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Kate Carruthers
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A new dimension to analysis: Time to include a spiritual angle?
In business school we all learned to use the same analytical tools - S.W.O.T., P.E.S.T., P.E.S.T.E.L., BCG Growth Share Analysis, Competitor Analysis, Porter's 5 Forces, etc. But at dinner the other night, while chatting to some "
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Privacy! Who the hell ever had privacy?
One question that I am often asked when speaking to groups about the digital revolution is "what about privacy?" This is usually in relation to social media and social networking. Privacy comes from the Latin word privatus: Roman lawLatinadjectiveprivatuspublicusRoman people (populus Romanus)Wikipedia This question fascinates me. Privacy
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Twitter and the Australian election #ausvotes #ozpolitics
I'll be heading off to Media140 OzPolitics in Canberra on 23 September 2010 (the Twitter hashtag is #OzPolitics). It fits nicely into many of the discussions I've had about the recent Australian federal election Some of the big questions I've been thinking about include:
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Call for Papers: Haecksen Miniconf LCA2011
The folks over at LCA2011 are running a Haecksen miniconf and have issued a call for papers closing on 24 September 2010 ... "The Haecksen miniconf is on again! This year, linux.conf.au is going to be held in sunny Brisbane, and we want to invite women who develop,
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Rethinking organisations: the digital revolution, social and convergence
An interesting question came up last Friday in a discussion with a group of Marketing and Communications folks from McDonald's. It was about how social media might be situated and used differently depending upon whether you approached it from either a Marketing or a Communications team perspective. Also
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we’re all friends on Caturday…
Source: Solent/Anne Young / Via: Guardian and Daily Telegraph UK also showed some pictures
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Australian courts decide "No Copyright in Newspaper Headlines"
It is interesting to read through the notes on this recent decision by the Federal Court of Australia. It's worth reading the entire post on Mallesons' site or even the judgement here on AUSTLII. It looks like the traditional news media are losing ground on their ambit
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Innovation Bay seeking Startups for Angel Pitches
On Tuesday 21 September 2010 those smart folks over at Innovation Bay will be running another one of their angel dinners. With these dinners Innovation Bay acts as a broker between "angels" (those with money to invest or advice to give) and "entrepreneurs" those with ideas
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The archaic belief in the existance of a basement cat is most illogical.
wich iz good, cuz vulkin basement kitteh wud be sooooo evul BTW this one is for @Neerav ;)
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Women: The State of Play via APESMA #equalpayday
APESMA 2009-10 Women in the Professions Survey Report has just been released and it contains some sobering reading about how women are still treated unfairly and inequitably in the workplace. As noted on the APESMA site: * Nearly 70% of respondents said that taking maternity/parental leave – including unpaid leave – was
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What matters?
A recent discovery for me is McKinsey & Company's new site What Matters. It is a thought provoking question and it is good to see it being tackled by McKinsey and their interesting array of authors. The things that matter change if we are considering big or small