Last week, the USA Supreme Court ruled on the matter of Burlington Northern v. White, a sexual discrimination case. Basically, the woman involved had been verbally harassed by a male supervisor in front of her all male colleagues. When she ultimately complained, he...
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Trillion Dollar Industries: The Next Big Things?
I could back this up if I needed to, but my gut and all the evidence points to the fact that the "next Google" (the next big company that takes the world by storm) will come from one of the following industries: Health and wellness - providing for the ageing Baby...
Men and women in the office
A small little filler in the BusinessWeek magazine, 29 May 2006 edition, caught my eye. It is about what different people want in the physical layout of their offices. Interesting read: What Do Men Want? A Thermostat By Elizabeth Woyke To build a better work space,...
Men and women in the office
A small little filler in the BusinessWeek magazine, 29 May 2006 edition, caught my eye. It is about what different people want in the physical layout of their offices. Interesting read: What Do Men Want? A Thermostat By Elizabeth Woyke To build a better work space,...
The Importance of Corporate Governance
A quote from "Governance in the Digital Age", by John M. Eger: This trend away from corporate community engagement must be reversed as we increasingly must compete for the high-tech knowledge worker. Corporate America needs to lead the way to help reinvent our...
Learn to manage talent first
This good article on talent from an Indian perspective, by R Gopalakrishnan & Satish Pradhan, in the Financial Express on 3 December 2005. Read it here, or below. The problem with respect to the loss of talent is of two kinds: the occasional loss of a few experienced...
John Cusack turns 40
John Cusack is one of my favourite movie stars, and he turned 40 on 28 June. OK, so's he's not quite A-list, and I don't think he's ever got a big payday role ($ 10 million or more). But he's an amazing presence in the psyche of Generation X. His roles have mirrored...
Technology Needs for Aging Boomers
An excellent article with a range of Technology opportunities that will open up as Boomers age. Policymakers must now go beyond discussions of health and economic security to anticipate the aging boom and the role of technology in responding to the needs of an aging...
Ageing Gracefully – not likely
From the SeniorJournal.com (Nov 2005): Australian society's obsession with looking younger is set to collide with the reality of aging, a University of Queensland researcher warns. The current fixation with trying to postpone aging is increasing and the current senior...
Odour Duplicator
From the New Scientist: Imagine being able to record a smell and play it back later, just as you can with sounds or images. Engineers at the Tokyo Institute of Technology in Japan are building an odour recorder capable of doing just that. Simply point the device at a...
Catch the moment – Thanks for the opportunity Vicky
Rumour has it that one of our BOOMER sales people enjoyed the opening music of our newest presentation, PRIME TIME. Caught this moment in the middle of our sales team meeting this past week. Watch this space. This presentation is going to have the BOOMERS ROCKING.
Suicide: A Great PR Move
When three prisoners at the Guantánamo Bay Camp X-ray - America's much maligned detention camp for "enemy combatants" that has kept prisoners of "war on terror" in a legal limbo for over 3 years - committed suicide earlier this month, the US Administration...
Suicide: A Great PR Move
When three prisoners at the Guantánamo Bay Camp X-ray - America's much maligned detention camp for "enemy combatants" that has kept prisoners of "war on terror" in a legal limbo for over 3 years - committed suicide earlier this month, the US Administration...
Skills shortage may slow Africa oil growth
A Reuters report indicates something that most Africans already know: "Africa, an increasing supplier of global energy, may be unable to expand its output as fast as expected in coming years due to a shortage of industry skills. Inadequate schools and relative poverty...
Dutch Cabinet want to abolish the compulsory retirement age of 65 for civil servants
This article was shared with me today and was extracted from IPE.com, Investments and Pensions, Europe. The Dutch are always known for their progressive thinking on key issues relating to society. They must be feeling the pain and now have decided to address the...
Dutch Cabinet want to abolish the compulsory retirement age of 65 for civil servants
This article was shared with me today and was extracted from IPE.com, Investments and Pensions, Europe. The Dutch are always known for their progressive thinking on key issues relating to society. They must be feeling the pain and now have decided to address the...
I write what I like
In our Mind the Gap framework we speak of how Xers cannot remember insitutionalised apartheid. I am one of them. Graeme posted earlier about the Youth Day public holiday on 16th June here in South African that commemorates the youth riots of 16th June 1976. Being a...
I write what I like
In our Mind the Gap framework we speak of how Xers cannot remember insitutionalised apartheid. I am one of them. Graeme posted earlier about the Youth Day public holiday on 16th June here in South African that commemorates the youth riots of 16th June 1976. Being a...
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