(That’s ‘in’ One Direction, not ‘about’ One Direction.) A conversation is the best way to discover how to help someone. In Organizations Don’t Tweet, People Do (see my review of the book), Euan Semple gives over a whole chapter to the notion of conversations only being possible between equals – an insight he attributes to […]
The Patchwork Elephant And The Impact Hub
On the last day of Social Media Week London, I attended a great afternoon session of talks at The Impact Hub Westminster in New Zealand House on Haymarket. The day was eventful for two reasons: I was energised and enthralled by the speakers and presentations and discussions at The Patchwork Elephant Revisited event. I discovered […]
Filip Matous At Like Minds
My report of the latest Like Minds breakfast talk is now up on the site. The guest this month was Filip Matous of Evergreen Reputation. He spoke about … reputation. I sat with David Terrar of D2C Limited and Robert Bean (he really needs a new web site!), who gave the Like Minds talk back […]
Philippa Snare at Like Minds
I’ve been slow linking to this. Apologies. Early last month, the guest at the Like Minds Women in Business Salon Talk was Microsoft CMO Philippa Snare. As someone who has long been a bit negative on all things Microsoft, I must confess that Philippa’s talk had me re-evaluating some opinions. For a while, at least. […]
Josh Kaufman At Like Minds
Once again, the nice people at Like Minds have allowed me to publish my thoughts about their latest breakfast event on their site. Josh Kaufman, author of The Personal MBA, was the speaker this time. He has a new book out – The First 20 Hours – and his talk was about the process of […]
Minter Dial At Like Minds
Like Minds has established a late afternoon series of talks now to complement their breakfast events. I was fortunate enough to be invited along to the first of these “Women in Business” events at the start of the month. The speaker was the energetic and entertaining Minter Dial, who spoke about “Digital Innovation in Retail”. […]