My Instagram account hasn’t blown up overnight but my growth has been steady and I recently passed the 1k mark. This wasn’t down to trickery or hacking growth. This article won’t give you any instant fixes. Instead these tips are all about sustainable good practice. So if you want to get better at Instagram then please read on.
I often find myself pre-occupied with a long list of important 21st Century First-World worries. Somewhere in that list, I worry about inefficiency and why other people don’t. That is what I want to talk about today.
A debate at work recently led us to the inescapable conclusion that “best practice” isn’t a real thing. When someone claims “best practice” the implication… Read More »Best practice is a lie we keep telling ourselves
Am I alone in struggling to give a concise answer when asked what I do? My job title is often misleading. I’ve rarely had a job title that matches my actual role or responsibilities for more than 5 minutes. I don’t think I’m alone in noticing this. So why this might be?
This is another article about faulty analysis. On the dangers of making decisions based on incomplete data. Thankfully the decisions we make don’t have the same stakes.
This article from Business Insider grabbed my attention with its headline. But is it telling the real story? Which tool is best? Are the numbers telling the full story?
I felt inspired to write an article today. I had a narrative in mind. But I didn’t write that article… Instead I found greater inspiration from a simple question… What tool should I use to write the article?
Faced with a problem shrouded in unknowns, the root cause is often complicated and the solution unclear. These so called ‘wicked problems’ can benefit from… Read More »How design thinking can help solve complex problems
Typically, we think we’re better at solving problems than we are. Our efforts are sabotaged by our own cognitive biases. These can be overcome if we follow a disciplined method. But how might we do that? What tools can we use to be better at solving problems?
Why do IT users ignore or bypass the rules and carve their own Digital desire paths? What can we learn from these users? How can we harness the power of Shadow IT?
Let’s be honest. No one likes the procurement process. You are probably bored and slumped on your desk having just read the title. I doubt you have even clicked the link to read this article. But you should.
Today I’m advocating that we stop with the jargon. Start using simpler words. Try making our sentences shorter. Let’s use more plain English.
GDPR is a hot topic right now. But what is it? Why is it the cause of a lot of panic. Should we be trying Lean Data?
This is a question that is unlikely to be at the forefront of your minds. But should it be? Could these sixty year-old ideas be what we need – a framework to drive our own ideas, improvements, and transformation?
Today I’m advocating that we stop with the jargon. Start using simpler words. Try making our sentences shorter. Let’s use more plain English.
Over the 11th-12 May almost 350 people attended Vision 2016
in May. With 25 talks from leading creatives and innovators over the 2
days. Here were some of my personal highlights.
Designing for a responsive site can leave you feeling like you are trying to nail jelly to a wall. Fortunately, this new set of challenges just needs a new set of tools and processes to help us solve them.
Creating responsive websites leaves us facing some sizeable challenges. Near the top of this list is working out how to design experiences that feel consistent… Read More »The case for building ‘mobile first’
The term ‘Responsive’ gets used a lot. But what actually is it and why should we care? What’s wrong with what we already have and… Read More »What is ‘responsive’?
Content traditionally is the stuff that replaces ‘Lorem Ipsum’ and placeholder imagery at the end of a project. But is this actually the best way… Read More »Considering a content-first approach