September 3, 2024
An alternative technology for business
Techology isn’t just the hard stuff we see all around us – the telly, the washing machine, the mobile phone. … Read More “An alternative technology for business”
Category: Humanity
August 8, 2024
Why people start their own businesses.
What most human beings want – need – is clear: How much of each of these things an individual person … Read More “Why people start their own businesses.”
July 16, 2024
How to deliver a different kind of growth
A business is a place where people co-operate to create value, in the form of products and/or services that others … Read More “How to deliver a different kind of growth”
July 2, 2024
Feeling a little bereaved today.
I have a confession to make. For just over a year now I’ve been spending my Tuesday evenings with another … Read More “Feeling a little bereaved today.”
June 28, 2024
What it really means to be human
“Under neoliberalism everyone has to negotiate their fate alone, bearing full responsibility for problems that are often not of their … Read More “What it really means to be human”
June 11, 2024
Which problem do we really need to solve?
A pin used to be something precious, hand made, expensive. A thing that you’d be lucky to find, and sure … Read More “Which problem do we really need to solve?”
May 24, 2024
News I never wanted to get
I was saddened to find out yesterday that the schooner De Gallant had sunk off the Bahamas. I was devastated … Read More “News I never wanted to get”
May 23, 2024
I read this book. Now I feel depressed. And hopeful.
Techno-prole, techno-serf or vassal capitalist. Which are you? Unless you’re Jeff Bezos, or Mark Zuckerberg, or a shareholder of Google, … Read More “I read this book. Now I feel depressed. And hopeful.”
May 2, 2024
What is real marketing?
Real marketing isn’t selling. It isn’t transactional. It isn’t manipulative. It doesn’t exploit people’s anxieties to persuade them to buy … Read More “What is real marketing?”
May 1, 2024
Life, the ultimate ‘reality’
I’m reissuing this post from 2019, in response to some very scary stuff I heard on Radio 4 yesterday, about … Read More “Life, the ultimate ‘reality’”
