Collection of short posts and short stories.
What a weekend in politics ay? A “local poll battering” as the FT called it, the Prime Minister seeing off a rebellion, and the Greens doing better than everyone expected. If the election was called today (or on Monday 6th…
“Beanz Meanz Heinz” a slogan drummed into the British consciousness. Or does it? With Heinz baked beans rising faster than inflation, its days as an icon could possibly be numbered. Here’s a little video I knocked up telling this totally…
As ChatGPT and “the algorithm” pushes firms to create stuff faster and faster. That which is created slower and slower will create more value in the long term. No case studies, but this is intuitive when it comes to creativity.…
Two key stats to ponder for 2024: The age-gap echo chambers are worsening (and all the, shall we say, *interesting* side effects this has on liberal democracies, but let’s put a pin in that for now), but the opportunity hunters…
There’s an economic story that’s been affecting all Londoners. It’s what has happened to: – Income– Rents– House prices. In the past ten years in the capital. This isn’t just some cool chart, this touches on the heart of the…
Perhaps it is possible to buy a house in London alone, as an average earner. But the data sure doesn’t agree with it. This originally appeared on my LinkedIn.
Once upon a time, well actually, in 2009. Gordon Brown and Sir Tim Berners-Lee were having dinner. (A reminder: one of them was Prime Minister, and the other is credited with inventing the World Wide Web.) Gordon Brown, doing what…
“A startup is like a mosquito. A bear can absorb a hit and a crab is armored against one, but a mosquito is designed for one thing : to score. No energy is wasted on defense. The defense of mosquitos,…
I’ve had a career in marketing for nearly ten years. Lots of ups and downs. And boy-oh-boy I’ve read so many “flavour of the year” marketing and business books. There are three essays that I’ve read, and re-read, and are…
There’s a story in the consulting world of a group of partners who faced hard times. While two of the three partners kept pushing for marketing and more visibility, the third partner (let’s call him Señor Cut), repeatedly pushed for…