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Last Week On TEN – 12th Jan 2014
Last week on TEN I was delighted to welcome new members into the network and set about recording the first video comment. This comment was on how retailers can be successful in the online space and...
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Last week on TEN – 18th Jan 2014
Last week on TEN the first subscribers to the Standard Membership joined. The plan includes free access to quarterly seminars (public ticket price £50) and a free event pass (public ticket price £500)....
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Last Week On TEN – 5th Feb 2014
OK, I admit it, this should be called the “Last Few Weeks On TEN’. Since the 18th Jan there’s been two new video comments from me, one about the impending noise of wearable technology and the other...
View ArticleLast Week On TEN – 9th Feb 2014
Weekly video comment …and an event invitation with VIP after-show The members of the Thought Expansion Network (TEN) have recently received a video comment from me regarding Satya Nadella’s appointment...
View ArticleLast Week On TEN – 19th Feb 2014
This update is in two parts: 1. Upgrading the Thought Expansion Network (TEN) 2. Recent updates from TEN — 1. Upgrading the Thought Expansion Network Regardless of how long we’ve been in business, it...
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Last week on TEN – 23rd Feb 2014
In the latest video distributed to members of TEN (http://jonathanmacdonald.com/ten/), I’ve been discussing the Facebook purchase of WhatsApp, the commentary by Mike Butcher of TechCrunch on Paxman...
View ArticleFailure – the gateway drug of success
One of my crowning moments of glory in business was when I trusted the wrong person and ended up penniless with two kids and an extraordinarily angry wife. I say that’s one of my crowning moments as it...
View ArticleTrue Harmony In Data
Believe it or not, the elementary understanding of the Greek Lyre, one of the first tuned musical instruments, is essential in understanding Greek Philosophy. The basis of many mathematical and...
View ArticleUsing Change As A Fuel For Retail Success
I remember one of my first meetings with Jesper Brodin, CEO of IKEA Group. At the time, he was in another role and I was presenting at a workshop about the future of retail and digital technologies. To...
View ArticleUnlocking Commercial Advantage At Scale
Walking into the offices at the Ministry Of Sound in London was mind-blowing. The design and layout were super cool and the people wandering around inside were equally cool too. I was there because I’d...
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Understanding The Fintech Paradox
Using discreet tactics that presumably wouldn’t be out-of-place in a Bond film, the editors of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) have a perpetual “watch-list” of words that are continually assessed...
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Creating Value In Reality
Tucked away on pages 417-422 of the 16th Volume of the 1995 Tourism Management book by Roger Cheong, are two articles relating to the ‘threats’ of Virtual Reality (VR) on tourism. The first is about...
View ArticleThe Purposeful Infinite and Vice Versa
I’ve been trying my hand at improvisational comedy of late. From being a fan of London’s famous Comedy Store, I simply couldn’t resist taking one of the 20 places at their 5-week masterclass. Although...
View ArticleDesigning Your Business For Perpetual Success
Given the current global economic crisis that has been sparked from a health pandemic, the notion or idea that change is the only constant has never been more apt. In fact, the changes that are...
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The Ultimate Transformation
We avoid looking at bills because we’re worried about seeing how far behind we are on their payments. We don’t stand on weight scales or look in mirrors if we feel we’ve gained weight. We turn off the...
View ArticleThe Army Of Fanatics
I remember when my son excitedly told me he had created an army and was desperate to show me. I duly followed him into the lounge and saw his assembled army, split into two groups – one group on the...
View ArticleIn Pursuit Of Human Freedom
“For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.” – Nelson Mandela In the mid to late ’80s the first versions of ‘online...
View ArticleWhy Web3 Requires Complete Decentralisation
Or…why almost every mention of Web3 is missing the point. Here’s an article I wrote for Hackernoon: https://hackernoon.com/why-web3-requires-complete-decentralisation
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