Lars K. Jensen from Willmore does an excellent newsletter on innovation within digital media called ‘Products in Publishing’. If you haven’t signed up for it yet, I suggest that you go and do it - even if you’re not in media. Because the way that he uses data and analysis to inform his thinking is… Continue reading Data is subscription gold
Tag: analysis
The ‘naked’ online presence
More than 10 years ago when I was dating, I made it a habit to always Google my date ahead of our first meeting in person. Given what I was doing on an everyday basis at work it just felt natural to try to get a bit of insight beforehand and satisfy part of my… Continue reading The ‘naked’ online presence
Understand the root cause
Sometimes you can be so blinded by a specific solution to a problem that you completely forget what the root cause of the problem was. When people are facing challenges of some sort, they seldom jump straight to very specific solutions to the problem. Instead they dwell at the problem for a while - short… Continue reading Understand the root cause
B&O neutered
The Danish design icon, B&O, is in deep, deep trouble. The company was bleeding heavily before the crisis, and now they are looking to raise 400M DKK in new capital in order to weather the Covid-19 storm (or at least that's the convenient excuse). The problems at B&O run deep. Back in the day it… Continue reading B&O neutered
Facts matter
Yesterday I got wrapped up in a Twitter-fight. I know, you should never allow yourself to be in that position, but in this case 'the arsonist tweet' was so profoundly...don't know what to call it...I couldn't help myself. Basically, the discussion was around what or who killed Danish the Danish chain of bookstores, Arnold Busck,… Continue reading Facts matter
The greatest learning opportunity
There is no way around it: The greatest learning opportunity is when things don't go according to plan. When you envisioned X and Y or Z happens, and you have very little idea about why that is. When that happens - and it will happen - it is an open invitation to learn. It is… Continue reading The greatest learning opportunity