January 13, 2021
Tech reform: coming to a screen near you in 2021?
November 30, 2020
10 things Donald Trump has taught us about Twitter
October 16, 2020
RSA Digital Summit – live blog
October 8, 2020
Netflix’s The Social Dilemma: Facebook and not-so chill
September 21, 2020
A digital ethnography of lockdown life
February 25, 2020
Introducing my new newsletter: Free Speech
February 20, 2020
Let’s talk about leadership and mental health
December 31, 2019
Goodbye 2010s: the decade of selfies, fake news and data abuse
December 11, 2019
Reviewing the papers on BBC Worklife
November 29, 2019
Never trust a brand that’s not on social media
September 19, 2019
Are you getting the traffic you deserve?
July 31, 2019
5 ways to build social media engagement
June 28, 2019
How to deal with a PR crisis
February 7, 2019
Why 2019 will be the year of ethical tech
December 10, 2018
Do we all need to delete old tweets?
December 7, 2018
Using Iris to track conversations around design thinking
November 21, 2018
ODI Summit: can we take back control of our data?
October 9, 2018
When the catfish wins, everyone loses
September 28, 2018
What should employers include in a social media policy?
September 15, 2018
Why I’m working with Design Club
September 12, 2018
The easy way to schedule social media
May 23, 2018
5 things I learned at Women Leading in AI 2018
March 28, 2018
Facebook, the future and us
February 27, 2018
Did Kylie Jenner kill Snapchat?
February 7, 2018
Is Snapchat growing up?
January 25, 2018
How to be famous on social media
January 4, 2018
Health, clarity and purpose: my resolutions for 2018
October 17, 2017
You’ve made an influencer list, now what?
August 31, 2017
How to track brand mentions using TweetDeck
May 21, 2017
Thinking Digital 17: it’s all about live video
January 29, 2017
Resistance is fertile. Especially on Twitter
December 23, 2016
Merry Christmas and all the best for 2017!
December 9, 2016
A career in tech is for everyone
November 29, 2016
A tech manifesto for love and peace
October 22, 2016
5 things I learnt at NYK Europe
August 29, 2016
Are brands ready for Instagram Stories?
July 29, 2016
The Top 100 UK CEOs on Twitter
March 18, 2016
8 things I learnt at Thinking Digital London
February 19, 2016
Brand management for a social age
February 12, 2016
It’s not all roses for chocolatiers on Valentine’s Day
February 10, 2016
Reaching out from silos – but remaining firmly in our bubble
February 3, 2016
15 content ideas for primary schools on Twitter
January 19, 2016
Get social media ideas and inspiration – straight to your inbox!
December 15, 2015
Less is more: the social media strategy of luxury brands
December 15, 2015
Social media – the art of digital storytelling
November 25, 2015
Bleach London: the ultimate social salon
November 19, 2015
Is your social purpose more than skin deep?
September 30, 2015
How to build trust at work
September 25, 2015
3 key trends from Social Media Week 2015
September 14, 2015
10 must-see events at Social Media Week
September 10, 2015
5 things I learnt as an Airbnb Host
May 29, 2015
Thinking Digital: back to the future
March 20, 2015
Nonprofits: the good, the bad and the ugly
March 20, 2015
Does every brand need a social purpose?
January 3, 2015
Influencer marketing – or good old fashioned PR?
December 23, 2014
Six social media tips to light up 2015
November 19, 2014
Say hello to social – or wave goodbye to top talent
October 21, 2014
Aspiration nation – why we all want a piece of Pinterest
September 19, 2014
My top 10 events for Social Media Week London 2014
July 28, 2014
Passion trumps content strategy
May 22, 2014
Live blog: Coffee with Chi Onwurah MP #TDC14
April 30, 2014
Swearing as a PR strategy: how big and clever is it?
April 4, 2014
Eleven random facts: my Liebster Award (part II)
January 29, 2014
Mad dogs and teleworkers
December 20, 2013
Wishing you a fabulous Christmas AND ultra-social 2014!
December 19, 2013
All I want for Christmas is a digital high street
October 24, 2013
Live blog: 7 tips for great social video #SMM13
October 23, 2013
Social media engagement must be more than skin deep
September 23, 2013
#SMWLDN liveblog: social media and the financial markets
September 21, 2013
The Social Media Launch Pack is here!
