Some thoughts on how to use risk behaviour theory to create a wave of behaviour change

Look at almost any social advertising campaign to combat risk behaviour that springs to mind and the chances are you’ll see a determined, challenged, …

Late last year The Foundation was engaged by M&S to re-invigorate the proposition for M&S Energy and bring this proposition to life in a way that could be easily communicated to customers and M&S stakeholders.  Here in an extract from …

There was a very interesting piece on the importance of timing in business in the FT this week.  It reminded us that the best entrepreneurs and innovators in business do not control what happens around them – they just observe their surroundings and then react swiftly …

An interesting article on the BBC Business site this morning on the chicken and egg relationship between technology and ideas in innovation and entrepreneurship.  Does technological innovation drive ideas or vice versa?

It reminded me of a second interesting piece on the …

As Apple’s success continues in the post-Jobs era (to the extent that they now have so much money they’re giving it away to shareholders), an interesting comparison is made in this article between Amazon and Apple in terms of the relationships …

A couple of things have caught our eye over the last week which both remind us of the importance of taking ideas from outside influences in order to make what you’re doing better.

Firstly, 10 tips (above) taken from Austin Kleon’s book about …

An interesting interview from last night’s Evening Standard with Jonathan Ive, Apple’s Senior Vice President of Industrial Design.

He shares some refreshingly straightforward thoughts about innovation and problem solving, which seem just as applicable to business growth challenges as they are to product design.…

This video by the Economist Intelligence Unit forms part of FutureScapes, a project convened by Sony in conjunction with Forum for the Future, which explores the opportunities and challenges of sustainable living in 2025, and the role of technology …

Yesterday marked the launch of The International Year of Sustainable Energy for All by the United Nations’ Secretary-General, HE Ban Ki-moon, at the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi. The Secretary-General’s objectives, to be achieved by 2030, are:

1.  To …

… A serious concern for many at this time of year, and one which makes this TED talk essential viewing:

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/derek_sivers_how_to_start_a_movement.html

Good luck starting the next dance craze, and merry Christmas from everyone at The Foundation!…

Spirited.

A few weeks ago we had a team trip to Leander boat club where Olympic Champion Steve Williams helped us apply some principles he learnt training for the Olympics into business teamwork. It was a fantastic two days which …

We had a brilliant turnout at our forum event last week where the subject for discussion was ‘social innovation’. Our three speakers (Cliff Prior, Chief Executive of UnLtd, the Foundation for Social Entrepreneurs, Alison Hutchinson, Chief Executive of the electronic …

James Alexander, one of our partners and also founder of Zopa (the marketplace where people lend and borrow money) talks about the financial and social reward of being part of a peer to peer money market.

View the clip on TEDX here…

I’ve been hugely privileged to represent The Foundation at TED Global this week – and I hope that this becomes an annual tradition for someone in the firm.  Why? – because much of our work is about helping our clients …

Another Foundation Forum, another evening of meaty discourse in the grand surroundings of The Arts Club. This time, it was the world of digital that was up for dissection – “Digital is now mainstream; the revolution is over” – and, …

Ray Eitel-Porter – the data analyst’s view

To champion a blind reliance on data, divorced from intuition, would be a foolhardy move. But to overlook the potential for data to help us make better decisions would be equally unwise.

When …