Creative Britain - A nation of shopkeepers?
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008 Posted in Culture, Darwin, Economics, Education, Gaming, Generation C, Government & Politics, Networks, Participation, Philosophy, Social Networks, Society, Trends, Web/Tech | 2 Comments »Vic Keegan wrote an impassioned piece recently about the creative industries in the UK. Vic writes When the 1850 public libraries bill was going through parliament, opposition came mainly from MPs representing the universities of Oxford and Cambridge. ...
Power Play on the Global Stage
Saturday, April 5th, 2008 Posted in Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Economics, Government & Politics, Participation, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Social Networks, Society, Statistics, Strategy, Trends, Uncategorized, Web/Tech | No Comments »The way that consumer power is shifting across the globe is going to significantly affect the way that brands maintain ‘relationships’ with their customers. The impact of new economic global powerhouses, coupled with the empowerment of ‘digitally fluent’ consumers means ...
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, ...
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 ...
The Experts vs. the Amateurs
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008 Posted in Advertising, Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Economics, Ethics, Generation C, Government & Politics, Law, Media, Participation, Philosophy, Social Networks, Society, Strategy, Trends, Web/Tech | 2 Comments »An interesting debate this one. A tug of war over the future of media may be brewing between so-called user-generated content -- including amateurs who produce blogs, video and audio for public consumption -- and professional journalists, movie makers ...
C’mon - we all loved Bambi and what the F@?k has that got to do with Marc Newson?
Wednesday, March 5th, 2008 Posted in Culture, Philosophy, Strategy | No Comments »Today my 44th Birthday - hence slightly relaxed. One thought I would like to share which arrived whilst watching a TV programme last night about the designer Marc Newson - Marc Newson - Urban Spaceman was the ...
C’mon - we all loved Bambi and what the F@?k has that got to do with Marc Newson?
Wednesday, March 5th, 2008 Posted in Culture, Philosophy, Strategy | No Comments »Today my 44th Birthday - hence slightly relaxed. One thought I would like to share which arrived whilst watching a TV programme last night about the designer Marc Newson - Marc Newson - Urban Spaceman was the ...
C’mon - we all loved Bambi and what the F@?k has that got to do with Marc Newson?
Wednesday, March 5th, 2008 Posted in Culture, Philosophy, Strategy | No Comments »Today my 44th Birthday - hence slightly relaxed. One thought I would like to share which arrived whilst watching a TV programme last night about the designer Marc Newson - Marc Newson - Urban Spaceman was the ...
Nobody owns it, Everybody can use it and Anybody can improve it
Saturday, March 1st, 2008 Posted in Advertising, Engagement Marketing, Generation C, Philosophy, Quotes, Social Networks, Society | No Comments »Said Doc Searls, he continues I make zero money with blogging. (No advertising. Love that.) But I make more than zero because of blogging. Not enough to make me rich, but enough to make me valuable. And far more ...
Accountability and the modern state
Thursday, February 28th, 2008 Posted in Culture, Ethics, Generation C, Government & Politics, Philosophy, Quotes, Society | 2 Comments »On Monday this week I sat down with Euan Semple to discuss a project that I have in mind. It centered around the concept of Engagement as a bigger idea beyond marketing communications. How could we evolve to be more ...
