BLOG Make it happen..... It is very hard to make it happen. There is a huge gap between "loads of people interested" and "here is my money / time / commitment etc." This is why it is hard to make it happen. Really hard. The first 60% is easy, this is why you should crack some skulls there before you get to the last 40%. That 40% is where the real effort is, that is where you have to get people to put their money where their mouth is. Tribes - we need you to lead I am a big fan of Seth Godin, his books Tribes and Linch
BLOG Why I nearly killed myself at Hubspot London Ok I maybe wrong here. Maybe the whole day was not aimed at people like me. MAYBE it was aimed at people who have NEVER read a Hubspot e-book, blog or have only just discovered the internet. If I'd gone to this day two years ago I would have punched the organiser if I had met them in a bar later on in the day. When salesforce.com come to town they BLOW YOUR MIND. You leave inspired to do well just so you can use all of their products, even if you don't need them. I missed David Meerman Scott, b
BLOG #globalsharingday - Final Cut Pro - House of Commons with Marks and Spencer's Our HUGE day rounded off at the House of Commons with a deliciously informal speaker session. We all crammed into one room and were treated to insights from a rapid fire line up. This picture here shows Mike Barry being interviewed. Who is Mike Barry? He is the very active Head of Sustainability for Marks and Spencer's, and solid supporter of our quest at The People Who Share. Quite frankly in the world of gigantic corporations that take longer to turn than an oil tanker in a ocean storm M&S ar
BLOG Sharing is the new rock ‘n’ roll Sharing is the new rock ‘n’ roll. We now share our cars, our jobs and even our homes with others. Ahead of a world event to commemorate the practice, Metro asks how it became a phenomenon.‘Share your sweets with your sister.’ ‘Share your presents with your friends.’ ‘Share your chips with me.’ We spend so much of our childhoods being ordered by our elders to share the things we hold dear that it is no surprise we react by doing exactly the opposite. By the time we reach adulthood, for many of
BLOG This is SUMA Agency in Buenos Aires (AKA Bernie HQ) This is the video of the agency I co-work in when I am in Buenos Aires Bienvenidos a SUMA from agenciasuma on Vimeo.
BLOG Going to see Seth Suddenly it all seemed to fit into place. I'd been feeling very crap, lacking focus and felt overwhelmed all week, actually all month, maybe even all year. My head hurt, my body hurt and I just blurred out most days. I'd slipped into everything slightly being someone else's fault, which even if it is someone else's fault is a crap place to operate from. I wondered how long I'd been walking around with people going "do you think he realises?" The strain must show in my face, I am always p
BLOG Join us in Spring 2013 in San Francisco for a global gathering and cultural immersion in the #sharingeconomy ecosystem and community. Join us in Spring 2013 in San Francisco for a global gathering and cultural immersion in the sharing economy ecosystem and community. mesh2013 brings together the instigators — entrepreneurs, designers, city planners, engineers, makers, artists, doers, dreamers, proto-typers and futurists — those actively building products, services, policies, and communities. We are experimenting relentlessly with new forms of access, openness, business models, delight delivery and enriching our world. It’s ti
BLOG I am loving the sharing.… Ok so I accidentally got involved in a tech start up and found my self sharing rather than selling. I have always been crap at selling, mainly because somewhere in there you only really want to meet people who are going to buy your product or service. Me? I love people, I love bringing people together at events and I love racing through streets in Soho talking very fast on my phone trying to pull everything off with no time, no budget and necking a double espresso from Flat White. I am stress
BLOG London Bloggers Meet Up - Blog or Tweet? I am terrified to write this post in case @lesanto reads it and calls me up. It is not really that he is scary - I bet he is a teddy bear with a cup of hot chocolate really. It is that I know I could do better. When you get a room full of London Bloggers together there is a cross section of people who are smart people. They may work in education, business or have a real job like like being a parent. There is a vibe I find infectious and love hearing about people's blogs, everyone says "oh I just
BLOG TEDx and Music So there we were half way through TEDx and it was all going well, then Marisa pops on stage and starts talking about music. I have recently been on a mission after discovering musomap via twitter, We needed something to pull together a section of Global Sharing Day and this was it. Funny what shows up when you need it. So Tessa Marchington sails on about how can connect with music and share music, then she mentions the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra which is conducted by Daniel Barenboim an Ar
BLOG Learning to share.... So there I was tweeting away and suddenly I'd fallen into building the sharing economy. Not single handedly of course - lots of faster, taller and smarter people with letters after their name started long before me. I was not looking for it, nor was I particularly mad about it. I joined Zip Car because I think owning a car that you drive once a week is nuts, I used Spotify and Love Film early on because the thought of buying CD's and DVD's and then buying furniture to keep them on was a pain in
