Where do you find your music? There’s a game for that!
We all know that the music industry is in huge trouble. Their fight against the music "pirates" is only going to end in tears - they need to work on new strategies. Luckily, some of the players in the industry are starting to do just that. One clever idea that caught...
Will we ever pay for content again?
Anyone following the conversation around 'pay for content' understands it's murky ground. It's the Holy Grail of anyone with content to offer in a world in which it seems that free is the trend and the world as we know it is going to change forever. The music, video,...
BP's record – not just an oil spill – and a lesson for us all
In March 2007, a blog entry I wrote received quite a lot of attention in the South African press. In it, I suggested that certain industries had the potential to get themselves into a lot of trouble if they chased the goal of improved efficiency to its logical...
BP’s record – not just an oil spill – and a lesson for us all
In March 2007, a blog entry I wrote received quite a lot of attention in the South African press. In it, I suggested that certain industries had the potential to get themselves into a lot of trouble if they chased the goal of improved efficiency to its logical...
Ten emerging technology trends
Technology Review recently suggested ten key emerging tech trends. I'd also add a few of my own below. You can see their original list here, with links to the details (as well as links to the similar list from the past six years - nice archive reading!). Each year,...
Don’t look now – it’s China, but not where you expect her
Whenever people talk of China's role in the world, there are normally two thoughts that spring to mind. China is fast 'colonising' the developing world, building key strategic relationships with resource countries around the world. And, manufacturing jobs in the...
Don't look now – it's China, but not where you expect her
Whenever people talk of China's role in the world, there are normally two thoughts that spring to mind. China is fast 'colonising' the developing world, building key strategic relationships with resource countries around the world. And, manufacturing jobs in the...
Free video course: Global trends shaping the new world of work
The team at SuccessTV do a great job of providing "bite-sized" video resources on hundreds of different topics. And all for free. Check their website out, and use the resources they make available. I recently recorded a short video course on the key trends shaping the...
They know where you’re going, and will reward you for where you’ve been
Those of you old enough may recognise my borrowing of a Talking Heads song for the subject line of this post : ) Of course I'm talking about location-based social networking platforms. The likes of FourSquare, Gowala, Loopt, etc. It's not the first, or the last, time...
They know where you're going, and will reward you for where you've been
Those of you old enough may recognise my borrowing of a Talking Heads song for the subject line of this post : ) Of course I'm talking about location-based social networking platforms. The likes of FourSquare, Gowala, Loopt, etc. It's not the first, or the last, time...
Why supermarkets will fail, and other nonsense predictions
I am sitting in a Leadership Conference in Beijing, China (details here), and listening to Dr Jenny Darroch, a Huffington Post columnist and Professor of Marketing at the Peter F Drucker School & Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management. She highlighted a really...
‘Here come the girls’: How the recession has impacted men (and women) at work
At least three advertising campaigns are currently using the song, "Here come the girls" (remixed by the Sugarbabes) in the UK. Besides being slightly confusing, it is a reminder that indeed, women are coming to the workplace. They have been since the 1960s, of...
'Here come the girls': How the recession has impacted men (and women) at work
At least three advertising campaigns are currently using the song, "Here come the girls" (remixed by the Sugarbabes) in the UK. Besides being slightly confusing, it is a reminder that indeed, women are coming to the workplace. They have been since the 1960s, of...
What’s driving Africa’s growth?
The McKinsey Quarterly has just published a fantastic report highlighting what is driving Africa's growth. There are a number of perceptions about Africa's economic growth and investment potential which are blown wide open. Interestingly they note that the rate of...
Some (more) gems from our archives – valuable reading!
This blog has been running since 2003, and has nearly 2,000 individual entries. At one level it is a living library of the "new world of work", captured as it emerges around us. I have recently taken some time to troll through the archives, from day one, and...
Words of wisdom from Peter Drucker
Mr. Drucker's greatest impact came from his writing. His more than 30 books, have sold tens of millions of copies in more than 30 languages, came on top of thousands of articles, including a monthly column in The Wall Street Journal from 1975 to 1995. Here are some of...
What CEOs really want from their top leadership team
If you ask CEOs what they really want from the people they lead, their answers will indicate the imperative of the age in which they live. If you'd asked that question in the 1950s, for example, they'd probably have answered "technical genius in their field of...
Some hidden gems from our archives – valuable reading!
This blog has been running since 2003, and has nearly 2,000 individual entries. At one level it is a living library of the "new world of work", captured as it emerges around us. I have recently taken some time to troll through the archives, from day one, and...
Best blog posts of the last month
It's been a long time since I have done a "best of" list, and today I plan to do two. The first is the best blog entries of the last month. It's a been a good month for this blog, and maybe you missed a few of the best entries. Here's my list, but maybe you think I've...
Seth Godin dreams about how technology can enhance meetings
I enjoy Seth Godin - he writes short, sharp blog entries almost every day in which he just gives you a slight shove in a new direction. It's always refreshing. Today, he is dreaming about how we could use technology to dramatically enhance meetings. He links his...