New Office
(Originally posted on LinkedIn): I’m coming up on four years of working as an independent consultant, and I’ve hit the limit on working f...
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Books of the Year 2023
(Originally posted on LinkedIn): It’s become a habit each December for me to post about the best books that I read this year. For the fou...
Geopolitics, Publishing and TikTok
TikTok's geopolitical vulnerability is a prompt for publishers to ask a harder question: what proportion of your social audience are you migrating to channels you own?
Four Ages of Strategy
Applying Rumsfeld's four epistemic states—including the often-overlooked 'unknown known'—to map the four ages of business strategy and what they demand of leaders today.
A Fair Share in the Circular Economy
Original research estimating the UK secondhand book market at £360–500 million, and what it means for author earnings and the AuthorShare compensation scheme.
Business Models and Borges
On building useful business models: why a Borges short story about a 1:1 scale map is the perfect reminder that abstraction, not precision, is the goal.
Setbacks
On weathering professional setbacks and the importance of keeping sight of the overall direction of travel, rather than fixating on short-term reversals.
Defining Strategy
A working definition of strategy—and the assumptions behind it—developed while designing an online strategy workshop for a client.