Start-up culture can be a unique force of creativity and new thinking – but not every young company is united by a thread of unwavering spirit and determination. It’s much more complicated, and even good intentions can turn foul in execution...
Read MoreOur obsession with how much we earn is partly due to our society, and partly something we’ve inherited. Success is about reward – but rewards can be both tangible, as in cash bills squeezed into a wad, and intangible, as in the skills, brand development, knowledge and reputation that we acquire as a result of the work we do. These are equally essential to understanding where we’re at, and recognizing our progression pathways...
Read MoreOur battle with authority starts when we’re born. It starts with our parents, our relatives and older siblings, and later extends to our teachers, bosses and government. How our early relationships develop inform those that follow – shattered bonds and broken paradigms create indelible senses of mistrust, whilst strong family units provide enduring armour against the world...
Read MoreNo one wants to fail. But we don’t all necessarily want to succeed, either...
Read More1/ Empathy. 2/ Recalcitrance. 3/ Ability to live in the present. 4/ Live without distraction....
Read MoreSolitude is both positive and beneficial and, for the ambitious, necessary. You won’t spend your time contemplating possible X Factor winners; you’ll devote yourself to self-reflection – nurturing an unbreakable and myopic vision for the future that sets you in the crowning chair...
Read MoreWe’re never going to be content. Technology has seen to that. There’s always going to be something new to make a mockery of the old. Since we started pumping our air with the innovative spirit, business as usual hasn’t been business as usual. We’ve been shaking up the dusty establishment, discarding the detritus and devising new ways to work and play...
Read MoreGenerally, we’re an idealistic people. We’re inspired by the idea of the socially divergent working from humble dorm rooms and garages (modern day version of a lair), changing the world from the shadows. Spurred by Hollywood and an inveterately sensationalising media, there exists a cultural-wide love affair with the superhero narrative, attested to by the sheer number of superhero movies produced over the past decade (non-coincidentally resurgent from the 1970s and 80s). A number of factors are behind this: encroaching world wide calamity – the threat of (nuclear) war or the constant peril of terror attacks...
Read MoreThe business landscape is a hunting ground. Small start-ups hungrily seek the market share of big players, whilst big players desperately look to absorb start-ups’ entrepreneurial agility. And thus traditional understandings of the employee role are slowly lost. The workers of today must be entrepreneurs, innovators and inventors, with the elusive talents and traits normally allergic to the corporate environment...
Read MoreArtists often talk about inspiration being drawn from new experiences. Through the 21st century, technology has become the new experience, redefining how we live and interact. The Internet is, both virtually and in actuality, a new frontier, filled with boundless potential, promise and possibility. We no longer think of when we can do something, but rather when we’ll achieve it...
Read MoreCue Edinburgh, the hilly champion of Scotland’s future. Edinburgh is already the UK’s largest financial centre outside of London and bears the unofficial title of UK’s second capital – a claim that somewhat risks belittling the city’s potential. Because far more important than Edinburgh’s past or present, is its future – as the budding pioneer of a reinvigorated Scotland...
Read MoreModern storytelling can be better seen as story craft – of constructing an image and/or recognisable identity around a product, service or thing...
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