People like people

Senior business folk like numbers. Facts and statistics to base decisions on and to evaluate performance. It’s both rational and sensible. But occasionally, it is beneficial not to be rational or sensible. As the Apple “Think Different” campaign so memorably reminded us. Organisations should have plenty of talented members capable of coming up with creative [...]

Joining the BBC

A quick bit of housekeeping. This is my last week working with Essential Research. I’ve had a fantastic two and a half years working with the team, and learned an incredible amount. While I can’t talk about many specific things, I have been fortunate enough to work on some projects that have received industry recognition, [...]

Reading the wrong books

Towards the end of his (excellent) presentation at the Google #Firestarters 3 event, Martin Bailie said something along the lines of “It’s not enough to read the right books; you have to go out and do something”. While I agree with his sentiment, it reminded me that I don’t really read books. In fact, this [...]