Urgent, Important, Existential

If you’ve spent any time in business you’ve probably had to consider how you juggle your to-do list. Eisenhower’s ‘Urgent/Important’ matrix is a popular and useful tool here: map everything to one of four boxes. Deal with the ‘urgent & important’ first (out of necessity)…

What Is An Applied Futurist? We’re Still Learning

This business continues to evolve, and with it my understanding of the value that we add to our clients. Where in the past we have talked about ‘consulting’ I now realise that very generic term encapsulated three different elements of a service…

Communication: Clarity and Efficiency, Precision and Beauty

Virtual Data, Physical Impact: BIM and Smart Cities

The Nonsense of the Knowledge Economy

The phrase ‘knowledge economy’ has always raised my hackles. Maybe because it’s usually…

Bangernomics For All

Yesterday I sold a thirteen-year-old, broken car for £661. I bought it almost exactly four years ago for £2200. During that time it has cost me around £300 a year in parts and servicing. And I spent about another £400 on tidying it up cosmetically. Total spent: £3800.

Do we want to make unicorns?

If you’re my daughters, the answer to this question is clearly a resounding ‘yes’. Of course we want…