JLAB – Latest News
JLAB – the John Lewis Tech Incubator – closed for entries at midnight on the Thursday before Easter and we have just had a chance to look at what’s come in. We are very excited about the amazing...
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As you can see, I was recently privileged to meet Mr and Mrs John Spedan Lewis at the Party on the new Roof Garden at our Oxford Street emporium, to mark the 150th Anniversary of the opening of the...
View ArticleMy Introduction to the Air Transport IT Summit 2014
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the 2014 Air Transport IT Summit, jointly hosted by SITA and Airline Business. This year the theme for our IT Summit is: ‘More Ground To Break’. In choosing this theme...
View ArticleAltruism, Humanity and the Digital Age
Just been listening to the marvellous Peter Gabriel being interviewed at WOMAD which he founded of course. He was talking about the dilemma of performers on the Internet and YouTube who get many...
View ArticleJohn Lewis One Fifty for All!
I have just come back from the John Lewis celebration for Partners of our 150th birthday at the LG Arena at the NEC in Birmingham. It was entertaining, we were lucky to have 3 great stars performing...
View ArticleTech startup Localz win John Lewis JLAB incubator award
John Lewis today announced Localz, a startup business specialising in micro-location technology, as the winner of JLAB, the retailer’s first ever technology business incubator. After 12 weeks of...
View ArticleAnother Tech World
Some time ago I wrote a blog which analysed the top 100 in a ‘Wired’ Technology list, and concluded with surprise at how little the World’s of Corporate IT and Tech Innovation overlapped. I have just...
View ArticleThe Digital Hunter Gatherer by Ade McCormack
My colleagues and I were privileged yesterday to hear from Ade McCormack, digital commentator and FT columnist. Many of you may already know his anthro-economics. I found his ideas extremely...
View ArticleAlfred JLAB Event – a really connected evening!
I confess to having been a little bit sceptical about the IoT (Internet of Things). So how connected do you really want your kettle to be? Why would I want to know the energy consumption of each of...
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