I have an idea for a dual slider specifically for setting budget in a faceted search form based on the jQuery UI Slider control but logarithmic instead of linear. The hypothesis is that people with a low budget would want more granular control over … [Read more...]

This book is essential reading for executives, managers, strategists, analysts and design thinkers. Strategy theory can be a dry topic but this book is easy to read with useful diagrams that help explain the different concepts. It offers an objective … [Read more...]

The chapter It's Wrong to be Right from Paul Arden's book It's Not How Good You Are, It's How Good You Want to Be: Being right is based upon knowledge and experience and is often provable. Knowledge comes from the past, so it's safe. It is also … [Read more...]

An article I wrote for our company blog at LeftClick: When we talk to our customers about social media we always try to steer the discussion towards their business strategy and how a social media strategy may (or may not) support their ultimate … [Read more...]

This blog post was written in two parts although published at the same time. The first part was written the day before I attended a Christchurch City Council Share an Idea workshop and then my thoughts after the workshop. This has been done in order … [Read more...]

I like this quote from Heather M.A. Fraser who appears in Thomas Lockwood's collection of essays Design Thinking: A company that views design thinking not as a one-shot vaccination but rather as an ongoing fitness program for its organisation will … [Read more...]

With a programme containing no less than six urban planners and architects I wasn't sure what to expect from TEDxEQChCh, the hastily-organised conference to "reimagine the future of Christchurch". Fortunately there was a diverse range of topics … [Read more...]

From the book Doing Anthropology in Consumer Research: The cultural analytic research paradigm is, importantly, not one of objective distance [...] but rather one of inextricable involvement in the process of discovery, knowing and understanding. … [Read more...]

From The Story Factor by Annette Simmons: Story is your path to creating faith. Telling a meaningful story means inspiring your listeners – coworkers, leaders, subordinates, family, or a bunch of strangers – to reach the same conclusions you … [Read more...]

From Chapter 3 Creating the Right Environment for Design by Julian Jenkins, one of the essays in the book Design Thinking edited by Thomas Lockwood. Nine cultural mindsets that are endemic with the modern organisation that are enemies of … [Read more...]