Last week we tapped a couple of highlights from the 213 page Mary Meeker 2016 Internet Trends report, zeroing in on the pain still to come for TV and print media. If traditional media is up against it, there’s a temptation to assume things will be commensurately rosy...
It is that time of year when Mary Meeker releases her (21st) annual Internet Trends report . Over the next few weeks I am going to explore some of the key trends so you don’t need to read and digest the 213 pages. Let’s start in the eye of the storm – media As...
It seems there really is nothing new under the sun. “Corporate ventures” is a concept as old as corporates themselves.Traditionally a corporate venture is defined as a large company taking a minority interest in a smaller company, generally in a related field. The...
You can’t go round the block a few times without skeletons in the closet. So you can understand why a recent piece from Accenture stopped me dead in my tracks. Thankfully, the world’s finest management consulting minds mentioned the liquid workforce weren’t analysing...
Anyone who’s spent time in London will have fond memories of lazy Sundays spent in the pub, slowly working your way through your favourite paper. Call me odd, but my favourite London memory came regular as clockwork two days earlier – Friday was the day The...
We’re taking a slightly different tack this week – I want to get you guys thinking about strategy for your businesses and to offer help in this process for anyone needing it. Let’s get to it… Number one of the five strategy rules we looked at last...