Developing entrepreneurs for the 21st century

We recently sat on the Education and Talent Development panel at the Barbados Entrepreneurship Summit 2011.  The conference is organised by the Barbados Entrepreneurship Foundation (BEF), a charity set up to make the island the world’s #1 entrepreneurial hub by 2020.  The BEF has also initiated the drive towards free Wi-Fi across the island which is now at around 60% coverage. ... Read More

Starting from scratch: creative project planning

The best way to start a new project with a new team is to build it from the ground-up based on the skills and expertise of everyone involved.   The planning process can be frustrating to those that want to stuck in straight away, but spending a good amount of time discussing the project upfront can help to provide more space for experimentation and creativity further down the... Read More

“I am a self-inflicted scope-creeper! Arggh”

We love this confession that landed in our inbox from a client that we’re helping to plan and deliver projects.  So with their permission, we thought we’d share our advice. Read More  Read More

Social Media for Project Managers – book review

Social media and project management are two of our passions, so we’re very excited about the launch of Social Media for Project Managers, the new book by Elizabeth Harrin, and even more delighted to be featured as a case study in it! In this practical guide, Harrin explores every corner that a project manager should consider when introducing their team members to social media... Read More

Making Ideas Happen – book review

Making Ideas Happen is the new book from Scott Belsky – the founder of Behance, an online platform and community for visual creators, and the 99% conference an annual event that brings together creative thinkers to discuss their effectiveness and productivity.  Scott is passionate about helping creative people realise their ideas and has been researching the area since his... Read More

Bracket’s CUBELUNCH

Bracket’s lunchtime workshop at THE CUBE was a great success, with lots of interesting discussion about effective creative collaboration using online tools.  Questions were raised around approaching  intellectual property and attribution, managing egos and how to encourage people to use online tools (when all they want to use is e-mail!). Creative Boom London kindly wrote a... Read More

Herding cats with social media

Herding Cats with Social Media View more presentations from Bracket. Bracket’s session at Media Camp London 4 during Social Media Week generated lots of discussion about the best methods and tools for helping groups of creatives to get things done.  It looked at how social media could be used to support collaborative working between artists and designers etc that are used... Read More

The 24-hour book project

It looks like there’s been a hub of collaborative creative writing activity happening on the web this weekend! A group of writers have set themselves up with the task to write and publish a book in just 24 hours using online tools to work together.  The group has been using Google Docs to write and edit the document, as well as using Skype and face-to-face conversation to communicate,... Read More

Online tools #3: ‘even more’ with Google

Have you ever explored the applications under the “even more” tab in Google?  There are a whole suite of tools that are great for use in collaborative projects.  They’re not completely perfect, but they’re free, easy to use and provide a quick way to start online communication within a team: Read More  Read More

Go team! – two theories for effective teamworking

Here are two useful concepts to consider when thinking about how team members work together in a collaborative project: Read More  Read More