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Andrew Armour
Collaborative Consultant, Partnership Professional, Marketing Man
Thank you for visiting my site. I am a media industry marketing professional and a specialist in partnership development, collaboration and relationship management. My career has covered entertainment, advertising and digital marketing in UK and internationally. I am the founder of Benchstone Limited and now provide marketing and project consultancy, conference, meeting & workshop facilitation.
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Stefan Lindegaard – On Open Innovation- 6 Drivers for Intrapreneurs and InnovationI am giving a workshop on intrapreneurship next week and as I am doing some research, I decided to update this post and ask for more input on the drivers for intrapreneurs – and innovation in general.…
- 6 Drivers for Intrapreneurs and Innovation
- IDEO – On Innovation
- Articles: IDEO’s Designs On— Packaging LaunchesCore77 and Fast Company cover IDEO’s Designs On— Packaging online launch. Expired and Synthetic Biology are spotlighted.
- Articles: IDEO’s Designs On— Packaging Launches
- From Seth Godin
- It's Thomas Midgeley day May 18, 2013Today would be his 124th birthday. A fine occasion to think about the effects of industrialization, and what happens when short-term profit-taking meets marketing. Midgeley is responsible for millions of deaths. Not directly, of course, but by, "just doing his job," and then pushing hard to market ideas he knew weren't true—so he and his bosse […]Seth Godin
- It's Thomas Midgeley day May 18, 2013
- From Kevin Roberts
- A Song In My Heart May 17, 2013Image Source: news.sciencemag.org When Lovemarks was created, one of the key elements that I could not leave out of the equation was Sensuality. The senses of sight, sound, touch, taste and smell have such an effect on our emotions that to leave them out would be simply unthinkable. Sound in the form of music has its roots in poetry, and in my opinion, the b […]Kevin Roberts
- A Song In My Heart May 17, 2013
- From Kevin Kelly
- Personal Shadow Outsourcing January 17, 2013Originally posted in The Technium For years I've heard apocryphal stories of knowledge workers in Silicon Valley who outsourced their job themselves. They had permission to work at home, but in fact outsourced their work to cheap Chinese or Indian labor. The Valley worker would work only a few hours per day overseeing his help, and goof off the rest. Th […]
- Personal Shadow Outsourcing January 17, 2013
- Media News – Media Week
- Nokia and McDonald's among the takers for C4's ad offerB&Q, Nokia, McDonald's and Bulmers are some of the most recent brands to sign up to broadcaster Channel 4's new advertising strategy for 4oD.Priyanka Mehra Dayal
- Nokia and McDonald's among the takers for C4's ad offer
- The MIX: Management Exchange -
- Creating the High-Trust OrganizationJohn Mackey John Mackey American society appears to be undergoing a crisis in trust. Most of the major organizations that we depend upon, including governments of all types, corporations, our health care system, our financial institutions, and our schools all seem to be failing us. Indeed, I do not believe it is an exaggeration to claim that our society is a […]
- Vineet Nayar: Where is the real value in your organization? Vineet Nayar Vineet Nayar HCL Technologies CEO Vineet Nayar describes the company's "employees first, customers second" principle—and the innovation journey it launched. Watch video
- Terri Kelly: Are you ready to give up power to get results?Terri Kelly Terri Kelly MIX Maverick Terri Kelly, CEO of W.L. Gore, makes the case for a new brand of distributed leadership. Watch video
- John Mackey: What's love got to do with it?John Mackey John Mackey Here’s a radical idea: if you want your people to trust you, start trusting them, says Whole Foods CEO John Mackey. Watch video
- Good Boss, Bad TimesMcKinsey & Company McKinsey & Company Management expert Robert Sutton shares lessons on handling layoffs and teams in crisis. This is a Conversation Starter, one in a series of invited opinions on topical issues. Layoffs, pay cuts, and organizational reordering have become widespread realities in the downturn. In this video interview, management prof […]
- Creating the High-Trust Organization
