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Here I write about marketing, research, design, technology and anything else that comes to mind. Feel free to comment (moderated, I’m afraid).
Notice: food only content here. No business, marketing, tech or anything fancy. Just a seasonal recipe for the week that’s in it. When my mother was sick, she showed me how to make various traditional recipes such as Christmas pudding, Cumberland sauce and Irish stew so the family could continue to enjoy them after she …
If I was to dig out old school reports, I am certain they would be peppered with the word ‘disruptive’, because I was. What sweet irony that I’ve made a living from being disruptive all these years later. Bower and Christensen first coined the phrase ‘Disruptive Technologies’ in the Harvard Business Review back in 1995 …
Isn’t it ironic that a discipline whose raison d’être is to assist companies in their branding, positioning, communication (and so much more) can have such a bad rep? How many of us have had to defend our profession socially and deflect all sorts of accusations from capitalist to exploiter of the meek? What other profession did …
Design is more than pretty pictures So I finally finished that degree in design and technology that I’ve been giving out about all along only to appreciate afterward how much I’ve learned. I’ve also come to realise that marketing and design are not so different and both if done well, deliver profit. We’ve all got lost in …