Paul Taylor

May 16, 2012

It’s our Birthday – Top Learnings of Bromford Social Media Year One

Last night – at our Board – the Chair opened the meeting with a question that I was utterly unprepared for. “Does anyone have an objection to people tweeting during this meeting? As long as they keep the comments relevant… Continue reading

May 14, 2012

Two things you can’t say on Twitter…..

There are two opinions that are definite no-go zones amongst the liberal left twitterati. Opinions that , if you were to express them openly , could see you banished to the most remote, uninhabited and hostile parts of the social… Continue reading

May 12, 2012

Job Descriptions are rubbish…..My Top 5 new rules

Did some work on some JD’s this week. I’ve been messing around them for some time – really struggling to articulate what I wanted. On Wednesday morning at 9:40am it struck me. Somebody , somewhere , about 50 or 60… Continue reading

May 9, 2012

12 Weeks To Change Your Online Life (or hand your iPad back…)

I’ve had a breakthrough that I want to share. Last Week I threw down a special challenge to some of our Board Members and Customer Stakeholders who we had struggled to get engaged in Online collaboration and Social Media. 3… Continue reading

April 21, 2012

The Amazon Test – #CustomerExperience Blog Post

I ordered a Kindle Touch yesterday – expecting a delay as you usually get with new product launches. It was ordered online at 15.38pm. 1-Click. It arrived at my door at 7:35am this morning. It arrives charged. It knows my… Continue reading

March 16, 2012

Highlights from Facebook for the Public Sector – Guest Post

It’s great when a colleague comes back really enthused from a conference. The following is a guest post originally published on our internal Yammer. Take it away @Helenatbromford : Attended a brilliant conference/’unconference’ in Birmingham which left me buzzing with ideas… Continue reading

March 8, 2012

Thoughts from #nhcsocmed…….

Loved yesterday at the Northern Housing Consortium “Social Media Unconference”. As one of the presenters it is probably inappropriate that I enthuse too much. But for me it was a much needed firecracker amid the general tedium of UK Housing events.… Continue reading

March 2, 2012

Feeling like a somebody rather than a nobody…..

The other day I blogged about the negative press surrounding work experience. And about how employers have to think differently to create a positive experience that unlocks potential in people. Especially the people who are the future of work and… Continue reading

February 29, 2012

On this work experience thing……..

Designing The Experience of Work I hated my work experience. Two weeks spent making cup’s of tea and doing the filing for embittered old men. It instilled in me a fear of offices, old men and filing that took 6 years to… Continue reading

January 23, 2012

The UK doesn’t trust young people – New Blog

When I was on holiday I sent the following couple of tweets: “Talking guy from neighbouring maharashtra. Trad fishing family now working in #mobile. State is as populous as Mexico and India’s richest” “Massive number of #geny and enterprising – doing 2,3,4 different… Continue reading

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