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Gordon Brown at NESTA – The Innovation Edge
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I’m typing from The NESTA Innovation Edge event today. Innovation has been, unsurprisingly, the key theme. I’ll post more on my notes from the sessions over the next few days – Tim Berners-Lee spoke, and as a surprise (for me at least), Gordon Brown also spoke briefly at the event. He said he was sending [...]
Keeping Notes and Hiring Good People
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I like to gather information into piles – adding bits to each pile as I discover things, or as they occur to me. I use a combination of notes in outlook (a habit from my Windows Mobile PDA days) and a personal wiki. One day I’ll turn some of those piles into a book or [...]
Seize the Day – In Memory of Galba Bright
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Carpe Diem – Seize the day, from Horace’s poem: “While we’re talking, envious time is fleeing: seize the day, put no trust in the future.” Regular readers will know Galba Bright. He wrote the excellent Tune Up Your EQ blog and regularly commented here and on a number of other blogs. Sadly, Galba passed away [...]
Seth Godin on Meatball Sundaes
(click and rate it) Loading ...Seth Godin’s books are compulsory reading for any marketer. His latest, Meatball Sundae, is stuck in my inbox, behind a few textbooks. So, I found a way to get it to jump the queue, courtesy of SF Entrepreneur who hosted a call with Seth, which I joined just now. I don’t agree with everything Seth says, but…
Authenticity
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There are some conversations that we are afraid of. An awkward subject raised with a boss. A difficult exchange with a close relative. Explaining bad news. These are understood. There are also conversations that are awkward for a business. A discussion on the web about problems with a product, poor financial results, internal conflicts – [...]
Where Are You Going? Vision, Mission and Values – Part IV – Values
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I remember my first trip to Sweden. As I was driven from the airport to Stockholm, I remember seeing these really tall, bright posts in the ground on either side of the road. I wasn’t sure what they were all about. Some months later, I returned. With the snow falling fast, and already so thick [...]
Where Are You Going? Vision, Mission and Values – Part III – Mission
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Following on from Part I and Part II – Vision, what is the mission statement? The mission statement springs out of a clear vision statement. It plots the course towards the vision, describing the nature of what has to be done to get to there. It should address at least medium turn. A mission statement [...]
