Tyler Cowen has an article over at MIT Technology Review, Measured and Unequal, that discusses how improved measurement of workers might be a fundamental driver of inequality in […]
Continue readingHow much do we need to know?
We used to be defined by what we knew. But today, knowing too much can be a liability. Google, for example, is putting its trust […]
Continue readingThe shift from stocks to flows
Digital technology is changing the world by enabling us to convert stocks – things we accumulate and hold – into flows – things we access […]
Continue readingPlatforms are the new fool’s gold
I have a new post up on the Deloitte Strategy blog, which I wrote with Richard Millar. Platforms are all the rage. In the modern […]
Continue readingThe happy accident of profitable creativity
What we, as practitioners, need to know is which practices can make a difference, and which are just fashions peddled by thought leaders who need to sell another book, who are trying to build an audience for the conference circuit, or are looking for consulting work.
Continue readingRedefining education
Our relationship with knowledge is changing, and consequently our relationship with education is changing. The snappy version of this is “Why remember what you can google?”. The longer story has interesting implications for the education sector as is changes what it means to be educated.
Continue readingEducation and learning are different things
Education and learning are very different things. It seems that we often confuse the two, to our detriment.
Continue readingThe benefits of being big are shrinking
It’s as if our efforts to rip operational costs out of business have incrementally worked their way from left to right across the value chain – from sourcing through to marketing and distribution – only to bounce off the customer and start working their way back, from right to left, fragmenting the business landscape in the process.
Continue readingIdentity is a funny thing
Identity is a funny thing. People think that they have a single identity when they really have multiple as your identity (and personality) change depending […]
Continue readingThe Big Shift: A Social Revolution
I gave a short Lightning Talk on The Future of Business” last Tuesday 17 February as part of the Insights & Innovation Lab, run by VicHealth and Vicsport. You can find the slides below. This was the first event in the lab’s Forward Thinking series.
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