How do I reach Jan Chipchase @ Nokia and why is Apple so bad?
Monday, April 14th, 2008 Posted in 7th Mass Media, Advertising, Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Distribution, Economics, Education, Engagement Marketing, Generation C, Participation, Philosophy, Social Networks, Society, Strategy, Travel, Trends, Web/Tech | 4 Comments »If you need to reach Jan Chipchase, the best, and sometimes only, way to get him is on his cellphone. The first time I spoke to him last fall, he was at home in his apartment in Tokyo. ...
the global talent war
Friday, April 11th, 2008 Posted in Darwin, Distribution, Economics, Society, Trends | 2 Comments »As our economic environment evolves greater pressure will be applied to where talent goes. The Economist has an article exploring this issue Richard Florida is a chronicler of this movement And is something that at SMLXL we explore in ...
Nomadic Generation C in the space of information flows
Friday, April 11th, 2008 Posted in 7th Mass Media, Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Distribution, Generation C, Media, Messaging, Mobile, Networks, Social Networks, Society, Statistics, Trends, Web/Tech | 1 Comment »In our book - we write The changing of customers habits and behaviours wrought by technology means the old ways just do not work anymore. The crisis of many businesses is the crisis of meaning. Leadership for brands and businesses ...
Making data free is economic sense
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008 Posted in Distribution, Economics, Ethics, Government & Politics, Society, Statistics, Trends, Web/Tech | No Comments »We seem to have a theme going on about data and its various uses at the moment. I spotted this recently Two years ago, we launched our Free Our Data campaign on an act of faith. ...
How to make a deal in the 21st Century
Friday, April 4th, 2008 Posted in Culture, Darwin, Distribution, Generation C, Networks, Social Networks, Trends, Web/Tech | No Comments »I picked this up on DC's blogWe got in touch entirely through using Twitter and Twhirl... how cool is that? Okay, we also used Skype a bit to close the deal..."Which refers to Seesmic's purchase of Thwirl - if you ...
Mind the Gap
Thursday, April 3rd, 2008 Posted in 7th Mass Media, Advertising, Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Distribution, Economics, Engagement Marketing, Generation C, Media, Mobile, Networks, Philosophy, Social Networks, Society, Strategy, Trends, Web/Tech | 1 Comment »Reading Tomi's last post prompted me to think out loud on some broader issues that have been brewing for some time. That thought process relates to the idea of FRICTION - Friction is abrasion, agitation, attrition, ...
remix America!
Monday, March 31st, 2008 Posted in Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Distribution, Engagement Marketing, Government & Politics, Networks, Participation, Social Networks, Society, Strategy, Web/Tech, Weblogs | No Comments »I just read Ellen McGirt's poignant feature story on The Brand Called Obama in Fast Company, and my marketing head is spinning. "The fact that Obama has taken what we thought we knew about politics and turned ...
Evolution of SMLXL
Friday, March 28th, 2008 Posted in 7th Mass Media, Advertising, Books, Broadcast, Citizen journalism, Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Distribution, Economics, Education, Engagement Civil Society, Engagement Education, Engagement Marketing, Engagement Mobile, Engagement Organisations, Engagement Politics, Engagement Research, Engagement Sciences, Generation C, Government & Politics, Marketing, Media, Mobile, Music, Networks, News, Newspapers, Participation, Philosophy, Politics, Retail, Science, Social Networks, Society, Sociology, Strategy, Trends, Web/Tech, Weblogs, iPTV | No Comments »In 2002, I founded a company called SMLXL - short for Small Medium Large XtraLarge. Its focus was and still is - how do businesses and organisations meaningfully engage in a commercial or social agenda with their audiences. We were some ...
Ketchum report: Media Myths and realities and Gary Hamel
Monday, March 3rd, 2008 Posted in Advertising, Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Distribution, Economics, Engagement Marketing, Generation C, Participation, Social Networks, Society, Strategy, Trends, Web/Tech | 2 Comments »1). the way professionals communicate is out of sync with the way consumers use media; 2). communicators need to include focusing on connecting with individuals in addition to mass media channels; 3). consumers in emerging markets are setting the ...
Tough Love from Jeff Jarvis
Sunday, March 2nd, 2008 Posted in Advertising, Convergence, Distribution, Economics, Generation C, Media, Newspapers, Society, Strategy, Trends | No Comments »The other day, when I noted that the hedge fund breathing down the necks of the NY Times Company board and management had acquired as much stock as the Sulzberger family, I said that strategic change in the ...
