So news arrived this morning that one of Ukip's prominent non-white supporters, Sanya-Jeet Thandi, is leaving the party because "they are playing the race card". Putting aside for a moment what terrible political judgement Ms Thandi must have to have signed up in the first place (apparently it was their economic liberalism that attracted her, … Continue reading I’m not a racist, but…
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
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
Achievements this week included: - further negotiations about the new partnership - a great meeting with Sid from http://digitalworksgroup.com/ - and interesting conversations with Harry & Tony from YooDoo - a supermarket sweep - lunch with fellow speakers for next week's ITDF - and final tweaks to the content of my seminars Next week: all aboard!
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
Achievements this week included: - closing down Brick Lane without so much as a saag aloo - a valuable pep talk with @MMaryMckenna - the dawn of a new partnership in Hampshire - another speaking offer - beginning plans to take Action Learning into the digital era - a new introduction at CIO Developments - and … Continue reading Weeknote 194: big dipper
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
