2024 — the year of Less
16 ways I'm doing less this year
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Bye, bye office
In April 2021 I hired an office in the city and promised
Back to my first office in 5 years.
I’ve been working from home and client sites since starting Exponentially in 2017, and it has worked well. It’s been a healthy balance of…
My Quiet Obsession (Mac Mini + Custom Razor Core X eGPU)
I upgraded my Razor Core X eGPU and replaced my Macbook Pro with a Mac Mini for the perfect silent setup. No more noisy, annoying fans…
Order vs Control
It’s week four ( April 12, 2020) of our self-imposed lockdown. One of the most useful things Kim (my wife) and I did was create order…
How do I find opportunities for innovation?
After a talk on rapid product validation today where I spoke about how companies like Google and Uber focus relentlessly on reducing…
Escaping the Echo Chamber of Awesomeness
Books come find me at precisely the moment I need them most.
How can you be sure an idea will work and customers will pay for it?
Why so much failure?
How Pretotyping Works with the Lean Startup Approach
If the Lean Startup offers a systematic and scientific approach to the development of new businesses, then Pretotyping serves to underpin…
Is your Innovation Process Built for Speed?
Speed in innovation is vital for results; it enables companies to focus quickly on emerging consumer trends and can drive costs down and…
Headphone Showdown in the Air: Sony WH-1000 MX3 vs Bose QC 35 II
I’ve been using the Sony WH-1000 MX3 headphones since January. After many long haul and local flights, I started wondering if there are…
Positioning Pretotyping as Part of the Corporate Innovator’s Toolkit
Innovation is a crucial component in the ongoing success of any business. A PwC survey reveals that 97% of CEOs agree that innovation is a…
This is what 6-Star ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ customer support looks like.
I wish more companies would
Anki Vector Robot meets Magic Leap
These are two exponential technologies that have surprised me recently.
The Innovation Experiment: Year 4.
It’s year four of my experiment to figure out how to apply startup and scale-up techniques, tools, and tactics to corporate innovation. What I’ve learned Innovating Inside Startups, Outside Corporates and Inside Corporates with Start-ups and Scale-ups. Trying to figure out what works and what doesn
Test if you have a great idea in 24 hours for $0. Try Google’s Pretotyping approach.
Developed at Google, perfected at Stanford and now being taught and practiced worldwide.
Gorilla Arms will make you stop using the iPad Pro
5 reasons why you may use the iPad Pro less. One year ago I wrote about moving from the Macbook Air to the iPad Pro.
Secret Experiments
The best way to learn is to do. Or, show, don’t tell.
Guy Kawasaki’s best advice : Who the F are you guys?
It’s May 2013, and I’m in San Francisco with Dougal Edwards, my co-founder.
Clarify your Purpose & Focus: 3 Books
If you’re looking to clarify your Purpose & Focus, I suggest reading these 3 books in this order. Deep Work, The One Thing and…
Hippo’s, Pirates and Happy Customers
[Place one hippo on the desk in front of each of the Executive Team]
SXSW < CES
After a week at SXSW Interactive 2017, it’s my first and last. SXSW seems like the place to be seen rather than be educated and inspired…
Improve mind, body and energy levels using MEXS
There’s a lot of information out there about great life habits, morning and daily routines of high performing people and optimising your…
Why I’m paying for medium
I’ve been blogging for many years, starting with Blogger, then Wordpress, then Posterous, then Wordpress, then Squarespace, then Wordpress…