The end of the credit crisis is not nigh?
Kate Carruthers A recent post by Chris Penn about the current credit crisis included this great chart. It shows clearly the remaining pieces that need to unfold in this drama. So, like…
September 2008
#WDS08 Final day and night
Made it back from speaking at Small Business September events in regional NSW to attend the final day of Web Directions South 08 in Sydney. Again Maxine, John and the…
Geek speak made simple
This is a really good presentation from Oracle that helps to translate geek speak and culture … Are you insulting me? Essential geek-speak, FTW!http://static.slideshare.net/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=uncon08-1221252375503316-9&stripped_title=are-you-insulting-me-essential-geekspeak-ftw-presentation View SlideShare presentation or Upload your…
Slides from Small Business September 2008
Here is a copy of my slides from seminars in Taree and Coffs Harbour for small business owners: Small Business Marketing on a Budgethttp://static.slideshare.net/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=smallbussep08carruthers-1221893190223742-9&stripped_title=small-business-marketing-on-a-budget-presentation View SlideShare presentation or Upload your…
Six Sigma & Innovation
There has been a lot of criticism about Six Sigma especially in relation to innovation, for example here in Tom Peters On Six Sigma Vs. Innovation. It seems that many…
Learning Organisations & Failure to Learn
One of the best critical analyses of learning organisations is John Nagl‘s book comparing the British and US armies in Asia post World War 2. The specifics of each organisation…
eLearning 08 Conference
Just back from a planning session with @robynjay for the eLearning 08 Conference, which is scheduled for December 2008 in Sydney. It sounds like an interesting conference. Mark Pesce is…
Free stuff (like hugs)
Had an interesting conversation with Juan Mann today in Sydney (accompanied by free hugs, of course). We discussed free hugs, free stuff in general and it made me conscious of…
Interesting Corporate Blog
Have been thinking and talking to lots of people about Enterprise 2.0 recently and came across an interesting blog by some people at Oracle in Australia. Their blog – The…
Small Business Oz & Technology
A conversation with Simon Sharwood at Tech.Ed Sydney regarding his recent article on small business technology really helped to crystallise some thinking for me. Because most of my working life…