August 8, 2013
Why peer recommendation works – my Airbnb experience
June 24, 2013
Let’s move the conversation beyond “brands”
April 24, 2013
Why flexible working is the future
The nine to five, five day, working week is a modern construct. It was introduced…
April 24, 2013
The old curiosity pop-up shop
As my mum would no doubt love to tell you, I organized my first free party aged 14:…
December 11, 2012
The Digital Champion’s Manifesto
Back in October 2008, Gina Poole told me about the network of BlueIQ Ambassadors…
November 13, 2012
Hold fire on the BBC – our condemnation will only deepen the management crisis
Poor old Beeb. Damned if they do and damned if they don’t. I can’t help agreeing…
October 24, 2012
The Social Revolution
Words like “collaboration”, “community” and “engagement” are used frequently in…
October 12, 2012
Jimmy Savile: an extraordinary popular delusion
The past is another country. Let's not be nostalgic for it. The Jimmy Savile story…
September 25, 2012
Live blog of sold-out event “Fashion and Pinterest”
10:12 We are at the very cool Beyond Retro café in Dalston (top pic of Karinna…
September 24, 2012
Live blog of “Heroes of Social Innovation”
13:30: This pic is of host/ chair Mark Pedro Hindle and Futuregov's Dominic…
September 24, 2012
Live blog of “The Elephant In The Room: Social Media in the Enterprise”
11:10am It’s a great panel line-up here at Hub Westminster with Will McInnes (Nixon…
September 18, 2012
Monkeys with suitcases: glamping it up
Things have been a bit quiet on this blog over the past month but I’ve been holed…
August 14, 2012
How I got my stolen laptop back through Twitter
We had a break-in a few weeks ago, and I mentioned it on Twitter. I didn’t really…
August 13, 2012
My Sofalympics: why I hardly left home during London 2012
Like all obedient Londoners I watched the Olympics pretty much from my sofa,…
June 27, 2012
Silent disco – last Wednesday of every month at the Science Museum
Saw these people gyrating to silent disco when I was at the Science Museum for…
June 27, 2012
Listening Post: an amazing audio-visual installation at London’s Science Museum, tracking the text-based web
Listening Post (2003) is “a dynamic portrait of online communication, displaying…
June 12, 2012
Collaborative behaviour in organisations: the top 4 barriers and enablers
A networked Europe - c'est possible? I read today that Axel Schultze is in charge…
June 11, 2012
Research shows women as the new early adopters – are we surprised?
Thanks to Jim Zalles of Retail Bench for pointing me to some really interesting…
June 11, 2012
L’Uomo Vogue, the broadcast paradigm and why we all live in our very own hall of mirrors
Thanks to Anke Holst for tweeting about Vogue Italia’s May/June issue of L’Uomo…
June 8, 2012
Who else remembers The Blue Note, Hoxton?
I was born and raised in West London so the East was an alien land. Once I traipsed…
June 8, 2012
Digital Shoreditch: the greatest show on earth!
I missed last year’s inaugural Digital Shoreditch, so tried to make up for this…
May 22, 2012
RSA Fellowship Council Meeting 11 – follow the live blog here #RSAde
I’m live blogging the 11th meeting of the RSA Fellowship Council here from 1.30pm…
May 11, 2012
Computer says yes! I love IT managers but…
As Nick Carr predicted in The Big Switch, some of our most familiar career paths…
May 4, 2012
How to get married in the 21st Century…who needs embossed card when you’ve got Facebook?
