adrian monck

Month: May 2008

  • Democracy, markets and the BBC

    I have frequently found myself talking to reform-minded individuals in the Middle East. Many like the idea of democracy. They admire it. Personally they are liberal, progressive, secular. And yet the closer they are to power – or when holding office – the more they concede that the time is not yet ripe. Their work…

  • Scott McClellan’s book reviewed on twitter

    Scott McClellan’s book, summarized: “I totally didn’t know I was lying those 630,000 times.” Matthew Baldwin [HT: Charles Arthur]

  • Print and online strategies: a UK perspective

    So another account of the state of newspapers from a thoughtful British news exec, Chatham House rules. The key themes and claims (my thoughts in itals):

  • Poster power in the 21C

    Author Stew Friedman had to drum up an audience at Google HQ. Did he Twitter? A Facebook event, perhaps? Gmail? Nope. So, in this definitively 21st century work environment, how do you grab employees’ attention to entice them to attend a one-hour session with an author talking about his new book? This was the challenge…