Month: September 2024
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On Agile Marketing
I’ve been writing and consulting about organisational agility for over fifteen years now (amongst other things of course) and there is probably one consistent misinterpretation in the application of agile principles at scale which I see more than any other – the idea that it is a one-size-fits-all solution. This is annoying. I see this…
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On technology acceptance models
One of the critical aspects of navigating technological change effectively is understanding more about how users accept and adopt new technologies. For leaders trying to drive technology acceptance and adoption, and to introduce new ways of working within organisations, or consultants and strategists looking to understand changing contexts and capabilities, it can be really useful…
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Moravec’s Paradox
I came across Moravec’s Paradox via a talk which Stephen Fry gave, titled ‘AI: A Means to an End or a Means to Our End?’, and given as the inaugural ‘Living Well With Technology’ lecture for King’s College London’s Digital Futures Institute. The concept was first articulated by AI researcher Hans Moravec in the 1980s.…
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On knowledge layering
I was speaking to someone the other day who described me as ‘the consultant’s consultant’ which is a description that I was hugely flattered by (and if I’m honest not sure I deserve). But I suppose I’ve been on this path for almost 15 years now so that must count for something. There are of…