Maria Popova on Changing Publishing Models
"If you perceive the universe as being a universe of abundance, then it will be. If you think of the universe as one of scarcity, then it will be. ... I always thought there was enough of everything to...
View ArticleFalling Into The Audience
I did like this new TED talk from activist-performer-singer-songwriter-blogger-provocateur (people who defy description make me happy) Amanda Palmer. She talks evocatively about the art of asking for...
View ArticleLet's Build Something
Maria Popovaonce joked that it seemed as though we'd "reached a cultural point at which every time someone uses the word 'curation' in reference to content and publishing, an actual museum curator...
View ArticleHackers and Casuals
Pats linked to this fascinating piece from Ajay Kulkarni at GroupMe talking about the challenges of designing for different audiences within the Android user base. Android, he says, is the 'Platypus of...
View ArticleManaging by Anarchy
I've done a fair bit of work over the past couple of years on how organisations can adapt structures and resourcing to better equip themselves for the world in which we find ourselves, and so I'm...
View ArticleOn The Future Of Feature Writing
Multi-chapter, multimedia, highly immersive digital features from publishers seem to be becoming quite the thing. The latest is the rather lovely ESPN Grantland story of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog...
View ArticlePlanning for Patterns
One of the interesting aspects emerging around multiplatform approaches to content is the dissemblance in device consumption patterns. Differences occur in not just how people use different devices to...
View ArticleHow Memes Spread
“A movement starts because of the social habits of friendship and the strong ties between close acquaintances. It grows because of the habits of a community, and the weak ties that hold neighbourhoods...
View ArticleThe Future Of Digital Marketing
I was asked to give a talk at last week's Future Of Digital Marketing conference in London. When we talk or think about a topic like this we often focus on the shiny new technologies, so for this talk...
View ArticleThe Growth Share Matrix Revisited
Thanks to Andrew Warren-Payne for pointing me at this work by Boston Consulting Group revisiting their classic growth share matrix.The matrix, originated by BCG founder Bruce Henderson 40 years ago,...
View ArticleHow Google Works
I've bought but yet to read Eric Schmidt's new book on How Google Works. In the meantime comes this handy slideshare summarising some of the key points. Lots to take from it, and lots of good...
View ArticleThe Digital Native Organisation
The term ‘digital native’ was originated in 2001 by researcher Marc Prensky to describe people who were born after 1980 and that have grown up never knowing a way of life other than one that is...
View ArticleThe Difference Between Good and Bad Organisations
I'm reading The Hard Thing About Hard Things which is excellent. Part of what makes the book unusually good is that it draws a lot from Ben Horowitz's personal experience launching and running a series...
View ArticleWhy Some Teams Are Smarter Than Others
In following rabbit holes whilst researching the book I came across this interesting piece on what makes some teams smarter than others. This, as the authors (Professors from the Tepper School of...
View ArticleThe Difference Between Management and Leadership
Reading John Kotter's 'Leading Change', he makes the point that many organisations conflate management with leadership, yet they are far from being the same thing:"Management makes a system work. It...
View ArticleThe Role of Short-Term Wins in Organisational Change
I'm a big fan of the value of short-term wins in helping to support, and generate momentum for, change in companies. In Leading Change, John Kotter has a pithy summary of why they work. The role of...
View Article70, 20, 10
I've been talking about 70, 20, 10 models for a good time, and it seems that it's applicable in a wide number of different contexts. Generally, it relates to the idea that the majority of time, focus,...
View ArticleMaria Popova on Changing Publishing Models
"If you perceive the universe as being a universe of abundance, then it will be. If you think of the universe as one of scarcity, then it will be. ... I always thought there was enough of everything to...
View ArticleFalling Into The Audience
I did like this new TED talk from activist-performer-singer-songwriter-blogger-provocateur (people who defy description make me happy) Amanda Palmer. She talks evocatively about the art of asking for...
View ArticleLet's Build Something
Maria Popovaonce joked that it seemed as though we'd "reached a cultural point at which every time someone uses the word 'curation' in reference to content and publishing, an actual museum curator...
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