Psychology The Schism The schism is the terrifying and widening gap between our fixed 1950s mindset and the unforeseen, unsettling realities of today’s ever-changing world.
Technology The art of programming Programming is often mistaken to be a hard science but in the hands of a professional it's more a craft and for a few... art.
Technology Reflections on 40 years in tech The farther back you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see.” Winston Churchill The Web is 30 years old this week. And today is my birthday. 40
Technology Betting on Bitcoin 5 years ago a prominent Silicon Valley venture capitalist bet a financial journalist a pair of Alpaca socks that by now at least 10% of the US public would be
Marketing Search the web to plant trees Which comes first for a business: profit or purpose? While profit is always a lagging indicator, purpose can give you a head start.
Marketing Marketing skill sets and superpowers There are three types of skills in marketing - two are super-powers and other is what what most marketers do.
Marketing Functional / Emotional Fit What is your product or service for? In response to this, most of us will immediately think about what sort of functional problem we are solving for our customers. Perhaps
Psychology Why does it have to take so long? Sorry but you don't have a clue! Unless you've been building software for many years you can't even guess how long it's going to take.
Marketing Why write a personal blog in 2019? Thinking about blogging is making me nostaligic, happy and excited. I sat down and came up with 10 reasons why it's (still) a good thing to do.
Psychology 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
Marketing 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
Marketing 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,
Psychology 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.
Psychology Just in case Slack, buffer... no, not them! If you're building something new, you need it. Contingency. Here's a neat trick to make sure you keep it.
Marketing On Brexit No doubt about it, the Leave campaign had the best marketing campaign. And yet...
Marketing Boomers Trump Millennials Boomers have all the money, so why are you wasting your time with Millennials?
Psychology The Growth Mindset Carol Dweck explains why we're not born unable to draw, code or speak more than one language. It's all in your mind.
Marketing What is Fintech? (Hint: It’s not about the technology) A fintech is neither a tech company, nor a finance company. Let me explain.
Psychology David Bowie RIP I awoke this morning to hear that David Bowie had passed away. In a snippet from an interview, he said (words to the effect): I did simple things but I
Marketing 10 Reasons Not To Grow Your Startup It's not always best to try and grow your startup as fast as possible at all times.
Marketing Why 1,000 True Fans Are Key to Your Financial Security Kevin Kelly hit on a simple but powerful insight which applies to artists, freelancers and startups alike.
Marketing Do marketing. Get growth. If growth is what you want then marketing is what you need to do, to get it.
Psychology 8 Reasons NOT to Give Pocket Money (And How 'Osper' Changed My Mind) She asked for pocket money for the 287th time. And for the 287th time, I said, NO! Why did I refuse? Here are 8 reasons I always held back from
Psychology As Cars Turn Into Computers, Should We Buy or Rent? I drove the best car ever made for twelve years… until last week [It was a BMW 3-series!] Once a year, my mechanic would look at me as if
