Year: 2018
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The Rise of Zero-Based Budgeting
Zero-based budgeting feels like one of those trends that is potentially pretty significant but which few people are talking about. I seem to be coming across it more and more. It's no doubt sprung from the increasing pressure that marketers are under to demonstrate the value of their investments, and the increasing accountability that comes from…
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Internal APIs and Service Oriented Architecture
It's commonly believed that there are three types of API: Open, or Public APIs which have no restrictions on access Partner APIs which are made available only to strategic partners Private or Internal APIs which expose systems or capabilities internally, and which are most often not open to external use All three are interesting but…
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Reflections on Writing a Book
I can hardly believe it but last week marked the one year anniversary of my book being published. Happily it seems to have done really well since launch, selling a lot more than I'd ever anticipated (it's very difficult to gauge what good looks like in this context of-course but the publisher seems very happy,…
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Post of the Month – March 2018 – The Winner
Happy to announce that the winner of this month's vote for Post of the Month is Martin Weigel with his exceptional post The Case for Chaos. Well done Martin – you join the hall of fame (for the third time over the past few years I believe). My thanks to everyone that took part.
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Post of the Month – March 2018 – The Vote
Thanks for the nominations. So this month’s vote is between: The Case for Chaos by Martin Weigel All Hail the Gut by Heidi Hackemer More rituals, less routine by Gareth Kay Fwd to CEO: The Most Valuable Business Tool Ever Invented by Tom Roach 12 Things Everyone Should Understand About Tech by Anil Dash Serious Fun by Dave Trott…
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Post of the Month – March 2018 – Nominations
It's time to nominate your good reads to be entered into the vote for Post of the Month. You can do that by letting me have the link to any good posts that you've read over the past month either direct or via the comments below. As soon as I have enough I put the…
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Stuck in the Middle
The state of employee engagement is a severely under-discussed issue IMHO. I've written before (in the context of the importance of bringing people with you through periods of transformation and change) about the stark statistics that show just how poor engagement levels are amongst workers globally. Gallup have famously done some excellent research in this area…
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Google Firestarters 27 – Crossing the River By Feeling the Stones
Last week was the 27th Google Firestarters and we were fortunate enough to have as our only speaker someone who I've been wanting to have speak for a good while – Simon Wardley. At Firestarters we always try and vary our themes and speakers to incorporate the most provocative and interesting viewpoints from within the…
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Happiness is a Choice You Make
Journalist John Leland spent a year learning life lessons from the 'oldest old' (aged 85+) for his book Happiness Is a Choice You Make: Lessons from a Year Among the Oldest Old. There were some deceptively simple findings (including the importance of gratitude, strong relationships, and purpose) but I particularly liked this one, about the difference…