Last weekend my friend Jill got married to her lovely fiance Saf. The wedding was…
April 5, 2012
A picture paints a thousand words – the phenomenal rise of Pinterest
The great thing about Pinterest is that it’s not only useful on a personal level,…
March 30, 2012
Cherry-picking the best stuff for “Monkeys with Typewriters”
Spring has sprung...and it's time to get blogging! If you're an occasional reader…
February 29, 2012
RSA Fellowship Council Meeting 10
I’m live-blogging the Fellowship Council meeting happening now at The RSA in…
December 8, 2011
RSA Fellowship Council 9 – live blog
Thanks Ell Brown for photo. I’m live blogging the ninth meeting of the RSA…
October 20, 2011
A day of sunshine, seagulls and serendipity: Like Minds highlights
The first time I heard about the Like Minds conference was two or three years ago…
October 7, 2011
A tribute to my Ada Lovelace Day heroes
Today is Ada Lovelace Day and all over the world, people are honoring and…
September 21, 2011
RSA Fellowship Council 8: development of RSA House
I'll be blogging the eighth meeting of the RSA Fellowship Council here from 1.30pm…
September 15, 2011
Why every CEO needs a social media presence (Twitter, tea and sympathy)
Yesterday I gave a talk at an entrepreneurs lunch hosted by Smith & Williamson in…
June 30, 2011
Up on the roof near Silicon Roundabout
Taken at White Bear Yard, London EC1, the tech incubator where my partner Noam…
June 17, 2011
Our team gets ready to build the EZPZ browser. Suddenly it all feels very #BBCApprentice
The RSA Digital Engagement working group (#RSAde) teamed up with Lancaster…
May 24, 2011
All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace: great new BBC2 series
If you missed the first part of documentary-maker Adam Curtis’ new BBC2 series last…
May 24, 2011
Why tweeting makes us feel good
Making connections makes us happy. Kathy Sierra wrote a great post a few years ago…
May 17, 2011
Setting a digital engagement strategy for RSA Fellowship
The main aim of our RSA digital engagement (#RSAde for short) strategy meeting last…
May 12, 2011
Meeting in a library built at the time of Gaskell to discuss the future #RSAde
Early arrivals to the RSA Digital Engagement Group strategy meeting: taken at the…
April 26, 2011
Don’t hold back the tide on social business
David Terrar recently argued that social media consultants should drop the "social…
April 21, 2011
All About Brands animation: sneak preview
Here is a frame from the animation we've been working on for AAB's new social media…
April 19, 2011
RSA Fellowship Council 7: how do we measure impact?
1330: The seventh meeting of the RSA Fellowship Council has just kicked off and…
April 18, 2011
His Master’s Voice? The people bite back!
It's music to my ears - a world where geek is chic and homespun is big business: It…
April 18, 2011
Rory Sutherland and social cues
Nice little interview with Rory Sutherland of Ogilvy in which he dismisses…
April 1, 2011
It’s high time for smart working
There seems to have been a whole wealth of business books lately telling us how to…
April 1, 2011
The new transparency means nobody can be whiter than white
This week I started work at All About Brands plc, a London-based marcomms firm,…
March 24, 2011
4 key Millennial trends from Archrival’s Charlie Hull
1. Life-tracking: Millennials like tools that help them understand themselves…
March 24, 2011
JP Rangaswami: brave new dawn
It’s a bright sunny day outside (this is the view) and JP Rangaswami…
March 16, 2011
Twitterview with Katerina Cizek
“To be human in this century is to be urban” says Czech-Canadian filmmaker,…
March 2, 2011
Listening to fishermen
I’m still trying to come to terms with the fact that fish and chips, our well-loved…
February 9, 2011
Abi Signorelli: creating a social culture at Virgin Media
Abi used to work for Virgin Media (head of internal comms). For last two years has…
February 9, 2011
How British American Tobacco uses social tools for employee engagement
Next up, David Richard Hare from BAT. 15.54: BAT had 'ten years of failure' with…
February 9, 2011
Matt O’Neill on using social tools for event production
This is someone from Media140 introducing Matt (sorry I will get her name). 15.05:…
February 9, 2011
How social tech maximises the workforce at IBM
I’m live blogging the Media 140 event on how social technologies can maximize your…
February 4, 2011
What do we mean by “social business”?
For a couple of years now there's been a social business debate, led by the likes…
February 2, 2011
RSA Fellowship Council 6: progress so far
1330: I’m live blogging the RSA Fellowship Council (FC) meeting at RSA House,…
January 26, 2011
Innovative projects announced at Birds Eye View launch
I'm dead chuffed to have been involved with the Birds Eye View Film Festival which…
January 20, 2011
@edent and @anniemole at the BCS Women talk. Thanks for the plug guys!
Big thanks to Sue Black for organising this event for BSC Women which had an…
January 14, 2011
Back to school
My 4 year old daughter started school last week and there have been tears most…
January 7, 2011
Life’s a beach – with wifi
So, I don’t have a great deal to show for three months of living in Israel…
November 9, 2010
Should I use my personal Twitter account when starting a business?
