by Graeme Codrington | Apr 2, 2013 | Archive, Future Trends, Leadership
Seth Godin is one of our favourite thinkers and writers. We share many of his worldviews, especially that we are living in a period of transition from the end of the industrial age to the emergence of a connection economy. In one of his most insightful blog entries,...
by Keith Coats | Mar 26, 2013 | Leadership
This was a letter penned some seven years ago on the arrival of a very special little girl to a very special family – that of my colleague and friend, Graeme. I ‘publish’ it with their permission as I think it can serve as an important reminder to us all about life,...
by Graeme Codrington | Mar 21, 2013 | Archive, Change, Diversity, Leadership
The biggest tech news so far this year has been an announcement by Yahoo that they want “all hands on deck” and that all work-from-home is being cancelled as from June. Irked Yahoo employees have leaked the memo that was sent by HR head Jackie Reses....
by Keith Coats | Mar 19, 2013 | Archive, Leadership
There have been all sorts of comments around the debacle that is Australian cricket at present. In short we are talking about a cricket nation, for so long accustomed to looking down on all others playing the game, now firmly entrenched at number XXX in the test...
by Dean van Leeuwen | Mar 13, 2013 | Archive, Future Trends, Leadership
It’s not technologies that disrupt, rather it is the business model that the technology enables that creates the disruptive impact. Digital music had been around as a technology before Steve Jobs and Apple leveraged it to create a new business model that...
by Keith Coats | Mar 12, 2013 | Diversity, Leadership
“You can eat an apple,” I said, and gave him the green fruit. It was as if he had seen an apple for the first time. First he just held it there and smelled it, but then he took a little bite. “Mmmm,” he said and took a bigger bite. “Did it taste good?” I asked. He...