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Thoughts after a slow and painful re-read

by admin on 26. Jul, 2010 in About the book

Image via Wikipedia I’ve spent the last couple of weeks proof-reading my book. This has been my final chance to make some tweaks to the text before it goes off to the printer. Unfortunately, it has needed more than a few ‘tweaks’ – and I found I had to rewrite a few chunks of text [...]

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The smartest thing anyone said to me…

by admin on 22. Jul, 2010 in About the book, Companies

Image by Getty Images via @daylife Just reading the proofs of Creative Disruption and re-reading my section of Deutsche Post. I’ve written about them as proof of how you can move into new adjacent markets,but only after you have fixed your core business. Deutsche Post started the modernisation programme on their network back in 1990, [...]

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The painful process of proof reading

by admin on 21. Jul, 2010 in About the book

I’ve been working on the proofs of Creative Disruption, this week. This is when the book comes back all nicely laid out, and you are advices to only make minor adjustments. Which I’m kind of doing, but reading back a lot of my prose needs a little more than ‘minor adjustments’. The flaws in my [...]

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Relief and amazement…copy editing is over

by admin on 15. Jun, 2010 in About the book

The copy editing is over, and my great oeuvre is off to be typeset. I managed to squeeze in a few hundred words about porn – a topic which could have fillled a book on its own. I still have a nagging feeling that the whole thing actually needs to be completely rewritten, but that [...]

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And so, to the editing

by admin on 02. Jun, 2010 in About the book

I’ve had the manuscript back from the editor, and when I’m not working or trying to enjoy a bit of sun, it looks like the next few days are going to be dominated with dealing with that. The problem is, I hate reading back anything I’ve ever written – always have done. In the same [...]

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First draft, she is finished

by admin on 17. Apr, 2010 in About the book

Nearly a year late, I handed in the first draft of Creative Disruption early in April. There is plenty of editing to be done, but disasters/ volcanoes permitting, it should be published September/ October. I’m currently away, something similar to normal blogging service should resume shortly. Tweet This Post

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To do list: 1. Finish manuscript

by admin on 10. Nov, 2009 in About the book

In an attempt to focus, I’m saying nothing here or elsewhere as I try to get the book finished for the end of November. Tweet This Post

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Creative Disruption: the what, when, how and why

by admin on 16. Aug, 2009 in About the book

For the last decade and a bit, I have been working in a newspaper business, dealing with the myriad of threats and opportunities offered by the internet. During all of this, I’ve also been following the trials and tribulations of other businesses and sectors who have seen their world turned upside down by the arrival [...]

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