Dec 19, 20172017 YearnoteWhile 2016 was a dumpster fire of news, in 2017 shock and outrage seemed to happen so frequently that I found myself becoming weary of it all. But on a professional and personal note it was a decent year, which I’ll reflect on here as I did last year. After…20175 min read
Feb 12, 2017Jamming: creating the conditions for enterprise innovationAn orchestra is a bit like a well run company. All of the elements of the orchestra — the strings, the brass, the percussion — are able to come together with a visible, engaged leader to make something better than the sum of its parts. But in the modern world…Leadership9 min read
Jan 19, 2017What if Twitter isn’t broken?Earlier this month writer Lindy West left Twitter, claiming in a blog for the Guardian that it’s now unusable for anyone but trolls, robots and dictators. This came as something as a surprise to me, as I’m none of these things and I still find it useful every single day…Twitter6 min read
Dec 29, 20162016 yearnote2016 has become a byword for misery for almost everyone. But my dreadful year started nine days early, when I ragequit my job three days before Christmas with nothing to go to. OK, so it started months before then, with all the things that led to me ragequitting my job…20164 min read
Jun 3, 2016What the 2016 Meeker report means for the digital workplaceEach spring analyst Mary Meeker releases one of the most hotly anticipated slide decks of the year (arguably, the only hotly-anticipated slide deck…). Packed with stats on adoption and use of internet technologies, over the past decade it’s become the most comprehensive analysis of the State of the Internet around. …Messaging4 min read
May 10, 2016We’re all millennials nowAnother week, another report on how the demands of the millennial generation are disrupting long-established companies and industries. This week it’s the turn of Oracle, who have produced a report on banks’ urgent need to redesign themselves for the future. Like the slew of reports that preceded it, Oracle’s Banking…Millennials4 min read
Mar 17, 2016What Mondo taught me about the future of bankingMondo are one of the most talked-about new players on the consumer/retail banking block (just this month they reached a $1m crowdfunding target in 96 seconds), so I was delighted to get a place on their Alpha. …Banking7 min read
Mar 8, 2016Seven signs of the social media snake-oil salesmanBeing on the internet doesn’t make you a social media expert any more than going for a jog makes you an Olympic athlete. Yes, anyone who goes for a run is more qualified to talk about running than someone who sits on the sofa; but simply having a Twitter account…Social Media8 min read
Jan 24, 2016Is the homepage dead?Amongst the bits of digital lint that landed in my browser’s belly button last week was an intriguing blogpost which argued that the company homepage is dead, killed off by the rise of social media. “There is a new Web”, John Brandon argued, “and it’s the Web of social media…Content Marketing4 min read
Jan 14, 2016All opinions are equal, but some are more equal than othersThis week Labour announced that it was looking at ways in which the party’s membership could determine policy through online participation, perhaps even offering an online vote over the issue of renewing Trident. Now I firmly believe the internet is a remarkable tool which can and often does help to…UK Politics6 min read
