Curtis points to some TED commandments, that sounds like not only good rules for conferences, but a lot more in life besides… The guy who posted them recounts:
After you’re asked to be a speaker at the TED conference, a number of things happen to you, some of them by mail. The most dramatic so far [...]
Tag Archive: strategy
Twenty Commandments
Comrade Excel and the Glorious Five Year Plan
Spreadsheets aren’t strategy, as Umair Haque is fond of saying.
Turns out they can actually be quite dangerous, for the temptation they bring to reduce a business (a complex, human enterprise) to a set of numbers on a page. Even more dangerous when they trick us into thinking we can predict the future and call the [...]
Search and social thoughts…
I’ve posted a summary on the iCrossing Connect blog about some things I’ve been thinking about to do with search and social media as being the twin lenses through which you can best *see* the web.
Take a look and let me know what you think over there, if you’re interested… all thoughts are very welcome!
Strategy and innovation: Head for the edge
Business thinkers John Seely Brown and John Hagel are always worth listening to. Their perspectives on innovation and concepts like FAST Strategy have not only resonated as theories for me in recent years but have given practical, effective models for the work we’ve been doing at iCrossing, especially in “edge” areas like social media research, [...]
Tag Archive: strategy
Twenty Commandments
Curtis points to some TED commandments, that sounds like not only good rules for conferences, but a lot more in life besides… The guy who posted them recounts:
After you’re asked to be a speaker at the TED conference, a number of things happen to you, some of them by mail. The most dramatic so far [...]
Comrade Excel and the Glorious Five Year Plan
Spreadsheets aren’t strategy, as Umair Haque is fond of saying.
Turns out they can actually be quite dangerous, for the temptation they bring to reduce a business (a complex, human enterprise) to a set of numbers on a page. Even more dangerous when they trick us into thinking we can predict the future and call the [...]
Search and social thoughts…
I’ve posted a summary on the iCrossing Connect blog about some things I’ve been thinking about to do with search and social media as being the twin lenses through which you can best *see* the web.
Take a look and let me know what you think over there, if you’re interested… all thoughts are very welcome!
Strategy and innovation: Head for the edge
Business thinkers John Seely Brown and John Hagel are always worth listening to. Their perspectives on innovation and concepts like FAST Strategy have not only resonated as theories for me in recent years but have given practical, effective models for the work we’ve been doing at iCrossing, especially in “edge” areas like social media research, [...]