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The importance of good management

02Jun10

Reading through a couple of articles by Ruth Spellman, Chief Executive of the Chartered Management Institute, a few issues she raises rang alarm bells, and I imagine they will do for hundreds of people across the UK’s publishing industry. In an article about management style Ruth wrote. If we are serious about pushing the UK [...]

The importance of clarity

23May10

You wouldn’t expect a broken lens to take a perfect picture, it will take one, but it will come out looking like half the image it could have been, even if the person processing the image isn’t making a mistake. A lack of clarity is a very real and present danger in publishing, without leaders [...]

The importance of talent

07Mar10

I watched this video of Rishad Tobaccowala (Chief Innovation Officer at Publicis) this morning and it really resonated with me. Rishad discusses the important role talented people play in building and sustaining successful creative businesses. Talent is so critically important but seems so inexplicably overlooked and undervalued in the publishing industry. I truly believe that [...]

Avatar: Disruptive storytelling

19Jan10

I’ve just got back from watching Avatar in 3D at the Imax. It was an incredibly immersive experience and the effects were brilliant. Having said that, as a story it’s really no better than any other well made blockbuster. So why has it taken so much money at the box office and why are audiences [...]

Entrepreneurs need to press the reset button

09Jan10

We are in the midst of an industry reset. The single most important requirement for every single digital publisher is to employ a team with the entrepreneurial flare to rethink the way our products are produced and positioned in the market. There is no point in even thinking about scaling our businesses to try and theoretically increase [...]


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