Category: culture
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Creative Disruption
I noticed the other day that since starting my own business I've met (or come into contact with) many more entrepreneurs, freelancers, and sole traders than I think I would had I still been in corporate life. Part of that is no doubt about wanting to connect with other people who are out there, making…
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The Empathic Civilization
A few weeks ago I saw economist and author Jeremy Rifkin speak on his new book The Empathic Civilization at the RSA. It was a sweeping, provocative but affecting discourse on the nature of empathy. Rifkin framed his argument within the context of two spectacular failures: the shut-off of the global economic engine that…
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Convergence
I'm giving a keynote at a YouTube event this week and as part of the prep for it I've been thinking about interfaces, prompted in part by John's excellent reviews of the iPad as TV, only more so. The launch of the iPad has already been pretty successful. Carl Howe asserted that, at less than…
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Unproductivity
How much time in businesses is spent fulfilling unproductive corporate practices that add little value? I'd guess it's a lot. And I'm guessing you think the same. I'm sure you recognise Matthew Parris's vivid description of the curse of e-mail, the kind of electronic turmoil generated by copy-in and reply-all which have meant that our…
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Objects And Stories
"Information is not knowledge, knowledge is not wisdom, wisdom is not truth, truth is not beauty, beauty is not love, love is not music, and music is THE BEST." Frank Zappa The DIKW model is a hierarchy used in the fields of information science and knowledge management. In the model, data is characterised as…
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Caught Up In The System
There was something about AOL's decision to sell or close Bebo that had an air of sad predictability about it. Digital start-ups, particularly those based on social technology, often seem to struggle once acquired by a large media interest. Friends Reunited was sold by ITV for less than a sixth of the price they paid…
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Being Remarkable
A (dareisayit) remarkable presentation from Polle De Maagt about Being Remarkable. It contains many of the themes about which I have written in the past – about how it's not about the technology, or the channel, about being generous, the power of great storytelling. And it contains some wonderful examples. But in the end it's…
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Porous Enterprise
Interesting short film on the new world of work featuring soundbites from PB Works founder David Weekly, John Hagel, Brian Phillips and Dan Olsen. Some common themes here with my post below on agility – notably how corporations can’t afford to keep moving at a slow pace, and need to increase the pace of innovation…
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Re-Imagining Books
"We're going to see new forms of storytelling emerge from this canvas. This is an opportunity to redefine modes of conversation between reader and content. And that's one hell of an opportunity if making content is your thing." Craig Mod Next week I'm going to an event on the future of publishing where my good…
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It’s Not About Digital, Stupid!
The poster put together by Sidekick Studios for their participation in this week's Digital Inclusion conference. Amen to that.