The Peter J Thomson Podcast
The Peter J Thomson Podcast
Peter Thomson
Digital marketing, design thinking and growth hacking with Peter Thomson. Featuring interviews with the best entrepreneurs, investors, designers and innovators from the New Zealand, London and New York startup scenes.
Mistakes people make when starting a website project
I've seen too many website projects fail because of an unclear scope, architecture problems, over-engineering or a lack of testing.
Jun 11, 2020
13 min
The Uncertainty Principle In Marketing
The uncertainty principle in quantum physics helps explain why it's so hard to track everything in marketing all at once. There are some interesting lessons from physics that can inform how we approach marketing personalisation and optimisation.
Jul 2, 2019
12 min
What is a strategist?
Quotes on what a strategist is and what makes for good strategy.
Jun 25, 2019
18 min
Value Proposition Canvas
A look at the value proposition canvas template. Original article here: https://www.peterjthomson.com/2013/11/value-proposition-canvas/
Jun 11, 2019
18 min
Ad Agencies vs Management Consultants
Ad Agencies vs Management Consultants by Peter Thomson
Oct 12, 2018
21 min
Marketing vs Design
The difference between marketing and design isn’t obvious. They’re obviously different professional disciplines, but the real difference is in the mindsets that they bring to approaching a problem.
Nov 7, 2016
13 min
How Value Your Intellectual Property
How to value the intellectual property generated by a design project by comparing your product to similar products.
Oct 24, 2016
9 min
Accounting for Innovation
Using accounting and economics to explain the importance of investing in design and innovation. Episode 3 explores two articles from 2009 that are still important today for their look into the business case for design.
Oct 20, 2016
8 min
The Business Case For Design
A quick look into the business metrics that you can use to help build the business case for design and innovation. A blast from the past review of an article from 2009 on how to explain the importance of design thinking to cynical business people using financial metrics. Episode 2 of the Peter J Thomson podcast.
Oct 18, 2016
5 min
Why I Love Design
First episode of the Peter J Thomson podcast. This week we cover how I first became interested in design.
Oct 17, 2016
4 min