Building an organisation that’s not based on org-chart, command and control is a difficult thing, but we’re trying. We all have this feudal hierarchy baked into us by school and past jobs. On top of that we humans are hierarchical animals. It means that even if there’s…
I went to advertising trade shows yesterday. 700 exhibitors offering gadgets, gifts, my beloved print and… trade show booths, which is kind of meta :) Now I realised this kind of exhibition contains a paradox: how do you stand out when everyone around is trying to? Here’s what I found.…
I recently understood that qualitative study of your customer can be powerful for your marketing and product development. I also saw why it’s so few people do it. Because it’s hard and requires different skillset. JTBD Practitioners Some time ago I tried to learn about Jobs To Be…
I once heard from an experienced entrepreneur that in business there’s never a right amount of work. There’s always too much or too little. It applies to projects, clients, office space and others. It and looks like this: Think about what it means… When the lows are at…
For many years LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com] have been building a hope of bringing revolution to the obsolete job and HR market. In recent years it seems they've settled down as being "your online CV" + "candidate search". I'll try to broaden their story. Present Story Assets * Huge, steadily growing…