Archive for June, 2010

The hungry spirit seeks disorganised religion

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010It was Charles Handy that tells the story in his book The Hungry Spirit, that there are two hungers the lesser and the greater. The lesser is enough food to eat, the greater is why? Why are we here, what ...

Pirates read better according to Dave Eggers

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010I read about Dave Eggers 826 Valencia adventure in San Fransisco a while back - where in a Pirate Shop kids come to learn to read. Learning is a funny thing, I reckon you attract a greater more willing audience ...

Networked solutions offer new frameworks for innovation

Monday, June 14th, 2010This statement was made by Jouko Ahvenainen of GrowVC – V=Venture, C=Community.The thought sprang to mind when reading about the challenges governments face, not only with slow growth, but also as the Economist points out large deficits and unsustainable debts.In ...

Aalto University entrepreneurship evening

Friday, June 11th, 2010Speaking tonight at the Aalto University Venture Garage along with Tom Keller from Techstars, and involved with what looks like a very dynamic and vibrant entrepreneurial community. Also Artic StartUp and Ramine Darabiha from Mysites.More on Entrepreneurship in the networked ...

An open letter to Mats Jansson – CEO Scandinavian Airlines

Monday, June 7th, 2010Dear Mats,My name is Alan Moore, today I am flying on business to Helsinki with Blue 1. I had a very nice trip to the airport via public transport thank you. But sadly that is where it all went as ...

Hero’s and villians: GrowVC in conversation with Ole Tillman

Monday, June 7th, 2010well worth a listen (here)People remember stories, they like stories and they will even share stories with others. We’re discussing the value of a great story, with Markus and Jouko from Grow VC, and our special guest, actor and presentation ...

ThoseinMedia “Thought Leadership” Virtual MasterClass

Monday, June 7th, 2010On the 16th June I am running an interactive Masterclass for ThoseinMedia - which is frame worked around the No Straight Lines Project.This is what its all about:Are YOU willing to de-school in straight line thinking & re-school in the ...

Social Art Field Trip

Monday, June 7th, 2010The Centre for Creative Collaboration are running Social Art Field Trips, designed to get people started in using social tools to create something, they say that is, beautiful, interesting and useful for their customers and stakeholders.These are are hands-on explorations ...

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