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Future of Management: Why Time Isn’t Money 19 Aug 2013 | 07:07 pm
In my latest post for the Institute of Leadership and Management I look at the problem of measuring value in a business. Measuring real outputs is hard so we often resort to measuring inputs, like ti...
Nanny State: Why Apple Needs to Protect Parents from their Children 18 Aug 2013 | 11:41 am
Put a five year old in the middle of the high street with a credit card and the PIN number. The best thing that is going to happen is that he or she will buy the contents of the nearest toy shop. It c...
Why Smart Watches Only Make Sense as Fashion Accessories 15 Aug 2013 | 10:40 am
Accessorise darling. Any fashionista will tell you that accessories can make or break a look. But step out the door or onto the catwalk wearing only the accessories? You’ll be big on the high street f...
The Evolution of Domesticity – From Labour-Saving to Life-Enhancing 9 Aug 2013 | 07:03 pm
Over the last three generations housework has changed from a full time job to an occasional chore. The 63 hours we used to spend each week on cleaning and washing is now just two hours per week for th...
Is Social Media Good Or Bad? 2 Aug 2013 | 01:35 pm
Ah those wonderful binary choices born of radio phone-ins. I spent this morning defending social media following its shocking abuse in the Criado-Perez affair. Is social media bad? Of course it isn’t...
Family Gathering Around the Telly? Not Likely 1 Aug 2013 | 06:32 pm
Couple of trips to the Beeb today to talk about the latest Ofcom annual review. It makes some slightly rose-tinted claims about a return to the family gathering around the telly like we apparently did...
Death By A Thousand Cuts: How Innovation Can Bring the Banks Into Line 1 Aug 2013 | 12:44 am
“A necessary evil”. The term could have been coined about the banks rather than government. Post downturn, the ire formerly reserved for traffic wardens and lawyers has been largely directed at banker...
What’s Wrong with Blocking Porn by Default? 22 Jul 2013 | 03:16 pm
Facebook lost. It doesn’t happen often. But recently the company has had to apologise on a number of occasions for removing images of women breastfeeding from the network. Why had it blocked them in t...
Why We Shouldn’t Block Child Abuse Search Terms 22 Jul 2013 | 02:57 pm
There’s a crime going on. It’s a serious crime. You know the address where it is happening. How do you tackle it? You remove the building from the map so that no-one can witness the crime. Doesn’t ma...
Five Trends for the Future of Automotive 12 Jul 2013 | 03:03 pm
In May this year we delivered a workshop looking at the future of automotive transport in the UK. The car, how it might change, and the environmental, cost and safety pressures that are driving that c...
