Tickets for the latest Madonna tour at the 02 arena in London have been released. The prices range from c£100 (a seat in the 4th tier at the back of the arena) to c£450 for a seat on the floor, near to the stage. To me, they seem exorbitant. To people who want to see… Read More Price and value
It launches and there’s a buzz. The expectation is that it will grow and grow but, after a little time the interest has halved. You push it again but after a little more time, interest has halved again. You try again and interest halves again. This reverse Fibonacci sequence happens again and again in learning.… Read More Maintaining interest
My son and I were talking about how technology had sped things up – the idea of accessing TV programmes at any time on my mobile would have been unheard of 20 years ago. I was telling him about how following football scores on Teletext was a thing on a Saturday afternoon and he laughed… Read More Consumption and experience
I was speaking with someone recently and they asked how I look after the ‘crown jewels’ of my ideas. These are, apparently, the ideas which are the most precious and protected bits of content which I don’t share since they are the most valuable. But I don’t have any. All my ideas have been published… Read More Crown Jewels of content
The other day I was talking someone through how I work. Used to practices which came about before social media and productivity platforms, their questions were about email. Together we made a list of the channels people connect with me for work: They, quite reasonably, asked: How are you meant to remember all of those?… Read More Connect, connect, connect
Lost and Desperate 