My friend Declan Elliott’s blog has some great posts. I loved this story of his chutzpah in explaining himself to a CEO in 60 seconds. I also liked hearing about the latest blog-book project The Real Meaning of Life.
Welcome to the Ourhouse Weblog. Blogging is something I’ve become increasingly interested in. Earlier this month I set up the Beyond Branding Blog which is
The competitive streak in me means I need to keep with Tony Goodson’s blog. The struggles of learning to speak “Movable Type” and thoughts on the nature of blogging.
Earlier today I was writing about passion brands and the power of community. I got a small but interesting example of this principle in action when I visited Ton Zijltra’s blog to find that he’s opened a separate blog on his planned abandonment of Microsoft.
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking – and worrying – about collaboration. I think the ability to collaborate effectively is becoming ever more essential
I’ve just had a delightful meeting with Emma Cahill co-founder of publishing house Snowbooks. They describe their approach thus: We publish far fewer titles than
Once again, it turns out that what we do naturally has more value than we realise; whereas clever contrivances intended to “improve” our effectiveness often just destroy significance… and make us less well understood! A good lesson for all those presentation trainers and “image consultants” out there!
The AntiBrand: blackSpot sneakers, a project by Adbusters attacks Nike directly. In doing so they take on what has become one of the great icons
My friend Olaf Brugman has invited me to take part in a workshop in Brussels on October 29th. It looks set to be an interesting
The Church of the Customer blog quotes an NY Times interview with David Bowie who says: I’m fully confident that copyright for instance, will no
I met Paul Goodison yesterday along with my Beyond Branding co-authors Tim Kitchin and Malcolm Allan and fellow Medinge Group member Luke Nicholson. (The Medinge
Fascinating post at the Intraspec blog, spotted by Dick Richards. When drivers no longer have the security of kerbs and traffic signals or signage their behavior shifts accordingly; they exercise
Tom Guarriello has a useful summary of what sounds an interesting talk by Dan Gilbert. Gilbert the Harvard psychologist who wrote Stumbling On Happiness, turned his attention to risk and
And that last entry reminds me of another story from last week. Some friends and I met a magazine publisher and editor last week to talk about potential collaboration. At
I’ve long been fascinated by all the cognitive biases that undermine our self-image as rational creatures. So it’s no surprise that I’m enjoying Daniel Kahneman’s Thinking Fast and Slow. One
