Nailed It!
I love the power of gestures and demonstration. I particularly love when there’s a historical story to be told behind ...
May 2010
Delivering Happiness. A simple idea seems almost radical
Tony Hsieh handed me an advance reading copy of his book a couple months back after I’d interviewed him for ...
Facebook Suicide
It’s been brewing for a while now and here it is. May 31st – National Quit Facebook Day. Facebook and ...
How Weird Are You?
If you interview at Zappo’s, one of the questions they ask you in the interview itself is how weird you ...
A Cheesy Charge
I have just read about this incredible technology that uses the by-products from the cheese making process (namely whey) to ...
Getting it right…and so very wrong
I am in the middle of a very heated, painful debate with HSBC at the moment, so writing something positive ...
Life After Birth
Rasmus and Nikolai, Founders of Danish baby brand iiamo, pay Liv a visit to talk about how their four core beliefs about parenthood really d...
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The Cult of Zappos
After a visit to Zappos HQ in Las Vegas Mark explores 'The Cult of Zappos', its roots in rave culture, and how it might transform capitalism...
It looks good enough to eat…
Appropriately, with London being one of the top fashion capitals of the world, I had a fascinating experience of a ...
Putting a bit more Ping in Ping Pong
So we have seen Attitude in football. We’ve seen it in Tennis. We have seen the UFC’s attitude trump the ...
Walk the line
Earlier this week, the New York Post paid a street artist to paint a white line down the sidewalk along ...
Palette Toast
I love stuff like this. Love it! How many ways can you think of to eat bread? Toast, sandwich, toasted ...
Beliefs with a shotgun?!
Came across this clip from Dale Peterson, a Republican running for the much discussed Commissioner of Agriculture in Alabama. I ...
Sir Isaac Newton’s Mystery School
Newton’s Third Law of Motion states that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. In this he ...
You obviously know what i’m talking about
I really love Miranda July. You and me and everyone else we know is probably my favourite movie…ever. Big call. ...
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Fun in Food
I saw these plates by English designers Rui Pereira and Hafsteinn Juliusson and think they are just fabulous. What a ...
Beliefs with Teeth – in an Antiques Programme
I am really interested in the idea of TV Programmes with beliefs, rather than just themes, narratives, or celebrities. That ...
Estee Lauder
To me, Estee Lauder is very much my mother’s brand. The way it looks, the way it smells and in ...
method ‘wash smart give smart’
We love method. There’s so much to say about them. Especially as they seem to just keep getting things right. ...
I Believe…
Olivia asks some questions about how beliefs are being used (and sometimes misused) today and how we might sharpen and utilise our own beliefs better in the future.
The Power of Hate
A story about how a group of artists defined themselves not by what they stood for but what they stood against - an important first step…
Writing On The Wall
Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh tells Mark how their values, mounted on the lobby wall in Vegas, act not only to welcome visitors and employees but also as a clear and direct emergency exit….
Trust no one who speaks
Playwrights are always interesting on Saying vs Doing- they spend their lives, after all, thinking about how to create engaging ...
The Long Shadow
A word of caution to any challenger looking to find a big monster out there and challenge it on our ...