A friend of mine has set up a new business. It’s a modest operation at present and…
October 8, 2010
Monkeys with coffee pots
You may well have seen the new UK ad from Costa Coffee; it took a while to filter…
August 19, 2010
#UKsnow “was not our finest hour” says easyJet UK General Manager
I must admit, I was dreading this day. But possibly not as much as easyJet must…
July 16, 2010
Tuttle Club is all aglow
Debbie Davies has designed these fab skirts which she was showing off at Tuttle…
July 16, 2010
London gets more social
A sneak preview of TFL's new cycle fleet! We walked past this flashy new docking…
June 30, 2010
Ooh look: an all male panel at a tech conference!
The final session of day 2 of the Cloud Computing World Forum and these five have…
June 4, 2010
All hail the pancake! A flatter, more collaborative corporate structure
The other presentation that inspired me at The Web and Beyond was by Josephine…
June 4, 2010
Stephen P Anderson presents his Mental Notes
What psychological tricks can we use to modify behaviour? Design consultant Stephen…
May 19, 2010
Speaking to UN workers in Geneva
I’m at a social media round table at the offices of LABEL in Geneva.…
May 14, 2010
Debating with Andrew Keen in Berlin
When I chose Monkeys with Typewriters as the name for my book on social media, I…
April 30, 2010
If men were “having it all” they’d be depressed, too!
There are two things I’m a bit sick of in the press this week, first is the idea…
April 14, 2010
Marketing: It’s not about the elves!
I read Doug Rushkoff’s Cyberia back in 1992 and loved it. Rushkoff is great at…
April 9, 2010
Coming up roses? Let’s compare organisational IT to gardening
I like the analogy from Mark Raskino at Gartner who says that we should compare…
March 24, 2010
Today is Ada Lovelace Day and I’m grateful for family planning
And of all the women in science and technology to whom I might be grateful, Marie…
March 19, 2010
The future of business ecosystems
Yesterday I had the pleasure of moderating a discussion on the future of business…
March 19, 2010
A social approach to corporate communications
Earlier this week at the Social Media World Forum, David Terrar was asking if any…
March 12, 2010
In looking to the future, we mustn’t forget our past
I’m mulling over stories to tell at Social Business Edge in New York next month.…
March 10, 2010
Anxiety dream: institutions, airports and ice cream
Noam and I are living in some weird warren-like commune/ community/ educational…
March 4, 2010
Here’s to us: the digital pioneers!
We’re constantly hearing about the ‘Net generation, digital natives and web-savvy…
March 4, 2010
Give attention, not bribes
I’m often guilty of giving my three year old a treat when I need her do something…
February 25, 2010
Bullying allegations against Gordon Brown
Gordon Brown is clearly so unhappy. I can't wait for the general election to put…
February 11, 2010
Popping into Cass Business School
Popped into Cass Business School this afternoon to have tea with the always…
February 10, 2010
The impact of social media on people, society and culture
1. How relevant is Metcalfe’s Law to social networks? 2. If we apply modern…
February 10, 2010
Tweetup lowdown
It was great to see a fab bunch of people turn out for the Monkeys Tweetup last…
February 5, 2010
Yay! Monkeys Tweetup gets under way
February 3, 2010
The anthropology of social media – and other events
It's tough getting decent work done on a Friday, so what better way to spend the…
February 3, 2010
Going underground in Adam Street
London’s Social Media Week got off to a roaring start on Monday night with a drinks…
January 26, 2010
The search for leadership 2.0
Thanks to social reporter David Wilcox for recording this interview after the…
January 17, 2010
The unbearable lightness of being
Loved this feature on the post-bureaucratic age which Alberto Nardelli pointed out…
December 16, 2009
Visit iKnowHow for the latest RSA Fellowship Council liveblog
Now available over on the iKnowHow blog.The second meeting of the RSA Fellowship…
December 10, 2009
Book launch: wide-eyed monkeys and many-eyed bugs
I really REALLY enjoyed last night's book launch at Cass Business School. Thanks…
November 27, 2009
Biz Stone: lessons in lightness
I was gutted not to be able to interview Biz Stone for my book. We had an email…
November 19, 2009
Great minds think alike: flocking as a superpower
This bird ballet is a great metaphor our own "real life emergent behaviour" - what…
November 18, 2009
Monkeys with Typewriters video interview
Lovely social reporter David Wilcox, did a video interview with me last week at…
November 17, 2009
Cover story
Like an old-fashioned dad pacing up and down outside the delivery room while my…