About Cleve Gibbon
Hey, I’m Cleve and I love technology. A former academic that moved into fintech to build trading platforms for investment banks. 20 years ago I switched to marketing and advertising. I joined a content technology spin-off from the Publicis network that was bought by WPP in 2014. I'm now at Omnicom. These pages chronicle a few of things I've learnt along the way…
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Healthy Curiosity
My wife is a writer. Last week she shared an interesting piece of advice for dealing with writer’s block. Cleve, you need a good dose of healthy curiosity Cleve. Of course, I asked for more details and I got this: … Continue reading
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Devyce
I’m a Londoner living in America. However, I still need a UK number primarily for banking purposes. Security is real. However, mobile provider tariff plans are both complicated and costly. So how do you get a reliable UK number with … Continue reading
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Black Leadership
I’m black. Born in England and live in Seattle, Washington. I turned fifty in 2021. I’ve three careers – so far – an academic (5 years), a software architect (6 years), and currently a chief technology officer (16 years). For … Continue reading
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From Cash Wallets to Digital Wallets
Digital wallets are on the rise. In year COVID – 2020 – digital wallets surpassed cash as the number one payment at all point-of-sales globally. That’s a big deal. But what are you and I using now instead of cash? … Continue reading
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It’s not just about the tech
Have you ever heard someone say, “it’s not just about the tech“? Yes, you have. In fact, it’s more like, how many times? Now think back to the context in which technology was presented in that way. This isn’t a … Continue reading
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Luvvie Ajayi
Have you heard of Luvvie Ajayi Jones? I had the pleasure of joining a zoom call with her at a company summit. She was awesome. A comedian. Writer. Truth teller. So, that is Luvvie. Instead of me telling you about … Continue reading
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Business agility
Twenty years ago technical agility unlocked smarter ways to ship software faster. Did you that Amazon.Com releases code changes to meet customer needs every 12 seconds? Now, after a year of living with COVID, business agility is now the next … Continue reading
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Please Keep It Simple
It’s hard to keep things simple. However, simple things get things done. I was a long term user of Evernote. I used it for one thing; to take notes. On my desktop. Through the web. When traveling with my phone. … Continue reading
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In Five for Five
I procrastinate. I know when I’m doing it but struggle to avoid it. However, I hate not getting things done more than I love to procrastinate. So I found this technique to just get me started. I’m calling it the … Continue reading
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The 05 meeting rule
I’ve updated my simple meeting policy to include the 05 meeting rule. My simple meeting policy shortens traditional 30-minute meetings to 25 minutes and 1-hour meetings to 50 minutes. However, that didn’t stop some meetings from overrunning and eating into … Continue reading
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