Just before my birthday I had the great privilege of joining a line up of 12 fantastic speakers for TEDx Hull 2015. It was quite an experience standing on that red carpet, and great fun listening to the other speakers too. My talk is up on the TEDx site, and you can also watch it via YouTube – there is even a bit… Read more →
Today, in the US, is Martin Luther King, Jr. day. Almost 52 years on from his landmark speech, over half a century, his words still ring out: “But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of… Read more →
How do you understand your life? Or, more importantly, do you understand how you understand your life? It is impossible to start to make sense of until we understand the impact of time on it. It is an impact that isn’t always obvious, and that very few are consciously aware of. Here is what three different psychologists have taught me… Read more →
“Sometimes it takes a genius to point out the blindingly obvious.” – Thank you to Robert Brook for pointing me to an old Radio 4 In Business program on Professor CK Prahalad. The program was made shortly after Professor Prahalad’s death, and covers two of his concepts that are credited with transforming business thinking at the time. Although India born, CK made his name in… Read more →
South by South West (sxsw) is nearly upon us again. For those that have never been, it’s understandably a bit of a mystery. For those of us who do get to go, it is a unique chance to catch up with people from around the world who are passionate about The Web, technology, film, music and all sorts of digital… Read more →
Key notes from Adrain Ho’s discussion of doing business in Asia: The movers and shakers in Asia: – Demographic transition – The new middle-class – Mobile everything – The rise of Mega-cities – Intelligent city/M2M – Unbanked population – Alternative energy Asian flavoured competition is different, and has these key drivers: 1. time to market – ferocious competition 2. flexibility… Read more →