Blogs That Matter
Check out Forbes.com's Best of the Web list of Blogs That Matter. From the site - "If Google or Yahoo searches aren't your idea of conquering the Web's vastness in an efficient manner, Best of The Web's directory will deliver the highly relevant results you are...
The Quality Issue
Recently we had an internal conversation about how (and IF) to manage quality on our blog. I thought you'd like to peek into this issue... Michael asked, "There are still just two words that concern me about blogging ... Quality Control. How do we implement that in an...
Psychological contract
I have found a nice keep-it-short-and-simple take on the way an employment contract should be viewed in the Connection economy. Courtesy of Robin Woolley: The crux of ensuring you have the right environment that attracts and retains the right talent involves changing...
The TomorrowToday.biz University
Post-graduate Programmes offered: Innovation Storytelling Leadership Diversity Generations Strategy Team dynamics Communication Learning etc. Why not?
Take me with you
Take me with you - by Brad Newsham. Read it! (Buy it at Amazon.com or Kalahari.net) This book review might seem a bit out of "left field" ... because it's got nothing to do with business, corporate policy or anything remotely related ... it's a travel book. Ah, but...
LogoWorks gets it
LogoWorks designs corporate logos. Wow. So do hundreds of thousands of companies worldwide. But the reason LogoWorks rises above the crowd is that they have designed an internet business model that harnesses the power of ecommerce, attracts bright young things to work...
Good to Great: A review on absolutes
Walk into any (reputable) book store and you're bound to find a stack of Jim Collins' sequel to Built to Last entitled Good to Great (buy it at Kalahari.net or Amazon.com). One need only to look at the stock levels of any particular business book to see the demand...
So just how big is Blogging?
"Dave Sifry, founder and CEO of Technorati - a specialist search engine for blogs - said 80,000 new weblogs are being created every day. Technorati tracked more than 14.2 million blogs this month, compared to 7.8 million in March." For the full article (click here)
Yay for Ecommerce!
I got an email from my bank saying "sorry" for any inconveniences caused yesterday as a result of their Internet Banking service being unavailable. It got me thinking about how much I rely on the internet these days ... I hardly ever go into my bank branch anymore....
Policing ourselves
This week I received two emails – I get many in a day, but these two stand out because they reflect the phenomenal power of the internet and the connective economy; one in a positive way, and the other in a very dangerous way. The first one was the ICE message –...
Who’s gonna ‘do’ my hair?
A blog entry like this takes courage. So I'm hoping that your recognition of that fact will go a long way to lessen the humiliation you are going to be tempted to put me through. While this entry may appear to be dealing directly with my vanity, it's a more serious...
I, Robot
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4714135.stm
Yet another way to steal that IP
According to an article in today's Daily News, 'Copycats Beware!' (guess what the article is addressing?) there's a new angle of attack on those poor people who own intellectual property, who are currently losing zillions and zillions of cash. I wonder how many...
From Democracy to Bureaucracy?
Ever thought what it would be like to start your own business? Whist one would think the government would encourage the establishment of SME’s, which would create employment, which would create stability and so and so on…… Instead it would appear that the South...
A New Way to Collaborate
Blog + Wiki = a new way to collaborate. 21 year old Lucas Carlson has integrated these two existing technologies in an exciting new way... For years, programmers have used versioning tools to collaborate on writing software. In that way, hundreds of programmers can...
Happy Birthday Blogging Tom
Tom Peters has just celebrated his sites first birthday. He sums up the power of blogging and the blogging community very well. Check it out on http://www.tompeters.com/.
Lessons from the Gamer Generation
Have you ever heard of Kim Hyun Wook? I didn't think so. He is a South Korean professional racing car driver. As with most pro sportspeople, he has his own fan club, merchandise and a host of sponsors. He earns really good money. To his fans, he is known as (Korean...
Sino-U.S. economic interdependence is growing: a savvy response from business owners is needed
Recently the media has been shouting about the aggressive purchases Chinese companies are making abroad, e.g. Lenovo’s purchase of IBM’s PC division, Haier’s bid for Maytag, and the CNOOC’s (China National Offshore Oil Company) push to grab Unocal....
So just how use-able is Linux?
I'm a Windows user. But not necessarily by choice. More like 'is there really another option? Windows user'. Sure, Apple is one alternative, and one I've considered many times, and come very close to moving to. But what of Linux? Is it really a viable alternative? I...
Smart Women Don’t Box: Leadership in the Connection economy
A recent magazine, exploring the subject of women and leadership, carried an article titled, 'Women can beat men at their own game'. My question is, "why would they want to do that?" Trying to 'beat men at their own game' is not only a foolhardy tactic but one that...