and goals, which Adams defines as: "If you do something every day, it’s a system. If you’re waiting to achieve it someday in the future, it’s a goal."…
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The Circular Economy
One of JWT's '100 Things to Watch' in 2014' was The Circular Economy. As described by The Ellen MacArthur Foundation (who have been vigourous supporters of the idea), the circular economy is about transitioning from a linear 'take, make. dispose' economy to a more circular, restorative system characterised by an increasing reliance on renewable energy,…
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This Week’s Favourite Fraggl Links
My favourite links from the week, curated by Fraggl: Research: Most Large Companies Can't Maintain Their Revenue Streams: Useful, punchy summary of research data on the rapid erosion of company competitive advantage, growth in global competition, and decreasing company lifespans 'This year, more than 450 million items were saved to Pocket. Here are the stories our users…
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The Best Blog Posts of 2013
For the past couple of years I've rounded up my favourite blog posts of the year by way of my own small celebration of the great thinking and writing that I've been fortunate to come across in 2013. So, in no particular order, here are my ten favourite blog posts of the past year: Matt…
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This Week’s Favourite Fraggl Links
My favourite links from the week, curated by Fraggl I really liked Ian Fitzpatrick's 5 Provocations for Planners Useful stuff from Peter Thomson – a development of the Value Proposition Canvas And here's Marvel a useful new prototyping app by Murat Mutlu Some wise words from Shane Parrish on why your environment matters if you want to make good decisions And you…
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Hackschooling
This is an amazingly mature and insightful TEDx talk from 13 year old Logan LaPlante, who talks about how poorly the modern education system is aligned to what most of us want – learning how to be happy and healthy ("Most education is orientated, for better or worse, towards making a living rather than making…