What Is Social? Well…
What with starting work this week on a manuscript for a book – “Social” being the working title – I want to share some of the content that I will make up the backbone of the book that I haven’t made public until now, as it’s been reserved for paying clients only. If you can’t [...]
A Conversation With Me and Andrew Pickering
I had the pleasure last month of having a conversation with Professor Andrew Pickering from Exeter University, on the subject of “where do good ideas come from?” The conversation was the latest in a range of interviews at Imperica, a smart new project by the renowed Paul Squires which “tracks a number of disciplines, wraps [...]
Using Social Media to Extend and Enhance Offline Events and Experiences
unGeeked Elite Retreat, 12 – 14 May 2011, Chicago.
Video: How McDonalds Turned It Around
If you can’t see the video above, click here. I recently found MeetTheBoss.tv – a site full of interviews with executives from organisations and brands you know, and some you don’t. It takes a bit of time to go through, and you have to sign up to see the full length videos, but it is [...]
Understanding Value In A Share-Economy
We had a discussion recently on sharing and creating content, and I asked the question “are you afraid to give it away?” There were some exceptional comments, but this one from Malcolm Sleath opened up a whole lot of understanding for me on what value really is in a share-economy. I think share-economy is also the operative [...]
Old Spice: Put All The Kids In The Show, and…
… and all the parents come to see them perform. It’s a trick as old as time, and a trick that schools have been using for years. When it comes to getting people to attend the school play, there is no better way than making sure you give every kid a part — because then [...]
Video: Media Isn’t Social?
If you can’t see this video, click here, or watch it directly on YouTube. This is an interesting tale from David Armano on how media isn’t social. Being as I’m on holiday and all, I’m going to leave all the discussion to you — but I will make one key point: I think that media [...]
The Internet and Mental Health
The first European Conference on the Internet and Mental Health. Spring 2011, Exeter.
Using A Community
I’m really enjoying Dan Blank’s blog at the moment. I first caught onto him through my close friend Andrew Davies at idio, and I’ve been following him for a while, but it seems these past few weeks I’ve really caught onto his writing a lot more. Last week he wrote a post that I knew [...]
Ecosystems: Riding on Them, and Creating Them
My friend Chris Brogan wrote a thinking peice last month on “Amazon and the Kindle Conspiracy” that many overlooked but I think warrants a deeper leadership discussion. Chris discusses how Amazon went from book distributor to pretty much anything distributor, and how he suggests that the Kindle could do the same thing. He talks about [...]










