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So, does anyone think 2010 was a really weird year? It didn't have the 'OMG! Western Capitalism is dead!' drama of 2008, nor the limping, walking wounded vibe of 2009. Hey, 2010 even saw the return of...
I've written before how groupthink, not only makes my skin crawl, but is counterproductive to innovation (it is the grit that makes the pearl, remember). But I've been thinking a lot about herd behav...
First off, let me just say I am not slagging off the Innotribe sessions at this year's Sibos. I love innovation. Whether it's the next hot thing or the next hot air - innovative ideas and technology g...
One criticism of the digital age is that 'living online' so-to-speak, takes away from real interactions with living, breathing human beings. Well, without being ironic, Twitter was the ultimate cataly...
Not much. No, seriously, really not that much. Well, that's not strictly true. I do have some beliefs and knowledge about the use of social media from a personal, professional and every day life point...
The dialogue between the needs of the business groups (often widely disparate and silo'ed business groups) and the responsibilities of the enterprise IT departments can often read like a clichéd marri...
Two things popped up at me on Twitter today. One a blog with comments by Alex Payne criticising Twitter, again (you work for banksimple now!) and another bit of street graffiti adorning London's new c...
I asked yesterday if anyone was 'bothered' by ongoing march of Sepa. Well one of you was. Emmanuel Léchère of the Market Intelligence Group at Paris-based institutional investor, bfinance Internation...
I, for one, like to keep our treasured Finextra Community on their toes. So in the run-up to Sibos, I am running a Sepa Poll. I hear from many in the industry that Sepa is really only a priority at ba...
I just wanted to share this with the Finextra community. I was going to put it in 'best of the web' but it's not really news, or financial or...well, we all remember Citi and how its staff did not n
Supposedly, my great-grandfather was a bookie at the dog tracks for the mafia in the US. We'll save that for when 'Who do you think you are?' comes calling. Anyway, I made a few calls and emails today...
Last week Finextra embarked on an unusual Twitterview. Instead of a mostly linear stream of Q&As with one or two people, we decided to moderate a discussion, or Twitter-chat, with a group of star...