One of the things that seems to be common amongst people working in start ups is the idea of "the exit". In the days before this current wave of digital technology transformation, to set up a company you needed some serious capital. To manufacture things you needed factories and hardware. To provide some sort of service you … Continue reading Rushing towards the exits
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There is a piece that Adrian Bridgewater has published on Computer Weekly about collaboration tools that's got me seriously concerned about the ability for enterprise software to do anything outside of the realm of Taylorist scientific management. Adrian's article looks at trends in the collaboration space that seem to be moving from focusing on humans … Continue reading Reverting to process
There is a great article that Rob Brown has published in the aftermath of the conviction of publicist Max Clifford. He argues that the PR industry has been lax in allowing one man (Clifford) to become the de facto representative of the entire world of public relations. It's failed to address Cobbler's Child syndrome, and … Continue reading Cobbler’s children
There are a few events in the diary over the coming months... I'm running seminars at the IT Directors' Forum in a fortnight on a boat. You can preview the materials for that here, and I plan to have a video of the content available next week. I'm currently in conversation with ComputerWorld about appearing at … Continue reading Upcoming event appearances…
Last night, at that point where I really should have just turned off my computer and gone and done something else instead, I stumbled across a presentation by Karen Fewell on the subject of #foodporn and the impact it is having on the hospitality industry. I found the content absolutely fascinating - well presented data … Continue reading Data, information, insight and #foodporn
Last week I wrote about my new technology adoption model, Huh? Nah! Mmm? Ahh! Shortly after I read an article that helped me move from the Nah! to Mmm? stage in regard to crypto-currencies (BitCoin et al.) I've been fairly dismissive of BitCoin in particular up until now. In fact I remain so. The core of the issue … Continue reading The Mmm? moment…
Another one of those serendipitous moments on Twitter yesterday... a former colleague from Reuters, Charles Jennings, tweeted: https://twitter.com/charlesjennings/status/461088280663298048 In my glibly sarcastic way, I responded that it was curious that people never talk about "matrix leadership". Given a few hours now to reflect on that short conversation, I've really come to think that it's remarkably … Continue reading Matrix leadership
There have a been a number of times in my life when I've been awaiting the outcome of decisions that will have a major impact on my life, but are outside of my control. Most recently, awaiting school registration for my eldest, moving house, changing jobs, and back in the mists of time awaiting exam … Continue reading Schrödinger’s anxiety
It occurred to me a few days ago when my Chromebook went through yet another software update that I have absolutely no idea what version number I'm currently using. 35.0.1916.47 beta, apparently. I just looked it up. But the reality is it's not really relevant. My phone is running Android version 4.4.2, but again I … Continue reading Version numbers
Another day, another corporate social media SNAFU. This time, the transport provider for East Anglia, Greater Anglia, part of the Abellio group. Not of the scale of some of the recent ones, but a telling misunderstanding of the nature of how social networks work. You can see the gory detail here, but the short version is … Continue reading The dangers of “channel” strategies
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