The Art of Meraki teaches us the power of putting our soul into something and thinking more deeply about our actions. Listening more deeply. Being more thorough in how you approach something. To do anything well requires Meraki. Meraki reveals your inner wisdom. Rushing less. Reflecting more. meraki / noun. Greek To do something with …
The most precious gift we can give one another is our time. Time for conversations, reflection, advice, and sparring. We learn as much about ourselves as we do about each other when we take the time to listen. But those transformational conversations don’t happen when we are in a rush. They happen as a result …
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What does it mean to be authentic as a business when the very fabric of society is becoming ever more polarised? How can purpose become a competitive advantage? The world agenda has shifted. The staple headaches of banking crises, rising debt and slow growth have given way to outright fear of war and conflict on the …
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Can ecosystems be engineered, or are they, by default, out of the control of individuals? Can companies be founded on the explicit intent to nurture ecosystems of value creation? How do you counter disruption and turn it into a force for company growth rather than a ticking time bomb of eventual corporate demise? From brands to ecosystems …
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Power is changing hands. Connectivity is changing how we communicate, the kinds of products we find valuable and the services we prefer. For a long time, audiences chose a product not because it was superior but because the switching costs were too high. Users were ‘locked in’ – not because of active choice, but because of the effort …
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Someone asked me a while ago how we can control the LEGO brand, given its vibrant community. I tried not to laugh because the person had a very straight look on their face, and besides, laughing would be rude – it is a serious question that many brands battle with. My spontaneous desire to …
What do Google’s Pagerank, the scientific citation index and the taxonomy of plants, animals and insects have in common with LEGO bricks? They are all systems. A post at the MIT Technology review examines the history of the Pagerank algorithm. It shows that this thinking had been around for quite a while until Larry Page …
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Like innovation, there are plenty of misconceptions about creativity, which makes it all the more confusing when people are extolling the importance of creative skill in the 21st century. To continue my quest to unravel these complex topics, this instalment explains what creativity is NOT. Popular myths about creativity Instead creativity: For those interested in …
Recently I had the pleasure to meet Mitchel Resnick, a professor at MIT, and listen to his presentation of the Lifelong Kindergarten project. Resnick is famous for his book Turtles Termites and Traffic Jams, which outlines how control emerges from apparently independent behaviour. Another book, by Kevin Kelly, called Out of Control also touches on …
