About The Blogger
Internet engineer, turned business exec and developing psychologist Benjamin Ellis is passionate about technology that solves human problems, and humans that solve technology problems. Benjamin blogs about productivity, communication and technology in the context of business.
Digital Britain Amplified
Yesterday was a day of three parts, so it seems apt that this post is too. A kind of triage of threes as it were. Part I – A Digital Dawn I crawled out of bed in the early hours for an 8am meeting in London, at NESTA’s offices. Lord Carter, Neil Berkett (CEO Virgin [...]
One Thing To Get Through Tough Times
There’s a spate of posts on “things to do to get through the current economic climate“. I have to confess most of them washed past me. It is not that they didn’t have good advice, it is just that it was mostly things that should be done at the best of times too. Likewise, at each [...]
Twestival (updated)
It started with a conversation, and is ending in hundreds of events around the world. Tonight I am on BBC ONE talking about Twitter, and hopefully not sounding too much like a geek. I was on the evening news talking about Twitter: Twittering On BBC. People in the UK and all around the world have dedicated much [...]
Social Decision Making – Shirky JP and Democracy
This is the second post on Clay Shirky’s talk at LSE, looking at some of the same issues raised, but in the context of decision making and crowd sourced wisdom. I hinted at some of my thoughts in the previous post (Mass Collaboration Snow Joke), and JP has also blogged about it, based on Clay [...]
Mass Collaboration – Snow Joke
Snow seems to be the theme of the week. My house is buried under the heaviest snow fall seen for 18 years. Inches deep. Now that might be a light dusting where you come from, but around here it is enough to bring the country to a standstill. But unlike 18 years ago, this time I knew [...]
Change From Within
We want to change things, it is in our very nature to want to make change. But change isn’t an easy thing. Managing change is so complex that you can take whole degree courses in it. That said, there are some fundamental principles that unlock it.
Too Late To Learn?
Tortoises. That’s it. Tortoises. We all need to be like tortoises. I’ve been listening to what John Cleese has to say in the video clip here, which is what got me thinking about them. I have to admit, it wasn’t where I started thinking. You might not associate tortoises with creativity or learning, but they [...]
