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Start thinking things through “outside-in”
Linking Knowledge in a networked society I recently attended the annual ODI summit at the British Film Institute in London. There were some 700 people talking about how their organisations have embraced the open data concept and were figuring out new ways to solve...
Start thinking things through "outside-in"
Linking Knowledge in a networked society I recently attended the annual ODI summit at the British Film Institute in London. There were some 700 people talking about how their organisations have embraced the open data concept and were figuring out new ways to solve...
5 Leadership Attitudes from Flat Organisations
This post was co-written with Davide Casali of Automattic. He’s @folletto on Twitter and writes on Intense Minimalism. Have you ever wondered if a company without a management structure could even function? Without managers, you are essentially in a flat organization...
I think I’ve been sucked into something positive & immensely satisfying.
In the middle of 2013 I met a wonderful lady as I was wandering around attending networking meetings in London. Usha Chadha was a soul who seemed to have been looking for her place in the world but had found it. I asked her why she was so contented and she told me the...
I think I’ve been sucked into something positive & immensely satisfying.
In the middle of 2013 I met a wonderful lady as I was wandering around attending networking meetings in London. Usha Chadha was a soul who seemed to have been looking for her place in the world but had found it. I asked her why she was so contented and she told me the...
Ethos supports new healthcare training initiative for China
In the same week that President Xi was making his state visit to the UK, Ethos played a key role in supporting a UK delegation to China. The visit culminated with the signing of an agreement between Blue Peaks Healthcare Ltd (led by Ethos partner Jonathan Probets) and...
Ethos and Seme4 announce new business partnership
Ethos and data technology experts Seme4 have formed a strategic partnership to promote the potential of Linked Data to power a wide range of industry solutions. Seme4’s powerful Linked Data Platform is able to integrate digital information from diverse sources...
Adonis may have the body, but does he have a head for skills?
Anyone with half an ear on the UK news over the last few days will know that George Osborne announced that he was investing further in, what he believes to be a critical area of concern for the UK economy - Infrastructure. The Labour peer, Lord Adonis will be the...
Ethos launches £1.3m collaborative solution to skills shortages
Ethos’s most ambitious initiative yet, SkillsPlanner, an innovative approach to solving skills shortages, has been awarded £827k development funding from Innovate UK, the UK’s innovation agency. SkillsPlanner is a data platform that will allow stakeholders within an...
SkillsPlanner: yesterday, today and tomorrow
I had no idea when my construction journey started that I would one day be writing this: today we agreed a £1.3m initiative that has the most fundamental of aims, to connect those that are out of work with an industry full of opportunity, and to do so in the most...
Why wouldn’t you want to work this way too?
The thing is, how come I spent 36 years of my life in a very hierarchical, chain of command structured institution (which I immensely enjoyed) and in the 3 short years following, have become such an advocate of the Future of Work? Working in a flat structure, with no...
Why wouldn't you want to work this way too?
The thing is, how come I spent 36 years of my life in a very hierarchical, chain of command structured institution (which I immensely enjoyed) and in the 3 short years following, have become such an advocate of the Future of Work? Working in a flat structure, with no...
Team Army’s £3m success
Team Army, the Ethos charity which raises funds for sport in the Armed Forces, is celebrating having raised and distributed over £3m. Team Army was launched just four years ago to raise funds and attract sponsorship and donations to support all sports within the...
Why do people do work for others?
It may be stating the obvious but there are some concepts of our humanity that we hold dear only exist because we are social animals. Concepts like success, cooperation, ethics or reputation are expressions of our sociality. All sorts of factors seem to impact any...