Month: November 2016
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How Basecamp Work
Much to like in this post from Jason Fried, Founder and CEO of Basecamp, on how they structure work and teams at the company. Worth reading the whole thing, but some summary highlights: They treat the company like a product – continuously iterating the way in which they work, always looking to improve it in…
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The Scary Truth About Corporate Mortality
Most of the studies that have been done on corporate longevity have focused on the trajectory of the largest organisations (like those in the S & P 500) and the prevailing narrative has been one of shrinking lifespans and growing mortality rates. But Dartmouth professor Vijay Govindarajan and his research team have now conducted a far…
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Google Firestarters 22: The Power and Perils of ‘Fast’ in Planning
For our 22nd planning Firestarters last Thursday we had two speakers that I've been wanting to have at Firestarters for longer than I care to remember. And they were on the same bill, speaking about a subject that could not be more apposite right now. We hear so much about real-time data, responsiveness, fast strategy,…
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Labour Clouds
'By 2040, I’m pretty confident that every skilled worker will have their own signpost. You will be your own enterprise, in a much more meaningful way than the lip service of today.' Stephen DeWitt This was a pretty fascinating look at what the future of work could look like, featuring Stephen DeWitt of Work Market, the…
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Children’s Media Use
Lots of fascinating data in the new Ofcom research into UK children's media use which shows (amongst many other things) the continued importance of the TV set (although the amount of time spent watching it is in decline, content is increasingly device agnostic, and for the first time more time is spent online), the dominance of…
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Post of the Month – October 2016 – The Winner
I'll avoid referencing the result of that other vote that has just happened (it's too depressing) but I am happy to announce that the winner of this months Post of the Month vote is Marcus John Henry Brown with his talk from Silicon Beach - Zombie apocalypse and other peak pixel fantasies. So well done Marcus.…
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Post of the Month – October 2016 – The Vote
Thanks for the nominations all. So our vote this month is between: How the advertising industry is wasting talent and what we can do about it, by Andy Grayson and Graham North F**k You Startup World by Shem Magnezi The imperative of not being earnest by Phil Adams The Unbundling of Bundling by Glyn Britton…
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Post of the Month – October 2016 – Nominations
Time (already) to open up nominations for Post of the Month. As usual I have a short starting list of three below but please do add to these by nominating posts that you've read in the past month that you thought were particularly good in the comments below or direct. As soon as I have…
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Death Star IT
I can't remember where I first heard the phrase 'Death Star IT' but I've always rather liked it. It appositely describes how, when technology is seen in companies as the solution to a business need, the answer can often look like a large, expensive, proprietary software system. Big businesses ironically feel more comfortable making big decisions about…
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Disrupting Logistics
I find it fascinating how far the tentacles of digital disruption are reaching now. Earlier this year I did a digital leadership workshop with a group of senior leaders from the logistics side of a global manufacturing business. I don't claim to be an expert in supply chain or logistics, but it was clear from…