Archive for the ‘Ethics’ Category

Qustodian development opportunity

Monday, June 21st, 2010People need brands and brands need people, its just that in the early 21st Century we can help those people and those brands, find each other when they need each other the most – this is all based upon the ...

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 ...

The virtual silicon valley that is GrowVC

Wednesday, May 19th, 2010Some say, its the future of funding for entrepreneurs, and they just may be right. easy to understand presentation on a company that I am a great believer in GrowVC - V=venture, C=Community.In Communities Dominate Brands, we always said the ...

A requiem for Detroit

Thursday, May 13th, 2010I became aware of the plight of Detroit through my research into Local Motors. I used Detroit in my sxsw presentation to highlight what happens when we cannot build adaptation, into business systems, into regions - this is the toxic ...

Selling in the networked economy @ Cambridge Network

Thursday, May 13th, 2010Last night I motorcycled over to Redgate Software on the Cambridge Business Park to speak at the Cambridge Network event, so thank you Matt from Cambridge Network for inviting me along, on Selling in the Networked Economy. Well, the official ...

The fairness in economics

Tuesday, May 11th, 2010Ernst Fehr on compassion in economics,Twenty years ago, Fehr had a seemingly sensible idea - that a deep-seated human preference for fairness might play an important role in economics.Fairness and Reciprocity

Alan Rusbridger: 21st Century publishing @ Olswang

Wednesday, April 28th, 2010I went along last night to listen to Alan Rusbridger present at Olswangs Technology+ event. A packed room, listened attentively to what he had to say. The word he used for the future of the Guardian was mutalisation: whereby value ...

The life and death of democracy in the networked society

Tuesday, April 27th, 2010John Keane, has produced something of a landmark text - its scope defies imagination. Taking us through the myriad journeys democracy has undertaken to exist in its present form - Keane also recognises how networked communication puts us within in ...

The digital you: identity and privacy in the networked society

Saturday, April 10th, 2010Here is a concise 5minute presentation I gave at Mashup recently. Thanks to the guys (Tony and Simon) for inviting me, it was certainly an interesting and stimulating evening. Not that I was surprised, but, by the time all presenters ...

Machines and biology by Andrew Hessel

Thursday, April 8th, 2010A fascinating talk by Andrew HesselAndrew Hessel reasons that Synthetic Biology will be the next big IT industry. In his remarkable talk Andrew talks about the parallels between IT and biology. Andrew lectures Synthetic Biology at the Singularity University and ...

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