by Joanne Jacobs | May 8, 2025 | Agile Marketing, Branding, Content Marketing, Startups
A few weeks ago, I found an old box full of papers. I had actually forgotten what was in there – but as I opened it, memories came flooding back. There were photos, letters and even poems written dozens of years ago. In amongst the yellowing pages, something...
by Joanne Jacobs | May 7, 2025 | Innovation, Innovation Brand, Social Business, Startups
I can still remember the panic setting into my mind. I had been running new venture startups for PwC and had spent weeks thinking through and validating our product roadmap. Potential customers were lined up. We were chugging through the backlog and it felt like we...
by Joanne Jacobs | Apr 28, 2025 | Innovation
There’s always plenty of jargon in the corporate world. In fact – there’s jargon in any discipline once it achieves a level of scale. The use of jargon means that teams and industrial sectors are working with a shared language and understanding. It means...
by Joanne Jacobs | Apr 27, 2025 | Artificial Intelligence
We live in an era of information abundance, but this does not mean people are thinking more critically. Indeed AI-generated content has arguably flattened originality and made mediocrity easier to produce. Critical thinking is often described as an essential skill,...
by Joanne Jacobs | Mar 3, 2025 | 21st Century Skills, Facilitation
Facilitation is generally misunderstood. Too many people approach it as a performance, imagining the facilitator as the focal point of a workshop, commanding the room with energy and expertise. In reality, effective facilitation is closer to coaching than performing....
