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Last Week On TEN – 12th Jan 2014
Last week on TEN I was delighted to welcome new members into the network and set about recording the first video comment. This comment was on how retailers can be successful in the online space and...
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Last week on TEN – 18th Jan 2014
Last week on TEN the first subscribers to the Standard Membership joined. The plan includes free access to quarterly seminars (public ticket price £50) and a free event pass (public ticket price £500)....
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Last Week On TEN – 5th Feb 2014
OK, I admit it, this should be called the “Last Few Weeks On TEN’. Since the 18th Jan there’s been two new video comments from me, one about the impending noise of wearable technology and the other...
View ArticleLast Week On TEN – 9th Feb 2014
Weekly video comment …and an event invitation with VIP after-show The members of the Thought Expansion Network (TEN) have recently received a video comment from me regarding Satya Nadella’s appointment...
View ArticleLast Week On TEN – 19th Feb 2014
This update is in two parts: 1. Upgrading the Thought Expansion Network (TEN) 2. Recent updates from TEN — 1. Upgrading the Thought Expansion Network Regardless of how long we’ve been in business, it...
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Last week on TEN – 23rd Feb 2014
In the latest video distributed to members of TEN (http://jonathanmacdonald.com/ten/), I’ve been discussing the Facebook purchase of WhatsApp, the commentary by Mike Butcher of TechCrunch on Paxman...
View ArticleUnderstanding The Fintech Paradox
Using discreet tactics that presumably wouldn’t be out-of-place in a Bond film, the editors of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) have a perpetual “watch-list” of words that are continually assessed...
View ArticleCreating Value In Reality
Tucked away on pages 417-422 of the 16th Volume of the 1995 Tourism Management book by Roger Cheong, are two articles relating to the ‘threats’ of Virtual Reality (VR) on tourism. The first is about...
View ArticleThe Purposeful Infinite and Vice Versa
I’ve been trying my hand at improvisational comedy of late. From being a fan of London’s famous Comedy Store, I simply couldn’t resist taking one of the 20 places at their 5-week masterclass. Although...
View ArticleDesigning Your Business For Perpetual Success
Given the current global economic crisis that has been sparked from a health pandemic, the notion or idea that change is the only constant has never been more apt. In fact, the changes that are...
View ArticleThe Purpose Blade
The first blade of the Windmill Theory within Powered By Change (PBC) is the purpose blade. The reason it is the first blade is that the purpose of an organisation needs to permeate throughout its...
View ArticleElevation inside Purpose
In clearly defining and understanding your purpose the first consideration is elevation. That is how you can elevate your purpose. Before doing this, however, you need to identify what you are truly in...
View ArticleSpecification Inside Purpose
Specification is the second sub-blade of the Purpose blade that is outlined in Powered By Change (PBC). Once we have elevated to discover our main thing, we need to specify precisely what our main...
View ArticleIntegration Inside Purpose
Integration of purpose refers to how well all stakeholders across an organisation understand what it is the company exists to do and how it does this. That is, the extent to which the specified purpose...
View ArticleThe People Blade
The second blade of the Windmill Theory within Powered By Change (PBC) is the People Blade. Although the blades are not sequential, but rather, inter-related and interoperable, it makes sense that once...
View ArticleSkill and Will
Once purpose has been elevated, specified and integrated the next step is to consider the skill and will of the people within the company. It is important to ensure the right people are in place and...
View ArticleTrue Harmony In Data
Believe it or not, the elementary understanding of the Greek Lyre, one of the first tuned musical instruments, is essential in understanding Greek Philosophy. The basis of many mathematical and...
View ArticleUsing Change As A Fuel For Retail Success
I remember one of my first meetings with Jesper Brodin, CEO of IKEA Group. At the time, he was in another role and I was presenting at a workshop about the future of retail and digital technologies. To...
View ArticleUnlocking Commercial Advantage At Scale
Walking into the offices at the Ministry Of Sound in London was mind-blowing. The design and layout were super cool and the people wandering around inside were equally cool too. I was there because I’d...
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