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 …
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 …
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 …
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 it to …
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: …
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 …
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 …
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 last post, where I …
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 …
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 …