Tweet As a child I read a story where the main character wanted to be a ‘real boy’ and not just a wooden puppet. And this choice between being a real person – who connects with other people and things in an open and organic way – and being a puppet – driven by fear [...]
Entries from March 30th, 2010
A serious matter if it happened on a Caturday …
March 27th, 2010 · 1 Comment · LOLcats
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Social business, culture and value creation #sbs2010
March 25th, 2010 · 1 Comment · ideas
Tweet I attended the Social Business Summit today in Sydney and had the privilege of being on a panel that discussed Transparency – Risk To The Business Or Not? Apart from Nicholas Gruen’s excellent incorporation of Hayek into his discussion there was much food for thought. A copy of my slides is up on Slideshare. [...]
Ada Lovelace Day 2010: call for women's history #ald10
March 24th, 2010 · 3 Comments · a woman in ..., ideas
Tweet Today is Ada Lovelace day, the day that women around the world celebrate the achievements of women working in technology. While I could write about a woman in technology – there are many whom I admire here in Australia – instead I am putting out a call for documentation of the achievements of Australia’s [...]
Lean times favour innovation
March 23rd, 2010 · 2 Comments · ideas
Tweet Companies struggle with how to innovate when their existing business is stable or growing. There is often a perception that innovation requires a lot of investment. However, it has been my experience that it is much harder to innovate in a successful and prosperous organisation than in a leaner and hungrier one. The interesting [...]
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Transparency in business – so what?
March 22nd, 2010 · Comments Off · future, ideas, speaking
Tweet This coming Thursday, 25 March, many folks will be attending the Social Business Summit in Sydney. I will be on a panel discussing Transparency in Business – Risky or Essential?. The debate will be moderated by Headshift’s Anne Bartlett-Bragg and Robin Hamman and the panel members are Nicholas Gruen (Gov2.0 TaskForce Chair); Sherre Delys [...]
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Tribes are everywhere (even on Caturday)
March 20th, 2010 · Comments Off · LOLcats
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Real world social values and social networking
March 19th, 2010 · 5 Comments · ideas
Tweet Social media and social networking do not reduce the need for good social skills. Rather, the disconnection from physical presence in online communication makes social skills (what some call EQ) even more critical. Some of the recent fracas rebounding across Twitter are a good example of this – covered well by various people including [...]
Tags: collaboration·communication·connection·people·social computing·social networking
Trotsky and her new dog food – Yoghurt Plus
March 16th, 2010 · 2 Comments · reviews
Tweet My dog Trotsky* is a somewhat bolshie little beast and she does not like it when I travel away from home overnight (I’ll come back to this fact later). Recently we (Trotsky and me that is) were asked to participate in a trial of a new dog food by the folks over at Yoghurt [...]
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Digital citizens need real world knowledge too
March 15th, 2010 · 8 Comments · future, ideas
Tweet It was fascinating to be at the inaugural Digital Citizens event in Sydney last week – the topic was: Private Parts: Personality and Disclosure – Finding a Balance in the Digital Space. There was a great line up on the panel with visiting US lawyer and social media specialist Adrian Dayton (Social Media for [...]
Tags: future·internet·law·networked society·social networking·twitter·web 2.0
