Dept of straws-in-the wind.
Hugh is now working for Microsoft an organisation he’s been teasing, challenging and generally joshing for months now.
Flattery is starting to look so twentieth-century, don’t you think?
(And judging by this from Lloyd, they do need Hugh’s help)
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.
I’m experimenting with marketing less and listening more
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.
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.
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
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?
Thanks to Matt Tucker at Smith Associates for telling me about What Brand Are You. It strikes me that lots of companies waste money on
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking – and worrying – about collaboration. I think the ability to collaborate effectively is becoming ever more essential
Stowe Boyd: Unconferences: But Aren’t There More Dimensions? Stowe has some interesting thoughts about the idea of unconferences – efforts to get away from the general mediocrity of traditional top-down
Being Reasonable: The Blog > Trashing the MBA Marc Babej looks at an Ad Age artilce suggesting MBAs might be a liability in marketing departments. (tags: marketing management) —–
I can’t easily recall much about Covey’s Seven Habits. But I do recall his little diagram distinguishing between a person’s circle of concern and circle of influence. Like all models
My hosts here have just connected to Broadband. Woo-hoo! First thing I do is pick up Adam Curry‘s latest podcast. (Podcast = online radio show in mp3 format) While I’ve
