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  Hi anyone who follows me but this is the last post here at Posterous. It's a shame because I like the platform but sadly it d...

So it's been a long trip.  3 continents and 100 hours of travelling. I love the destinations but I now hate the travel bit. Odd reall...

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There is nothing that explains dynamics or complexity quite as directly as 'customer experience'.   If you think about it we are ...

Someone sent me a link to the idea of the trust molecule the other day.  I tweeted it.  But here is is again . Neat idea. It got me think...

"Don't conflate correlation with causation." This was so profound when I heard it the first time that it took me a few minu...

Consuming things visually is umpteen times quicker than just reading the same bits of information in words.   For example I guarantee you...

The reason we don't find the solutions to our problems is because the answers to our questions interfere with our concepts.   Go on r...

I like the idea of congruence. It doesn't smack of compromise.   Well that's because in many ways it is the opposite. It should b...

When you hear a new way of thinking for the very first time it is impressive right? Sends a bit of a shiver.  Just like the first time I ...

Simples . You have your wits about you. You keep your eyes open. You must be alert if you want to survive. You wouldn't rush headlong...

Complexity is a funny concept but not in a humorous way.   I'm almost always working with intricate business challenges. They are imp...

Being creative is alchemic. Keep your eyes open – scan the horizon. It's that ability to look at everything with an open and curious ...

I like working on large walls. Asking questions – drawing out thoughts – teams of people Together – creating, curating – conceiving new i...

And all the underpinning technology that goes with. Simples. <div style='padding-bottom: 2px; line-height: 0px'> </div...

If you always do what you always did then you'll always get what you always got.  So goes the popular epithet. Think about that then ...

Making A Deep & Visual Impact. When you think about it we all like to know how things actually work. It's a universal thing. And ...

Something very interesting happens when we work at scale with visuals. I saw the David Hockney exhibition recently and was literally tran...

If you think about it – when was the last time you actually modified your behaviour? When did you change the way you thought or acted abo...

It's true. I am addicted.  And I hereby formally apologise to all around me who have to put up with my incessant obsession with gadge...