My presentation at Cartoon Digital
I had the honor to be among the speakers of the Cartoon Digital conference in Luxembourg last week. Here’s my presentation: Tech, media and content news f...
Author: ndorra
Strategy by design
There is a very popular quote by Maslow that cautions you not to over-rely on a single tool or skill: “I suppose it is tempting, if the only tool you have...
Put the audience first
With the release of iOS 9 there’s quite a buzz around Apple enabling content blocking in Safari. Many media companies are concerned about the future, but ...
You shouldn’t think about trends. Except when you should.
Recently I was part of a discussion around how to best bring the products of Finland’s creative industries to the global market. One issue we discussed we...
Why truths are dangerous
We all operate under a set of assumptions and think of certain realities as pretty much self-evident. Imagine an investor: In their world some assets are consid...
Why multitasking is bad for you
I’m currently reading ‘Critical Chain‘ by Eli Goldratt, which is a book on project management disguised as a business novel. It is interesting...
Is your scale big enough?
Back in school, my arts teachers often said that the things I drew were on too small a scale. In hindsight I think I was probably too shy to commit to a larger ...
Why production people make kick-ass project managers
Are filmmakers (in the broadest sense of the word) just particularly pragmatic, or why do I get a sense that many of the issues discussed in project management ...
Are you scared once every day?
I like the saying “Do one thing every day that scares you”. It is a great reminder to keep pushing yourself to do things that are outside your comfo...
A prototype app is cheaper than a pilot
Two weeks ago at Kidscreen I met a producer who pitched me her project in form of an app. The interesting thing about this was, that the heart of the IP would b...