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Happy Christmas
Well, it's been quite a year. Over the past 12 months the traffic to this blog has doubled, the number of subscribers has trebled, and I met some amazing people through it. Somewhere along the line I passed a few markers: two years blogging…600 posts…1000 comments. So I'd just like to say thanks for reading…
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Post Of The Month – November ’08 – Winner
I'm delighted to announce that the winner of Post of the Month for November 2008 is Charles with his excellent post on rewiring it all. There was a great shortlist of posts this month, but happy that Mr Frith won it (he's been on a roll recently), so well done – you get the reflected…
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Think Tank – November 2008 – The Vote
OK. Some great nominations for the best posts from the last month, all of them worth a read. So now time to vote for your favourite one out of our short-list. Thanks to Charles, Willem, Le'Nise, Graeme and Niko for the nominations. Graeme and Willem actually nominated one of my posts (thanks guys – very…
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‘Thinking Outside The Box’
Cripes. According to a survey by YouGov (commissioned by the Hotel group Ramada Encore of all people) these are the most hated 'business-speak' phrases in the UK. And I've just realised I've used at least four of them in the past week. What I need is some pro-active, out-of-the-box 360 blue-sky thinking if I'm going…
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Think Tank Nominations – November 2008
It's Post of The Month time again. November's nominations are officially open – so think about the best posts you've read over the last month and please nominate them by leaving a comment below with a link. This is about recognising good thinking and writing so please help spread the word to encourage more nominations.…
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Post of the Month – Oct ’08 – Winner
I'm delighted to announce that the winner (by a whisker) of Post of the Month for October 2008 is Jonathan MacDonald with his excellent rant . Well done Jonathan – you get the reflected glory of props from your blogging peers and to join Dino in the Think Tank Hall of Fame (and to 'wear'…
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Think Tank – October 08 – The Vote
Time to vote for your favourite out of our short-list of great posts from the past month. Some real goodies this month. Thanks to Stuart, Gavin, Brett, Eaon, James, David for your nominations (and Rob for the Wham slide). Remember this is about recognising great writing and thinking so please spread the word to encourage…
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The Origins of The Conversation
Good presentation from Tom Himpe talking about the domain that sits somewhere between product innovation and marketing, and the evolution within marketing from message-centric to product-centric, from "creating talk value despite the average nature of products & services, towards creating talk value that is embedded in the products and services". I recommend you go read…
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Think Tank Nominations – October 08
After a successful inaugral Post of the Month, it's time to open nominations for the best post for the month of October. To remind you, this is about recognising the good writing and thinking so please nominate your own favourite posts from the past month by leaving a comment on this post with a link…
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Post Of The Month – Winner
I'm happy to announce that (after a closely fought contest) the winner of our inaugral post of the month is Dino, with his excellent post on Gestures and Communication. Well done Dino – you get props from your blogging peers and to 'wear' the Think Tank badge if you so wish. We had a decent…