by Benjamin Ellis | May 26, 2010 | Event, Milestone Planner
Today I am up at Thinking Digital, in Gateshead. The evidence that the digirati are here in force is that the conference tag – #TDC10 – was trending topic on Twitter. Jonathan Drori has just given a provocative talk on the on classic pitfalls of business...
by Benjamin Ellis | May 19, 2010 | Leadership, Management
Outcome-based planning seems to attract a different type of leader. I had the opportunity to catch up with a few of our biggest Milestone Planner advocates on the phone today. I always come away from those discussions energised – they are a very different crew...
by Benjamin Ellis | May 18, 2010 | Milestone Planner, On the road
Thursday’s Being-Social Mashup event turned into a focal point for recent thinking and discussion. I chaired a panel on “How Social Media is changing the way we communicate” with Andrew Davis, Chris Thorpe, Jamie Riddell and David Cushman. Of course, within that...
by Benjamin Ellis | May 12, 2010 | Milestone Planner, planning
It’s been an interesting few days in the UK, but my eyes have been drawn to a news story about US President Obama. It’s positioned as a bombshell, but I’m not so sure why. “‘You’re coming of age in a 24/7 media environment that...
by Benjamin Ellis | May 4, 2010 | Milestone Planner, planning, Project Management
Before you read this you’ll need a pen and a piece of paper… OK. Draw a square. Now draw a triangle on top of the square. On the right hand side of the triangle, just on top, draw a rectangle. Now inside the first square you drew draw four other squares...
