http://www.interactiveknowhow.com Bright ideas to grow your business Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:40:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I was hoping to record some Audioboos last night at the RSA London Fellows' monthly gathering, but typically arrived late and managed to miss much of the action. It wasn't a bad turnout - around 30 fellows, potential fellows and some I guess just there for the free drinks. There ... http://www.interactiveknowhow.com/2009/07/henry-gewanter-mps-expenses/ This summer was going to be tough: deadline looming, heatwave simmering, credit crunching. Luckily, help has arrived in the form of the fabulous Deborah Dignam from Galway, Ireland, who's been helping me with research and other stuff for the final draft of the Leadership 2.0 book. Deborah is studying for an ... http://www.interactiveknowhow.com/2009/07/hello-deborah/ Aung San Suu Kyi's birthday 2008: http://www.flickr.com/photos/toastyoneuk/ Beneath London’s Strand, in one of the brick lined tunnels that used to enable boats to dock and goods to be unloaded in order to serve the grand houses, offices and hotels above, Burmese campaigner, Khun Saing, is talking about his love and respect ... http://www.interactiveknowhow.com/2009/06/happy-birthday-aung-san-suu-kyi/ Big thanks to David Wilcox and Tessy Britton - they've been brilliant! Their enthusiasm sparked me to get involved with the RSA Networks project towards the end of last year. One idea to come out of the project has been the setting up of a new RSA Fellowship Council. This council will ... http://www.interactiveknowhow.com/2009/06/rsa-fellowship-council/ Since 2007, Roland Harwood has been running Nesta Connect, a programme for collaborative innovation. I’ve come to Nesta to meet Roland because so many projects I’ve covered in the book, including Steve Moore’s 2gether and RSA Networks, have received funding through this initiative. A central aspect of Nesta Connect’s research is ... http://www.interactiveknowhow.com/2009/06/putting-your-ideas-on-the-line/ Maria Sipka is on cloud nine. And it doesn't look like she's coming down any time soon. Last month her new venture, Linqia, secured a second round of funding. And yesterday she heard that Plug and Play - the high powered US incubator - will seed Linqia's expansion in the ... http://www.interactiveknowhow.com/2009/05/power-to-the-people-2/ Steve Lawson's mum is on Twitter and she loves it. "I showed her my Twitter page. I showed her people we knew who were already on Twitter. I said you can now see what I'm up to and make funny comments about it and I'll know what you're up to. ... http://www.interactiveknowhow.com/2009/05/your-space-or-mine/ It's nearly a month since the launch of Audioboo and Mark Rock is quietly pleased with progress. This morning the social audio network was name-checked by Chris Moyles on his Radio One show. Tony Blackburn, Stephen Fry and the BBC's Technology correspondent, Rory Cellan-Jones are all fans. Corporate clients include The ... http://www.interactiveknowhow.com/2009/05/planet-rock/ “Any system that tries to apply rules to human behavior leaves itself open to being gamed. It’s scarey. Not everyone can cope with it. But I think if you show trust, then what tends to happen is that you reduce the incentive to game the system substantially, so just by ... http://www.interactiveknowhow.com/2009/05/us-now-fave-quotes/ Us Now from Banyak Films on Vimeo. Ivo Gormley's new (ish) film, backed by The RSA and ThinkPublic, is a timely look at how social media is impacting on political power. For anyone who couldn't make or didn't get to know about last year's London premier, it's great news that the ... http://www.interactiveknowhow.com/2009/05/us-now/