Bringing digital to the boardroom – interview with ZDNet
Andrew spoke with Tonya Hall from ZDNet about how the C-Suite needs to embrace digital.
IoT goes mainstream with Vodafone’s V-SIM series
A week ago I was encouraged by a series of full-page ads in the free evening commuter paper in London - the Evening Standard to take a closer look at a new family of devices from Vodafone aimed [...]
Dear Facebook, my terms and conditions have changed
By accepting my connection to your servers, you agree to abide by my terms of service, and up to date copy can be found at andrew.london/terms
By Andrew Grill
Posted Imagine a service so good you’d actually pay for it!
Imagine a service so good you’d actually pay for it! They already exist but we are happy to use free services without (perhaps until now) thinking about how they are financed by the trading of [...]
When an apology is not an apology – when it’s from Facebook
On Sunday I was leafing through the UK national newspapers (on my iPad naturally via PressReader as I haven't touched a paper version of a newspaper in 8 years) and I spotted something quite [...]
Free vs paid services – a case study of YouTube vs Vimeo
Professional speaker Andrew Grill looks at the difference between YouTube and Vimeo, and in a timely case study, the difference between free and paid-for services.
Hello Facebook … we have a problem … with the social advertising business model
Recently Facebook has tried to rebalance the network from being a heavily advertising focused platform (with some social networking thrown in) to something closer to what the network was designed [...]
By Andrew Grill
Posted What is my data worth? Exploring the fair value exchange of personal data
What is a fair value exchange for your personal data? £10, £100, a John Lewis Voucher, a free meal, free WiFi or something else. Practical Futurist Andrew Grill looks at how consumers value thier [...]
Thought Leadership is a position that is earned, not self proclaimed
I used to call myself one until someone I trust pointed out that just as you can’t call **yourself** an influencer, you can’t call yourself a thought leader - that is up to others to bestow on [...]
The Cambridge Analytica / Facebook exposé points to a time when consumers own their own data
With Facebook and Cambridge Analytica firmly back in the news this week, it is worth revisiting the notion that we’re not that far away from a time where users own the data that networks use, not [...]