If you’re employed by a business and are reading this article, the chances are you’re quite smart. You must have a level of knowledge and expertise in something that your employer values – which is why they offered you a … Continue reading
Greek sculptors, Renaissance painters, Victorian bridge builders and 21st Century tech-creators have all broken established boundaries and integrated disparate fields in order to create “the new”. Modern management practices are barely 50-years old and are still evolving in a rapidly … Continue reading
My first book The Delicate Force has just been published. I’ve taken an unusual approach by writing a book which is part fiction and part non-fiction. I’ll let the cover-blurb tell you all about the book… Do you get ideas … Continue reading
In the last week I’ve experienced a few interesting things with numbers. Harry Potter address On Tuesday I was attending a meeting in the Southbank area of London, and came across this address plaque on the way there. Someone obviously … Continue reading
As a designer, consultant or manager, would you prefer to be personally recognised as being ingenious, or innovative? The buzz is all around innovation. And it has been for a number of years. If you don’t offer innovation as part … Continue reading
It’s conference season again, and I was browsing some of the leading innovation conferences being touted over the next few months and I was a bit disturbed at what I saw. Here are some of the issues being covered by … Continue reading
Some friends of mine recently went out to dinner to celebrate the anniversary of their first kiss – which, I think, is quite cute. Naturally, a first kiss is always something special and as business tends to parody life in its … Continue reading
A Killer Question really gets people’s attention. Often, more so than the answers do. The reason is that Killer Questions either shock people by their remarkable focus, or amaze them due to their awesomeness. Let’s take two extreme examples. In the … Continue reading
Let’s go back in time a few hundred years to a village market, and imagine that you and I are trying to conduct a business transaction. I say to you “I will give you this sheep if you give me … Continue reading
If you drive a Mini in London then watch out for special billboards that may be talking to you personally! BMW Mini’s advertising agency developed billboards that flash messages to Mini owners driving by, and several have been installed on … Continue reading