Balancing innovation with basic human instinct

Balancing innovation with basic human instinct

For me, one of this year’s distinctive themes has been the fascinating tension between opportunities made available to us by relentless technological advances and how we respond in practice when some of these innovations meet our less sophisticated preferences or basic instincts. Last Sunday’s edition of…

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Small acts can have a big impact in relationships

Small acts can have a big impact in relationships

I have just liked a blog I read on LinkedIn a couple of days ago – ‘No, you are not running late, you are rude and selfish’, by Greg Savage. Closer examination revealed that this was a link to a site which featured the piece…

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Physical proximity drives digital as well as face-to-face communication

Physical proximity drives digital as well as face-to-face communication

This month’s Harvard Business Review (HBR) features a series of fascinating articles on the 21st – Century Workspace. In a sidebar to one of them, Workspaces That Move People, reference is made to the 1977 book, entitled Managing the Flow of Technology, by Thomas J Allen….

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A classic truth for building successful tech companies

A classic truth for building successful tech companies

Our progress as a civilisation has always in part been measured by our powers of invention. That is not to downplay the importance of moral and intellectual development but new products and processes are somehow more concrete and, judging by the current daily servings of…

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The unsung diligence in buying and selling businesses

The unsung diligence in buying and selling businesses

Any prospective purchaser of another business will factor due diligence into both the budget and the timetable. Sometimes it is a legal requirement; always it is an essential part of the platform upon which informed decision-making is based. After first establishing that the target enterprise is…

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The worlds of lawyers, accountants and Madmen – more similar than you might think

The worlds of lawyers, accountants and Madmen – more similar than you might think

When I turned my back on two law degrees to become a trainee account executive in a large London advertising agency, I had made a choice between two very different worlds. I softened the blow for my parents by asserting that both careers required well-honed…

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