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Why content strategy only tell...

Why content strategy only tells half the story
Some interesting tweets yesterday drew my interest to the content strategy discussion. See for example Content strategy is, in fact, the next big thing & Why Brands are Becoming Media. But, as is often the case this is only half the story. Why so? Well the focus in...

Steampunk Intranet of Brazil...

Steampunk Intranet of Brazil
Over lunch I started to mull over movie depictions of the intranet. I like the idea of film as a sort collective unconsciousness.  There’s quite a few films where some sort of computer network and database is central to the narrative, but I can only think of one...

Towards deconstructing the Sig...

Towards deconstructing the Signal / Noise Theory
A while back I remarked on Twitter that we needed to embrace Critical Theory into our theory and practice of communications. The stimulus to this was a remark about Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR) theory. Lee Bryant picked me up on this and I expanded a little more on the...

Birds playing the guitar...

Birds playing the guitar
Céleste Boursier-Mougenot at the Barbican 27 Feb – 23 May...

Strategy & Tactics: intern...

Strategy & Tactics: internal communications + social media
Now indeed, I thought Steve Crescenzo posted a good piece this week on the thorny internal comms question of whether ‘Strategy or Tactics?’ Question: Should you be a ’strategist’ or a ‘tactician?’ Answer: Yes & a fine answer, because as Steve...
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The Prince, 2.0 “And it ought to be remembered that there is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things. Because the innovator has for enemies all those who have done well under the old...
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Towards deconstructing the Signal / Noise Theory A while back I remarked on Twitter that we needed to embrace Critical Theory into our theory and practice of communications. The stimulus to this was a remark about Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR) theory. Lee Bryant picked me up on this and I expanded a little more on the topic on Twitter. Firstly, what do I...
recent from Analysts The quiet arrival of the SharePoint killer
The quiet arrival of the SharePoint killer It was with some interest that I read The Forrester Wave™: Collaboration Platforms, Q3 2009 after a link was Tweeted out yesterday. I was reading in reverse order from Gartner’s Magic Quadrant, see my Gartner Magic Quadrant; a dark horse closing up the outside fence… My main interest in...