Anand Chatpar was recently acknowledged by BusinessWeek as one of the top 5 entrepreneurs of 2005 (under the age of 25). His company, BrainReactions, "helps companies innovate new products, services and marketing concepts by conducting brainstorming sessions with the...
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Social Software and Citizen Marketing
PVR was recently introduced into South Africa for the first time. MyPVR.co.za is a website built by an individual (Jason), completely dedicated to glorifying DStv’s new product. According to Jason, he does not get paid for the site or for his positive...
A fresh approach to Organisational Development
by Sonja Blignaut, Aiden Choles, Jean Cooper We live in a world where things, people and ideas are better connected than ever before. A world where work can flow across the globe as fast and as cheap as it doesin your home office. We live in an increasingly complex...
Looking to Tomorrow – 2005 and Beyond
Synthesized from the futureneering work of the storytellers and organisational alchemists in the Business Intelligence Unit (BIU) of TomorrowToday.biz. - http://www.tomorrowtoday.biz During December and January every year, magazines and websites are filled with...
If you really believe your values…
Any organisation - any group of people working together - needs to have a shared view of what they are trying to achieve, the structures through which this will be achieved and a guiding set of operational and environmental ‘rules of engagement’ to guide behaviour...
Why teams? To adapt, learn and relate
It is no secret that we are living in a fast-paced world that requires new skills, attitudes and approaches from individuals and organisations. A world where the ability to adapt, learn and relate is critical for survival and success. Adapt, learn, relate three...
Seven bribes for severance brothers
They’re leaving in their droves – this new breed of employees, and there seems little anyone can do about it. You invest time, money and effort into training them, only to be rewarded with: “Thanks for everything, I’m leaving.� And all you have to show for...
If you’re not on Google, you can’t possibly be alive
As I sat there scratching my head, for how can you be alive and not be found on Google.com, I realised that a new criteria for existence has been born, and I had just tripped over it. A credit history is still mighty important but if you have no web history can you...
The Dead: A Case in Point
Walk into The Chatterbox, a coffee shop in Westville, KZN, South Africa (now you know exactly where it is!). Only having about 30 minutes, I order a muffin and coffee. Settle back and switch on my laptop. Damn... need power but no problem, my table has a plug point...
Black Marketing
Not like the name suggests, this is a strand of marketing that is being borne out of how the Smoking Co's have been cornered by global health legislation (and soon too the breweries!). Now that they're no longer able to utlise the 'tried and tested' marketing...
Any bets on me getting a new DVD?
I bought my daughter the DVD of 'Finding Nemo' a few months ago (not sure when?). As all well watched DVD's are destined to do, this one cracked, and is no longer playable. So here's my theory on DVD's you purchased legally, breaking: I've paid for the right to watch...
Toilet humour
Hat tip to Brad Feld for this gem. Actually, for both - the iLoo (or toiletMAC, or PowerPOO) on the left and now the RSStroom Reader (shown on the right). This nifty idea from Engadget (which is obviously a bit of a hoot), might just work, according to the technically...
What an experience
I had lunch with Rich and Dave today. I'm writing about it, because lunch is probably the first thing I'm going to forget. Rich and Dave are from Missing Link (one could even make a case for them being the 'missing link'). They're just 2 parts of the team that buzz...
iPod war heating up
The patent dispute between Creative and Apple over the music navigation system on portable players is old news. Creative boss Sim Wong Hoo has told the BBC he plans to "pursue aggressively" a US patent it owns on a system used to navigate music on digital players. But...
"Podcast" declared 'word of the year'
This could be seen as another post giving you amunition for why you need an iPod for Christmas, or it could be an illustration of just how important social software has become. The New Oxford American Dictionary has declared 'podcast' as word of the year, and will add...
“Podcast” declared ‘word of the year’
This could be seen as another post giving you amunition for why you need an iPod for Christmas, or it could be an illustration of just how important social software has become. The New Oxford American Dictionary has declared 'podcast' as word of the year, and will add...
They rule
Amazing web site based on Social Network Analysis
Finishing Well – Boomers want to leave a legacy
I was recently recommended a book that sounds fantastic (its on my Christmas stocking filler list). Its "Finishing Well" by Bob Buford (Integrity Publishers, ISBN: 159145395X). (Purchase it online at Amazon.com or Kalahari.net). It is written from a Christian...
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