Influx

The last 24 hours in the life of HP has been dramatic.. - They reported poor results - Talked about pulling out of PCs - Walked away from Web OS- and then changed its mind - Acquired a UK software company for $10 billion The effect has been to devastate the company’s share price (down 20%...

It was great to be one of the 180 people that got to participate in the Planningness event in Minneapolis last week. Mark Lewis and Claire Grinton, yet again, showed us how to put on an event that combines raw ingredients with the opportunity to turn those ingredients into something useful. The...

Having spent the last 36 hours surrounded by planners creating solutions at Planningness, this little video clip from Instagram’s founders stuck me has highly relevant. They suggest that problem identification is actually harder than coming up with solutions. It’s just a good reminder...

Complexity has become an excuse for some businesspeople to preserve the status quo, to abandon thinking ahead and to push strategy to one side, because they don't believe it can be flexible and responsive enough to help them in a rapidly changing world. KPMG recently asked 1,400 corporate decision...

"The most important thing to remember is that creating a beautifully simple experience is incredibly complex. To succeed planners needs to reach a level of breath and depth as never before. Breath because not are only briefing creative but also designer, technologist and user experience architect....

Social media is what many brands want a part of, but very few have made it.On the surface, it seems simple, but dig a little deeper and you come across a myriad of complex political and structural issues that are standing in the way of success. It seems there's probably a role for consulting...

The well-known Swedish fashion company H&M enters a new phase. H&M always followed the same route: cheap trendy fashion. Now they enter a new phase. By buying the upcoming Swedish fashion company Fabric Scandinavien (behind brands like Sunday Sun , Cheap Monday . HM enters a new role as a...

The Planning for Good group on Facebook was created less than 12 hours ago and already 45 people have signed up. We've had a great responses from planners in the US and UK. We need more people to join us, but we also need help in the following areas: 1. Suggestions for good people to add to...

Consultants tell agencies that clients need big ideas powerful enough to transform their businesses, but there’s little evidence of these ideas and even fewer benchmarks.Thankfully, Craig Mawdsley of the UK’s AMV BBDO put together a fantastic paper about the work his agency did for UK...

Business Week recently conducted a survey amongst senior executives on the topic of innovation. One of the questions struck Influx as being especially interesting; the obstacles to return on investment for innovation. The barriers aren’t exactly what you expect them to be, for...