Tag: planning
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The cost of being dull
I loved the premise of Adam Morgan’s new podcast which is ostensibly about the cost of being boring, and in which Adam speaks to people whose job it is to make things more interesting. Adam is a planning legend, the founder of […]
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Google Firestarters: Leo Rayman on Green Growth
The latest episode of Google Firestarters has just been published, featuring the brilliant Leo Rayman (CEO of EdenLab) on the challenging but inspiring topic of achieving ‘green growth’ and real sustainability transformation. Leo has a good provocation for this episode about how marketing needs to step up […]
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Sometimes It’s Good To Be Third
When I first started working in digital back in the time of the dot-com bubble, many people obsessed about so-called 'first mover advantage'. Within the context provided by the digital goldrush of the time, the thinking went that if you arrived first […]
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Post Of The Month – March 2012 – The Vote
Thanks for the nominations (as noted below the MadeByMany nomination is for the blogging of an open development process, hence the reference to other relevant posts). Our shortlist for this month's vote is: The Curation Debate by Noah Brier The Picle Story from MadeByMany […]
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The Power Of Habit
Charles Duhigg from the New York Times wrote a fascinating piece in the Times magazine recently in support of his new book on habit formation (The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do In Life And Business). The piece focused […]
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What Is Competitive Advantage?
Terminology like competitive advantage, differentiation and value creation tend to get overused in businesses. This HBR piece on the work of Michael Porter from Joan Margretta who worked with him for almost 20 years succinctly captures how often such terms are misappropriated […]
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Google Firestarters 2012
As you'll know by now I've worked with Google this year to curate a series of events designed to facilitate different thinking and debate around some of the more challenging issues facing planners and the practice of planning. The three Firestarters events […]
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IKEA 365 Campaign
I'm rather intrigued by the concept behind this campaign (from earlier this year). To show their versatility, IKEA in Holland made a different TV ad for every day of the year. It's a wonderfully disruptive idea. But the thing I like most […]
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Post Of The Month – November 2011 – The Vote
Another great shortlist, so thanks to all those that nominated. Our shortlist is between: How Mastering Stock And Flow WIll Boost Your Content Strategy by Noah Brier My ICT Teacher Can't Mark My Homework from Emma MulQueeny A Brief Rant On The Future of […]