BuzzFeed UK to make 45 staff redundant The website’s London workforce was briefed on the plans on Thursday evening. In a tweet later confirmed by the company, media and politics reporter Mark Di Stefano said 45 of the bureau’…
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Don't trust over-worked decaf drinkers
If you’re in an office full of over-worked journalists, the coffee drinkers are the ones to trust: According to a recent study, caffeine helps you resist pressure to act unethically at work. Oh, alright then. It’s more complex…
31-3.4 The Best Practice Delusion
I’ve been reading – and throughly enjoying – Leander Kahney’s book about Jony Ive. Ive himself remains somewhat elusive in the story, but his work leaps out, and in the end, that’s what matters. The stuff about his childhood…
The power of "why?"
Christopher Murphy, writing for Multidisciplinary Design on “human resource”: It’s no wonder monolithic businesses often fail. They grow and, in so doing, lose sight of what matters; people become humans and, in that subtle, but important semantic shift the…
Corporate voice is inherently impersonal
James O’Brien, quoting Alex Goldfayn: “Most of the content that companies put out on social media doesn’t catch on,” he said. “It’s too corporate and promotional. Despite the money invested — and the myriad social-media marketing agencies that…
Leadership without organisation
Lloyd Davis: Someone needs to say they’re going to show up for it. That’s what makes stuff happen. Lots of other important things help too, but it really kicks off when someone says “I’m going to be…
BIg Data - doing business faster than real-time
McKinsey & Company tell us what “faster than real time” actually means… ** Philipp Nattermann, Partner** What is big data and where is it coming from? Every web interaction, transaction, social media posting is creating. 1200 Exobytes of data is being…
Like Minds Exeter 2012 Liveblogs - day one
Links to my liveblogs of day one of Like Minds Exeter 2012**Morning session:**- [Russ Lidstone: Why what you do matters](http://wearelikeminds.com/like-minds-2012/russ-lidstone-why-what-you-do-matters) – Russ kicked off the “ideas festival” with a talk that played straight to…