Break It!
This isn’t for everyone, so if you’re not the daring type of person, then go and read something else and save yourself the stress. However, if you are a thinking person who likes to push the envelope that little bit further with each new thing you do, then this will be right up your street. [...]
The End Of The Age Of Content, Part 2
The last time we talked about the end of the age of content was in April this year, for me best summarised by one of my favourite quotes of the year from Jeff Jarvis: The great stuff is already out there. Why remake it, except for ego? Content is becoming has become a commodity. As [...]
Video: What Do Consumers Really Want?
If you can’t see the above video, click here, or watch it directly on YouTube. Today I’m sharing a video that changed my life. I watched this in February 2009 when on a weekend break in Cornwall, and as I saw Joe Pine’s TED Talk on The Experience Economy, it resonated deeply within me because it explained [...]
Together
It’s a concern of mine that despite all our social media, people still don’t do things together. Words like community, team, collaboration, relational, participatory, social – they are all over Twitter, but then when you share these links or comment on these posts, do you get a reply? When you ask people not what they [...]
Build Not Buy
As MasterCard have told us, there are some things money can’t buy: You can buy a house, but you make a home You can buy a car, but you learn to drive You can pay for a good wedding, but that doesn’t make you a good husband You can buy a ball, but it doesn’t [...]
Your Business, Ubiquitous
The idea of having your business everywhere might not be the ideal for everyone, but for businesses that are building communities, offering servies, or leading tribes, we have to discuss ubiquitous business. With the virtual/physical, online/offline worlds becoming so merged together, not only through the mobile, but through other home media devices, advertising, in store [...]
Innovation Over Tradition
Have you ever wondered how on earth moving your mouse makes a little pointer move across your screen? I actually don’t know, but I do know that the mouse, and the idea of a Graphical User Interface (GUI) were both controversial and criticised whilst they were being developed. Why? They changed the way things were [...]
