Talent Networker: Dave Matthews
I remember the first time I heard the Dave Matthews Band - it was a summers day driving along the South Coast with Mike (see his post on DMB). I could not quite figure out why this band resonated with me. Boasting a gruff voice, tainted with mud, Dave is not an...
Working Mothers – the debate still rages
Michelle Conlin wrote in 2000 for BusinessWeek on how the turn of the millennial would not necessarily solve one of women's age ol dilemmas - how to balance work, marriage and kids. It seems that men just get to carry on, assuming that the women will pick up the child...
RIP: The Newspaper
BBC News (UK Edition) has published a thought-provoking article titled "What will newspapers look like in 20 years?", on the back of The Guardian's decision to switch from 'broadsheet' format to a more compact, practical 'berliner' style. 10 years ago predictions were...
Where do you get your news from?
I find it fascinating that more and more people are getting their news from "spoof" news shows. The Late Night Shows (Conan O'Brien, Jay Leno, etc), have always provided light relief, with a few well placed jokes about current affairs up front. But now, with the...
Millennials are not just in our homes!
Last week I had 2 Millennium generational (Gen Y) encounters. The first one was while visiting a client. A very progressive company with a young dynamic staff. Anyone would give their eye teeth to work in a company like this. When I asked what one issue would they say...
Remind me: How do rules help?
With a few exceptions, rules and regulations only serve to: 1. Divert attention from a company's objectives, 2. Provide a false sense of securty for executives, 3. Create work for bean counters, and 4. Teach men to stone dinosaurs and start fires with sticks. Courtesy...
Knowledge workers and office design
When considering how to attract and retain talented "Bright Young Things", not only must you consider remuneration policies, flexibility and freedom, challenging work and personal development opportunities (amongst other factors), you also need to take into account...
Global talent drought to hit in next five years
The HR magazine, Personnel Today, 13 Sep 2005, cites a survey by Deloittes that indicates globally HR practitioners are most worried about attracting and retaining talent over the next few years (read the full story here - includes graphic summaries). They state: "the...
WOMMA and The Deathmatch
WOMMA is an acronym for the newly-formed Word-of-Mouth Marketer's Association. It is the official trade association for the word of mouth marketing industry, and according to the site, a collection of "fantastic brands and marketers who know that happy customers are...
Free phone calls are worth a lot of money
Ever wondered how much free phone calls are worth? Wonder no more. E-Bay is going to pay around $4.1 Billion for Skype. From an article carried on ZD Net "The auctioneer said it plans to pay $1.3 billion in cash and $1.3 billion in stock for the Web communications...
Pay ’em more to keep ’em
This morning I heard Thabo Mbeki say something that is very familiar to us. In addressing the high salaries that councilors of local government earn, sometimes higher than his own, Mbeki explained how skills come at a premium in the municipalities … they get...
Pay 'em more to keep 'em
This morning I heard Thabo Mbeki say something that is very familiar to us. In addressing the high salaries that councilors of local government earn, sometimes higher than his own, Mbeki explained how skills come at a premium in the municipalities … they get...
Nonstop Innovation
Inc magazine, July 2005, tells a great story of how one UK company, Cambridge Consultants, gets their employees innovating (read it here). They actively encourage their employees to pursue business ideas. They give them time to develop the ideas, and give them...
The Personality of the MD
My colleagues and I spend an awful lot of time in other people's companies. We often only have a few hours with these companies, as we work with them at their conventions and conferences. These are not "typical" moments in the lives of most companies, but they are...
Work/Life Balance – So what does that mean in this fast moving world we live in?
The other day someone commented that they were worried about me because all I seem to do is work. I don't see it like that at all. I think I do understand the concept and have a definite control over what I do . I do work from a virtual office and maybe that does...
Does employment guarantee quality?
I work in the most un-sexy industry: earthmoving & construction. But every now and then our dead-brained-earthmoving-sludge of a culture shows the progressive world up. This month we are having our workshop audited for ISO implementation and accreditation. As a...
Change This
Change This is a website started a year ago, which aims to get people interacting with high level thinking - rather than just taking up their corners and jousting to the death. Their website says: "In the old days, we had the time and inclination to consider the...
www.TomorrowConnecting.biz
As part of TomorrowToday.biz's ongoing commitment to helping our clients find the most effective tools for understanding, processing and exploiting the Connection Economy, we would like to announce the launch of our "blog about blogging", [email protected]....
Twitchy Mobile Networks
Anyone else noticed the 'twitchy' behaviour of South African Mobile Phone Operators (specifically MTN and Vodacom) They're on the offensive with adverts around their cheap calls if you use your phone betwen 17:00 - 20:00. Who uses their phone during this time? Dinner,...
A GOOD airline experience
With many bad experiences of flying having made their way on to this blog I thought I’d relate some of the excellent service I’ve recently received from Singapore Airlines.Check-in was fairly fast at all 4 of their flights I took – enough counters Movies, ice-cream, food, newspaper, in-flight internetI’d definitely choose to fly with them again.