Archive for May, 2006

The Jamie Oliver effect: school dinner firms feel the cost of parental backlash

Thursday, May 18th, 2006Anyone interested in social networking should be aware of Reeds Law and the exponential power of (Group Forming Networks).Whilst flying to Helsinki this morning, I reflected on GFN's and Jamie Oliver School Dinner Campaign. We blogged about ...

Rewriting the rules of the business of mass media

Wednesday, May 17th, 2006What are those 12- to 34-year-olds doing between 6 p.m. and 11 p.m every night? The clichéd answer is playing video games, watching MTV, updating their profile in MySpace, watching "The O.C.," or talking on their cell phones.Now here ...

Seeing Red

Tuesday, May 16th, 2006Product RED was created by Bono and Bobby Shriver, Chairman of DATA to raise awareness and money for The Global Fund by teaming up with the world's most iconic brands to produce RED-branded products. A ...

Hollywood – The silent movies of the 21st Century

Monday, May 15th, 2006Cliché: A leopard never changes its spots.And in today's world this means that companies born in the industrial revolution, and, reared in the industrial revolution's mighty afterglow, struggle with the economics, and, culture of today's world.Rupert Murdoch famously ...

Regime change for the mighty $

Monday, May 15th, 2006People that know Tomi and I, understand that we look at the world in a joined up way. For me it is the process that allows us to see patterns of change, which will ultimately impact on our day-to-day lives, ...

Lego redefining value in our online world

Sunday, May 14th, 2006Lego Factory Now not brokenChris Anderson talks about Lego creating value in the digital age. You just need to think sideways sometimes to crack the thorny issue of how does a company survive in todays world.Lego Factory ...

Organisations and innovation

Tuesday, May 9th, 2006A recent new friend of mine introduced me to Stowe Boyd , and I am looking forward to making his acquaintance. :-)Stowe had posted about innovation in organisations. from a Fast Company article, To build innovation ...

It’s TV but not as we know it

Tuesday, May 9th, 2006Its TV but not as we know it. Fragmentation, convergence, cross-platform, curated consumption, primetime is no longer a time of day, its a state of mind, content delivered on-demand, non-linear and self-scheduled. There must be life after the 60 second spot. Said ...

Thinking about the idiot box

Tuesday, May 9th, 2006Its TV but not as we know it.Fragmentation, convergence, cross-platform, curated consumption, primetime is no longer a time of day, its a state of mind, content delivered on-demand, non-linear and self-scheduled.There must be life after the 60 second spot. Said ...

Start the week with Andrew Marr

Monday, May 8th, 2006Last year, I sent a copy of our book to the respected jounalist and broadcaster Andrew Marr at Start the week.My letter saidDear Andrew,I am writing to you because I wanted to send you a copy of my ...

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