Fundamental to the Internet as a many-to-many communications network  is the notion of disintermediation.   Everyone has their own broadcast tower and doesn’t need a middle-man to  put their voice into a public forum.  What’s …

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In business “Faster is Better” is better for more reasons than you might think
For the past several years I have been thinking about the role of speed in customer …

As science begins its march into every discipline I see companies falling into the trap of driving their business from research (customer insight) while still lacking any sense of purpose.

It was just before 9AM  GMT +2 on Friday and I was working in a client’s conference room.   I happened to look at my Twitter feed and saw this – “Japanese Tsunami is live on …

Business is Social creates a human-scale organization – one with more points of contact with the outside world, one where information flows more freely in all directions, one that is responsive to community, one that inherently cares about those it engages in business with; one that deals honestly and constructively with the world around it because it is part of (and depends upon) the same social group.

If one cannot make the case for the future it is natural to cling to the past. But in business past is never prologue. Making claims on the future by citing your past is a sure giveaway that something is missing at present.

The only people who stand to benefit from clearly defined limits on how your personal data is handled (or pay the price) are you and I; a shambling horde – disorganized and charmed at the moment by the first of the two possible narratives.

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I was struck by this photo that appeared Sunday in the New York Times.  It shows a crowd of Egyptian protesters listening to a military announcement.   Try to count …

There are thousands of improvements we are yet to experience and I tip my hat to the people at Quora for believing there was better way to get things done.

The longer I stay in my career the more wisdom I find in this compact little phrase: Be Committed but Not Attached; be committed to the work that you do, the purpose you have, …