Waterfalls and chaos
I linked to this paper on wicked problems the other day and Chris Corrigan commented “there’s a lot in that paper eh?”. Which is true.
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Unhurried marketing
I’m experimenting with marketing less and listening more
Blogging for Ourhouse
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
Keeping up with Tony Goodson
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.
The power of community
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.
Passion branding
Passion brands bring people together based on common interests and excitements. I’m particularly interested in ones created from the bottom up, as opposed to driven by producers concerned mainly with profit.
Medinge Moments
Just back from another extraordinary gathering at Medinge where the community that has produced Beyond Branding meets each summer. I was planning to keep this
Collaboration
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking – and worrying – about collaboration. I think the ability to collaborate effectively is becoming ever more essential
The volatile chemistry of trust
Interesting research from Stanford suggests that exciting brands get more trusted after making mistakes and putting them right whilst more “sincere” brands start with more trust but lose it more easily. Perhaps the sensible interpretation is that second-guessing customers can be a waste of time!
Customer-centricity: is it the answer?
Michael Hammer’s new book, The Agenda, is about the rise of customer power. But is customer-centricity really such a good model for business and society?
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Making do
Lovely post by Chris Corrigan: Making Do. If you can’t make do with this fillet, you might enjoy reading the whole thing. Materialism and the acquistion of stuff infects so
7 July 2005
Delicious
I seem to have got back into the habit of adding links to Delicious but the addon for cross-posting them here isn’t working. Perhaps that’s a good thing. Anyhoo, if
9 March 2010
The blooper reel
There’s a lot of creative energy in failure, if you don’t take it too seriously. Here are some of the out-takes from our recent video shoot. In some ways it
15 September 2016
Efficiency
This thought by Antonio Dias jumped out at me from Dwight Towers’ post about mastery and control. Control is tied to the idea that we can limit energy expenditures and
11 January 2011
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