Things I have learned this week include: - starting the morning with a Twitter conversation with Tom Peters makes for an interesting day - the best laid presentations can always fall a little flat... - ... but I do have the resources to create on the fly these days - new ways of thinking are … Continue reading Weeknote 221: renewal
I was chatting with a former colleague over coffee yesterday, and he was recounting how his company recently went through a business continuity exercise. When I say "exercise", I mean that his company lost power to their offices for a number of days and they had to work out what the hell to do. They're … Continue reading Crisis management
Things I have learned this week: - some sales people never fail to under impress - it's easier to express your value proposition by doing something rather than talking about it - in the era of the cult of the developer, we more than ever are confusing the tech with the hard stuff Next week: … Continue reading Weeknote 220: treason & plot
Just about 10 years ago I was working out my notice from my role at the BBC, awaiting the start of a new stage in my career consulting with a management training company. I was chatting about the new direction with an old school friend who, when she heard what I was about to do, looked … Continue reading Talking in crowds
At the weekend my five and a half year-old desktop PC went "Pop!". Well, I say "Pop" - it actually didn't do anything at all. This is a dead PC. Understanding under the covers of a computer is one of the few vaguely manual talents I possess. Box opened, original motherboard battery swapped, fans cleaned... … Continue reading And the box went “pop”
Things I have learned this week: - your "big news" can be my minor interest story (and vice versa) - a nameplate on a door can have have a certain impact (especially when it's titled "Chancellor of the Exchequer" - Boris Buses. Why? on so many levels... - some of my favourite conversations at then … Continue reading Shrieknote 219: All Hallow’s…
I've had two interesting, and diametrically opposed, conversations in the past couple of weeks on the subject of trust... Yesterday I met someone who was recounting the experience of a friend working in the visual effects industry. VFX as it's known in the trade is something of a boom industry in the UK at the … Continue reading Building trust
The announcement yesterday that Google and PWC are to join forces to deliver the Google for Work services delivers another plank in a strategy that seems to be turning Clayton Christensen's Innovator's Dilemma on its head. In Christensen's oft-cited model, technology providers are often unable to respond to competitive threats because of the need to … Continue reading The inverted dilemma
London has two major orbital roads - the North and South Circular roads that entrap the centre of the city, and the M25 the 100+mile behemoth that boundaries Greater London. To be inside or outside of the M25 these days is the statement of how London you really are. In my childhood I vaguely remember … Continue reading The M25 of Tech
Things I have learned this week: - sometimes the common cold ain't so common - the best form of recommendation is a peer recommendation - I'm happiest when sharing ideas Next week: half term (for some)
