Year: 2019
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See One, Do One, Teach One
I'd not come across this before but thanks to Julian Cole for referencing one of his favourite methods of learning, often used in a medical context when trainee surgeons are learning new procedures. In See One, Do One, Teach One the student learns by observation first (for example watching a surgeon perform the procedure), then…
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Post of the Month – September 2019 – The Winner
Happy to say that Bogdana Butnar's excellent post on a metaphorical explanation for the Internet (for planners) was a clear winner in this month's vote, so well done to Bogdana. You join the hall of fame. My thanks to everyone that took part in nominating and voting.
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Post of The Month – September 2019 – The Vote
Thank you for the nominations. So our vote this month is between: A metaphorical explanation for the Internet (for planners) by Bogdana Butnar Why We Believe Fake News by Tom Chatfield These are a few of my favourite things by Andy Nairn WeWork and Counterfeit Capitalism by Matt Stoller Re-Thinking Consumer Insights with Lil’ Nas X, Billie Eilish, and…
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Choices About Time
How we spend our time and where we place our attention are two of the most important choices we make (and yet this often seems to be more arbitrary and reactive than it should really be). I loved this point made by Warren Buffett and Bill Gates about the importance of keeping time free for…
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Post of the Month – September 2019 – Nominations
Well it's early in the month which means it's time to open nominations again for Post of the Month. As usual, I've listed a few starters below which I will add to with your nominations before sticking up the vote when I have a good number. So my starting posts are: A metaphorical explanation for…
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Input and Outputs
Austin Kleon is unusually good at writing about the creative process. I've been reading his blog for years. He periodically writes about the relationship between ideas, information and inspiration that we take in, and creative output. Like this quote from Brian Eno: 'What I really like doing is what I call Import and Export. I…
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Possible Futures
Digital and networked technologies have brought dramatically different scaling dynamics to many markets, meaning that it has never been more important for businesses to have a point of view on the future whilst maintaining the agility to be adaptive to changing contexts. The future is rarely predictable (despite what some futurists would have you believe)…
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Agile Transformation: Announcing the Launch of My Second Book
I'm delighted to officially announce the launch of my new book that deals with the intersection of business transformation and organisational agility: Agile Transformation – Structures, Processes and Mindsets for the Digital Age. When I wrote the first book it was something of a cathartic experience for me, and this one has been no different.…
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Post of the Month – August 2019 – The Winner
Well there was some good levels of voting this month including a lot of Scottish support I think for George Gunn's post but in the end it was Tim Harford's post on the strange power of the idea of 'average' that edged it with some late voting so well done to Tim – he joins…
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Post of the Month – August 2019 – The Vote
Thanks for the nominations. So our vote this month is between: The days of silos are well and truly over by Sue Unerman The strange power of the idea of 'average' from Tim Harford Is NPS truly ‘the growth marketer’s secret weapon’ or more ‘snake oil and fake science’? by Samuel Scott Has Marketing lost its bottle? by…