Month: October 2015
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Particles, and the Future of Content Marketing
One of the core principles for the way in which context should work on the web is disaggregation and re-aggregation – content that might easily be broken down into constituent elements of some kind and then just as easily re-aggregated back together again in a form that suits the end user. The classic example of…
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The 666 Roadmap
I liked the concept, set out here by Paul Adams, of a roadmap that works to three timelines – one that sets out your long-term vision, one that enables you to plan ahead (but still keep a degree of flexibility), and a shorter-term plan that is concrete and doesn't change. In a rapidly changing environment businesses…
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Our Massive Employee Engagement Problem
A lot of digital transformation talk tends to focus relentlessly on technology but whilst this aspect is (of-course) important, my preference is to also talk about technology and transformation in the context of the behaviours, skills, resourcing and culture that surrounds it. As Henry Jenkins once said (almost a decade ago now, and a quote…
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High and Low Context Cultures
When I was at Aerials last week there was a question from the audience (from Boris actually) to the panel referencing the idea of high and low context cultures, derived originally from Edward Halls's book Beyond Culture. We were discussing organisational culture and change, and Boris's question related to the differences that might need to…
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Organising to Learn
Yesterday I spoke at the excellent Aerials event here in Toronto, curated by the folk behind The Alpine Review. The theme of the day was organisational agility in a networked world, and there was a wonderful line up of speakers including Mark Raheja from August, the consultancy born from the sad demise of Undercurrent. In…
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Post of the Month – October 2015 – The Winner
Well, we had a rush of votes early on for Niamh Murphy's post on Feeding the Digital Glutton which made this month's vote something of a one horse race but well done to Niamh – you join the hall of fame. My thanks to everyone that took part.
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Post of the Month – September 2014 – The Vote
Thanks for the nominations. So our vote this month is between: Why Fandoms Make a Difference by Matt Locke The Organisation is Broken by Clay Parker Jones A Window into the Future of the Web from Tom Goodwin 6 impossible Things About Being a Girl by Amy Kean Feeding the Digital Glutton by Niamh Murphy Major Advertisers Reviewing…
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Post of the Month – September 2015 – Nominations
It's early October which means it's time again to open nominations for Post of the Month. If you've read something particularly good over the past month you can nominate it direct or in the comments below. As usual, I have a short starting list, but please add to these with your own nominations and I'll…