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Anyone interested in generational theory in Australia would do well to get hold of "What Was It All For? The Reshaping of Australia" by Don Aitkin (Allen & Unwin, 2005, ISBN: 1-74114-667-4) (it isn't available on Amazon, and I can't find a place to purchase it online...
When the space shuttle Challenger exploded shortly after take-off on January 28, 1986 who would have known that, out of the 4 publically listed contractors to the shuttle, the Dow Jones market singled out the party responsible prior to any investigation into the...
Here's what looks to be a great thread of conversation around Gen Y in the work place. Click here for the full thread This is a generation has has been advocated for since their moment of birth, has had no line drawn between parents and kids, and has no fear about...
The past few years have seen massive accounting scandals and corporate frauds. In order to protect shareholders, mounds of new legislation have been implemented. The key one is the Sarbannes-Oxley Act in the USA, which has had the effect of adding substantial cost and...
The past few years have seen massive accounting scandals and corporate frauds. In order to protect shareholders, mounds of new legislation have been implemented. The key one is the Sarbannes-Oxley Act in the USA, which has had the effect of adding substantial cost and...
If you've followed the iPod story then you'll know that from the begining the iPod was going to be about music, pure music. Then we got 'picture pods' on which we could load our images and view them, but Apple was on record saying that they were not going to enter the...
When my grandfather was dishing out good career advice, 'getting a job in a big company and staying there, and working your way up patiently' would have been a theme he'd have followed. In fact my father didn't stray much from that kind of thinking. But sitting next...
I'm sitting with the crew from SABC's Business focus, doing a spot on corporate blogging. Feel free to interact as part of the shoot!
One of the growing forces that is contributing to the talent wars in South Africa is “demand�. We know that Xers in their early careers aim to increase their marketability by building a portfolio as opposed to a CV. Bigger packages, flexible hours, freedom and the...
One of the major problems of the AIDS epidemic in Africa (and soon in Asia, Russia, China and India, too), is that it hits the middle age people most (mainly because in Africa, AIDS is sexually transmitted between heterosexuals). This has the effect of removing...
A sign of the times.... ? The British Government Secret Intelligence Service, known as MI6, has today launched a website - http://www.mi6.gov.uk. They don't give any secrets away (doh) - check out the FAQ, where they won't say how much budget they have, how many...
In a move that's sure to unsettle America Online and Google, Microsoft and Yahoo have joined forces in the arena of Instant Messaging. The announcement was made today. Essentially this is what it means: "The deal, the first major alliance between two of the Web's main...
You have often heard me rave about Seth Godin here and on the TomorrowConnecting blog. Seth is a widely admired and respected marketing guru and web commentator (I would highly recommend a visit to his blog). Seth recently launched The Big Moo, a book that encourages...
While many of us speculate, comment and muse on the future, there is a 50/50 chance we could be right, more likely an 80/20 chance we could be wrong, who predicted blogging would be so big?, or that the web would become so pervasive or even, more sinister, who could...
Seth Godin is undoubtedly one of the gurus of online marketing. His ideas never seem to age and he seems to often be one step ahead of the rest. In his latest move, he has set up a service called squidoo. In his words, this is what it is about: “For a long time, the...
As I left for an overseas trip, I rummaged through my bookcase of "books to be read" and selected the clean, white cover of The Leadership Pipeline, by James Noel, Stephen Drotter and Steven Drotter (Buy it at Amazon.com or Kalahari.net). I've only just got into it,...
This week, the Liberal Australian government has started a massive public awareness campaign for its new labour law revisions, entitled: WorkChoices (read about it at the Labour Party's website). Its about putting power into the hands of the average worker, and giving...
Picked this up from DK's (his website & blog) changethis manifesto on the Youth of Today: In their world technology is ubiquitous and not a differentiator (unless you don’t have a phone or access to a computer). However, technology is used as a tool to communicate...
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