HBR exec summaries
I love this executive summaries section at the end of the paper version of the Harvard Business Review. I don’t know if it has been running for years or just st...
Tag: attention
Pencils for notes, keyboards for ideas
TL;DR: “Type as quickly as you can and always carry a pencil.” — Clive Thompson. When the late Iain Banks talked about the inevitable “where do you get yo...
An inbox for the mind
This post comprises notes on a work in progress – a drive to reduce tech-based distractions and learn how to use personal technology help me get things do...
Connecting some dots around social, earned and satisfaction
Working through the connections between these things… …Oliver Blanchard says: If you treat earned media like paid media long enough, you will teach ...
The Dehumanised Moment
Paying attention to a device while you are in conversation robs you of your ability to create a “human moment” reflects Daniel Golemanthis LinkedIn post: An art...
Turning down the distraction on our devices
Apps. When did they get so needy? Like newly hatched chicks they chirrup and gawp, those little red dots having a similar cognitive effect on us to a chick̵...
Tools and distraction
Despite having at least four other devices with Kindle apps on them at any given moment at home or work, my reading weapon of choice is the Kindle Paperwhite. I...
The big lie of always-on, multi-tasking culture: “We think we’re thinking faster, but actually we’re slowing down.”
“We think we’re thinking faster, but actually we’re slowing down.” Caroline Webb, Partner at McKinsey & Co. Following on from my las...
Optimising for attention: what media and marketing need to focus on in 2011
Here’s a prediction for you (why not, it is New Year’s day). In 2011, media and marketing will move beyond optimising for platforms and start optimi...
Faris on the “natural selection of interesting”
After Mr Obama got sworn in some things threw me off kilter – sorry for the indecent silence… Warming up with some things catching my eye, I’l...
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