Grey-haired professionals: The next wave of the Gig Economy
There has been so much written about the Gig Economy (a labour market characterised by the prevalence of short-term contracts or...
Hurricanes, Brexit and Innovation
'Tis the season for extreme politics and extreme weather conditions. This got me thinking, what could we learn from these two topics and...
Getting analytics teams to feed the innovation pipeline
I am not sure what your data analytics teams are like, but most that I have run across are so stretched doing recurring and ad-hoc...
"Skate fast over thin ice", Getting the most out of a Proof of Concept (PoC)
The dreaded Proof of Concept (PoC), how did we get in this mess! The word tends to bring initial joy and then pain to smaller companies...
BETWEEN mobile and face to face channel
With all the talk about technology in the news and out with friends, you would think that we don't really need people anymore to do...
Innovation, Think like Thomas Jefferson
I have been thinking lately that maybe there is something wrong with all the "innovation hype" that is racing across large organisations,...
Using sentiment analysis to speed up innovation
I often write about the process speeding things up. Probably a by-product of being an American who has lived in Europe since 2000 and...
Spin It!: "There might be gold in them hills"
As any parent of young kids in the last few months knows all to well, we unfortunately are living through the craze of the "fidget...
"The last mile of innovation", crystallise those innovation benefits!
I have to start with a disclaimer, I did not think of this phrase. I heard "The last mile of innovation", from Janice Diner, Founding...
Does a university degree have much value in today’s gig economy?
The UK government projects job growth, but non-graduates do not fare as well in today’s modern and flexible economy. As the British...