A strategic approach to transformation
I've just finished reading the MIT/Deloitte research paper on the importance of strategy in the hunt for digital transformation. There's some really telling data in the report about the state of play in many business today with regards to approaching
The challenges of innovation and experimentation
I’ve just finished listening to a great podcast from the guys at prehype. I found it whilst browsing Soundcloud, an app that I'm using more and more recently. I like it when apps that have been around for a while
In praise of the storytelling engineer
We founded Beautiful Everything to allow us to focus on the sort of work we love doing. One thing we love doing is finding ways to communicate complex products by creating stories and experiences. Finding ways to tell the product’s
Launching vot.io – a digital product for festivals
The weekend just gone we launched our first digital product as Beautiful Everything, we've called it vot.io. The web based app was built for the Sheffield Adventure Film Festival and allows people to instantly rate films on their mobile, tablet or other
Nurturing and Activation of Urban Innovation
I attended the Business and Innovation Network session on Innovation and Urban Manufacturing a few weeks ago and I've been meaning to write a post on the experience since. Excluding the fact that I stumbled upon the session simply by the
Sector convergence and the accelerated Hype Cycle?
We've been watching the development of a few new emerging technologies and I'd like to posit a thought - sector convergence around technology is accelerating the move of new technologies towards the tipping point of product adoption at a faster rate
How Google Works
I’ve been a fan of Slideshare for a while now. Its a great resource for sharing ideas across a range of disciplines. A great example that I came across last week was from Google ex-CEO Eric Schmidt. It’s worth reading
Tech for tech’s sake
I've just listened to a short radio programme (Hidden Histories of the Information Age) on the momentous occasion of the first live international satellite television production, the broadcasting of the Our World television programme.