Month: August 2016
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Google Firestarters 21 – Re-imagining Digital Advertising
We've done a few Firestarters events around agency futures and innovation, and a number focusing on the craft of planning and advertising, but up to now we've not focused specifically on where digital advertising is going. So we're taking that as our theme for our next event, on 13th Sept, 6.00pm, Google HQ London. With ad…
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Technology vs Humanity
My good friend the Futurist Gerd Leonhard has a new book out on technology and humanity which, knowing Gerd, should be a great read. More recently, he's been focused on all the myriad issues that surround our ever more complex relationship with technology, and this captures his argument for 'humanising the coming waves of technological disruption'. You…
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My Book – Building the Agile Business
I said a good while back that I intended to write a book, so what's happened since then? Well, after lots of to-ing and fro-ing with various publishers, we found one who really shared the vision for what we wanted to do. And so I'm delighted to announce that we have a publishing deal with the lovely…
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Post of the Month – July 2016 – The Winner
Another close run vote this month but happy to say that the winner of Post of the Month for July is Graeme Douglas' brilliant post on Life Out of Balance. Well done Graeme – well deserved, and you're entered into the hall of fame. My thanks to everyone who took part.
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Post of the Month – July 2016 – The Vote
Thanks for the nominations all. So our vote this month is between: 61 Glimpses of the Future from Jan Chipchase Stop Problem Solving by Gareth Kay Life Out of Balance by Graeme Douglas The Attention Economy and the Demise of the Middle Ground by Patricia McDonald You Can’t Move Forward When You’re Looking Through the…
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Post of the Month – July 2016 – Nominations
I can hardly believe we're at July Post of the Month already but hey, as Ferris Bueller said, life moves pretty fast. So it's time to nominate posts that you have read in the past month and thought were particularly good, either direct or via the comments below. I've got a short starting list below…