The Age of Loyalty Programs Is Ending
I can just remember a time when airlines only had a business class and an economy class. Now, it will often take five minutes for a gate attendant at most airports to rattle through all the permutations of Silver, Gold, Platinum, Double Platinum, Uranium, Plutonium and Mithril flyers to let them know that they can in fact take the left hand lane with the red carpet rather than right hand lane with the plain carpet to get their gears stowed first.
- 31/03/2018
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The Gathering Tech Economy Storm
Recently, I've begun seeing signs that I've been expecting for a while, even if I've not been wanting to. There is a tech recession coming. Like Hurricane Harvey, it has been sitting off the coast for a while as a tropical storm, but it has the potential to turn into a category 4 hurricane all too easily.
- 26/02/2018
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The Paradoxical Work Force
It's a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it's a depression when you lose yours, Harry S. Trumen. After several months where work seemed stalled on several fronts, things finally started to become busier again recently, enough so that I've had only minimal opportunities to update my LinkedIn posts. However, I've been thinking hard about the nature of work for a while now, and have come to some disturbing conclusions about what I think is happening structurally worldwide.
- 14/02/2018
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The Importance of Context
We live in the age of data. Around us, databases contain exobytes about us and the world that we live in. There is a sense, especially among managers and decision makers, that all of that data should be able to tell us something, especially after nearly a decade where "Big Data" as a meme has become one of the most marketed phrases on the planet.
- 27/12/2017
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The Week Without A Smartphone
We were running late. I'd stopped to pick up a co-worker for a trip from Seattle to Austin, TX, and he lived far enough out of town that the seemingly short distance to his house was marred by single lane roads, slow moving farm vehicles and the occasional heavy congestion point.
- 14/11/2017
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