Kate Carruthers

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-presentationView SlideShare presentation or Upload

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-presentationView SlideShare presentation or Upload your own.

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 people misunderstand the origins of Six Sigma as a process improvement methodology.  Six Sigma grew out of the TQM movement

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 in its particular context are interesting from a historical perspective. However, of more importance are the general principles

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 going to deliver the keynote and I will be facilitating interactive panel sessions. And for these panel sessions interactivity is

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 how many offers for free stuff that we receive that are actually not free.  Instead, they are usually designed to