The sharper amongst you will have noted I like to quote books. By measuring books quoted per blog, you may have picked up on just how voracious a reader I am, and how important the written word is to the flavour of my writing. In fact, you may even have considered me...
I should have done this two weeks ago Digging into Mary Meeker’s 2016 Internet Trends report (thus thoughtfully saving you a 213 page trawl through its content), I initially saw material for three blogs. The one you’ve just started was originally first cab off the...
It is that time of year when Mary Meeker releases her (21st) annual Internet Trends report . Over the next few weeks I am going to explore some of the key trends so you don’t need to read and digest the 213 pages. Let’s start in the eye of the storm – media As...
It seems there really is nothing new under the sun. “Corporate ventures” is a concept as old as corporates themselves.Traditionally a corporate venture is defined as a large company taking a minority interest in a smaller company, generally in a related field. The...
You can’t go round the block a few times without skeletons in the closet. So you can understand why a recent piece from Accenture stopped me dead in my tracks. Thankfully, the world’s finest management consulting minds mentioned the liquid workforce weren’t analysing...