Welcome to the golden age of muzakFour key trends show a gilded age for background music is coming, what’s next for musics that are front and centre is less certain.Jan 24, 2022Jan 24, 2022
2021’s Best Writing on InnovationMuch though it still doesn’t feel like a proper year has gone by (how are we still in this locked down state) it is time to go through the…Dec 12, 2021Dec 12, 2021
The return of the teenagerThere will be 25% more 18 year olds in the UK in 2030 than there were in 2020 — and the effects will be cultural, commercial and creativeAug 22, 2021Aug 22, 2021
Who wants to be an institution now?Organisations used to want to be bigger than now. Now they just want to be relevant. Will we have to reinvent institutions?May 3, 2021May 3, 2021
What Vanilla ice cream teaches us about changing tastesWe’re re-judging the plainly flavourfulApr 26, 2021Apr 26, 2021
Launching the Build Back Better AcceleratorIts time to make change happen, not just talk about it, one organisation at a timeApr 21, 2021Apr 21, 2021
Why we tell people to give us an impossible briefSpoiler alert: its mostly because the consulting and agency world has got so dull, and partly because its 2021.Apr 13, 2021Apr 13, 2021
2020’s best writing on innovationThe best writing I have found on innovation over the last 12 months — and that a lot of people seem to have missed.Dec 7, 2020Dec 7, 2020
In 2020, strategists need to turn into crisis therapistsWhat happens when we’ve all had a crisis? For a start we need a different way of thinking about the futureSep 20, 2020Sep 20, 2020
It took lockdown to shutdown hustle culturePeople have had a lot of time to themselves, and the impact on the ways we think about work are so fundamental it will be easy to miss.Aug 23, 2020Aug 23, 2020