Category: inspiration
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Genius Hesitates
In the brilliant Seven Brief Lessons on Physics which I'm reading right now (thanks to Inaki for the tip) there's a (very accessible) section explaining quantum theory. Building on the work of Max Planck, Einstein wrote a paper showing that light is made of 'packets' of energy. The introduction to the article (essentially the birth…
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Building the Agile Business – The Launch of My Book
An important announcement. The manuscript is finished and submitted and we have a publication date for our book on Building The Agile Business. It will be out on April 3rd. I don't mind admitting that it's been something of a marathon to write it but I'm really pleased with the result. I've been writing here…
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Technology vs Humanity
My good friend the Futurist Gerd Leonhard has a new book out on technology and humanity which, knowing Gerd, should be a great read. More recently, he's been focused on all the myriad issues that surround our ever more complex relationship with technology, and this captures his argument for 'humanising the coming waves of technological disruption'. You…
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My Book – Building the Agile Business
I said a good while back that I intended to write a book, so what's happened since then? Well, after lots of to-ing and fro-ing with various publishers, we found one who really shared the vision for what we wanted to do. And so I'm delighted to announce that we have a publishing deal with the lovely…
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Dots Conference 2016
This year I'm working again with the lovely folk at Brilliant Noise to help curate the third Dots Conference. Dots always thematically focuses on innovation and transformation but this year we're concentrating particularly on stories about turning ideas and inspiration into action, and the behind the scenes details that create brilliance. The last two conferences have…
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The Best Place in the World to Fail
Jeff Bezos on being bold and why Amazon is the best place in the world to fail: 'We all know that if you swing for the fences, you're going to strike out a lot, but you're also going to hit some home runs. The difference between baseball and business, however, is that baseball has a…
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Jim Gilliam on Leadership
Christian fundamentalism, cancer, loss of religious faith, a double lung transplant, the birth of social activism on the web and a growing faith in the power of people connected – Jim Gilliam's story (founder of NationBuilder), featured in this a16z podcast, is a truly remarkable one. I really liked his thoughts on leadership. It is, he…
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On Finding Your Purpose
Careers advice should be far more focused on teaching kids how to learn to find what they love doing. More experimentation, less limitation — neilperkin (@neilperkin) January 22, 2016 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js I rather like what Karl Pillemer had to say about why we should all ask our elders about how best to live. So much wisdom…
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The Extensible Self
I'm somewhat biased (since I curated it) but last Friday's Dots Conference, run by the smart folk at Brilliant Noise, was excellent. One of my favourites out of a whole bunch of inspiring and insightful talks came from Stuart Turner, founder of Robots and Cake, who talked about the transformational power of robotics. Stuart began…
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Dots Conference 2015
Last year I curated Dots Conference – run by Antony Mayfield and the smart folk at Brilliant Noise, and a key part of the Brighton Digital Festival. It was lots of fun, and the feedback was great from the people that came along, so I was really happy when Antony asked me to curate it…