the impact of technology on working practice

three years on the helter skelter

cleethorpes helter skelter by cubwolf on flickr

Progress on the web has been running at break-neck speed for so long that we have become accustomed to the helter-skelter pace of development and we rarely get the time to look back and reflect on our journey, from where we were to where we are.

Nevertheless, I was recently asked by to answer an interesting question: How has your working life been changed by technology over the past three years?
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I'm a visionary, get me out of here

If prophets are despised in their own land, where does that leave Visionaries – are they trapped or liberated by their own insight? The V word has increasingly wide currency but is far more often misappropriated than warranted. So how do you recognise a true visionary among the pretenders?

Picture credit: krish.tipirneni

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some advice for those who wish to be expert

Holding all the Aces

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Somebody asked me how they might fulfil their ambition of becoming an expert. My advice was straightforward: being an expert in something is not always enough. If you have real ambition you need to be holding a handful of aces, not just one or two. Continue reading article »