by Mike Saunders
on June 12, 2013
in Connection Economy, Future Trends, Strategy, Technology
Tweet Social media exploded a few years ago and developed a desire amoung businesses worldwide to engage with the digital world through social media. Companies started Facebook pages, Twitter Profiles and every kind of social media profile they could think of. Blogs have since become mandatory in business and organisations have begun to understand the [...]
by Saffron Baggallay
on June 11, 2013
in Connection Economy, Generation Y, Generations
Tweet To really empathize with Generation Y, you have to understand the impact their upbringing has had on shaping their value system or their understanding of normal. Their generation (or the era in which they were born) is of course only one aspect that would shape their value system, but it is through this lens that [...]
by Saffron Baggallay
on May 31, 2013
in Connection Economy, hiring people, new consumers, Personal Development
Tweet Never before in social history has it been more important to learn how to package information in such a way that it is palatable for your audience to hear; and easy to remember, in other words, learn how to present information efficiently. The reason for this is twofold: we live in a world where [...]
by Saffron Baggallay
on May 27, 2013
in branding, Case Studies, Collaboration and partnerships, Connection Economy, Consumer 2.0, consumer research, Future Trends, Gender issues, Innovation, Marketing and sales, new consumers, niche customer experiences, retailing
Tweet What I love about ‘new advertising’ is that it is so much more thought-provoking than advertising, sales and latterly marketing, has been in the past. In the the very early days of mass advertising companies focused on the sale of a product. I am talking about the early days… when Henry Ford famously said [...]
by Saffron Baggallay
on May 14, 2013
in awards, branding, Case Studies, Connection Economy, honesty in business, Innovation, Leadership, Mentorship, Talent, Training and Education, Uncategorized
Tweet Whether or not you are a Manchester United fan, it would be difficult to argue with the fact that as a business this football club has been massively successful, to say nothing of their success as a sports team. In light of Sir Alex’s recent announcement of retirement, I think one must reflect on [...]
by Saffron Baggallay
on April 19, 2013
in Case Studies, Collaboration and partnerships, Connection Economy, Consumer 2.0, consumer research, customer, Customer service / experience, digital consumers, Disruptive change, Emotional Intelligence, Future Trends, General, honesty in business, Humble Leadership, Marketing and sales, new consumers, Recession solutions
Tweet Retail is a cut-throat, competitive and unpredictable environment, but it really isn’t any different to all business because generally the rules for success are changing in all industries and markets around the world. I am just using retail as an example of how unpredictable success can be; and how quickly any kind of failure [...]
by TomorrowToday
on April 8, 2013
in Connection Economy, General, TT
Tweet We’ve had a month of many of our team, plus some fun and friendly external contributors, joining in on our TomorrowToday Photo A Day project, and I thought I’d share some of the photos from the past month with you, just in case you aren’t following #TmTdPhoto on Instagram, or you haven’t seen the [...]
by Saffron Baggallay
on April 5, 2013
in Collaboration and partnerships, Connection Economy, Demographics, distrubution, Diversity, Future Trends, General, Generation Y, Generations, Uncategorized
Tweet Andy Braner, who is the CEO of KIVU, recently wrote a really insightful blog post entitled ‘Tweet, Text or Talk’, which I really enjoyed. He is talking about the effect social media is having on Generation Y in particular (but all generations). What he articulates very clearly is that this new way of talking [...]
by Graeme Codrington
on April 2, 2013
in Connection Economy, Disruptive change, Future Trends, honesty in business, Humble Leadership, Innovation, Leadership, Personal Development, Strategy
Tweet Seth Godin is one of our favourite thinkers and writers. We share many of his worldviews, especially that we are living in a period of transition from the end of the industrial age to the emergence of a connection economy. In one of his most insightful blog entries, Seth recently talked about this in [...]
by Saffron Baggallay
on March 29, 2013
in Collaboration and partnerships, Connection Economy, Emotional Intelligence, honesty, honesty in business, Humble Leadership, Humility, Parenting, Personal Development, Talent, Teams, Uncategorized
Tweet Being good Friday, I wanted to write about Easter. I pondered over how Easter fitted into the world of work and what analogies, parallels or connotations I could draw so as so make this Blog didactic. So I Googled things like ‘the history of Easter’ and ‘the origin of Easter eggs’ for inspiration, but [...]
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