I’ve always been a late developer! Maybe that’s why I didn’t discover the world of blogging until later in life – in 2010. There’s something almost magical about finding and connecting with a blogger around a subject of mutual interest. I believe this is because a personal blog that works is both personal and permissionless. Personal in […]
Experience and knowledge are not enough
When it comes to success in business… Experience can be effective and doesn’t have to take long to accrue. But… experience has an increasingly short half-life and can be ruinously expensive. Knowledge can help and is now freely available. But… the right knowledge can take more time than you have to acquire enough of. In […]
Want Your Bank To Be a Tech Firm? Be Careful What You Wish For.
The radio-alarm came on and I had to force myself not wake Mrs B with a string of F-bombs. Why? Because I was listening to how yet another bank wants to be a tech company. DNB are not alone. Execs at Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan and Goldman have all recently declared their banks to be or aspire to be tech […]
Marketing Strategy vs Tactics (The difference & why it matters)
The other day, a startup founder told me their ‘marketing strategy’ is to get their product to go viral by hoping people would tell others about it. Oh, and they are ‘doing’ Twitter. I had to go home and have a lie down. Why? Because I’m tired of explaining the difference between marketing strategy vs tactics and why it matters. I’m […]
Halve Your Time in Meetings
Talk about old and new worlds colliding! I’d just started a new gig in the City having taken some time out and having read The 4-Hour Work Week. So was feeling decidedly conflicted about returning to work at an old-school big bank. One of the first things that struck me was a pavlovian behaviour of scheduling every […]
Just in Case
It just wasn’t good enough! The heat was on and I was told we had to cross the finish line sooner. It was a high-profile project and necks were on the line. Including mine. I patiently explained that we were doing everything humanly possible to speed things along. When asked what the padding was at […]