Kate Carruthers
Building community #sibsyd #sydstart
On Thursday I spoke about Social Innovation Sydney at SydStart along with Selena Griffith, Michelle Williams, and Kim Chen. Apart from the Social Innovation Sydney team there was an illustrious line-up for SydStart - you can see the list here.
My brief talk was focused on the approach taken to
The business of social business
Social business is the new trend following on from Enterprise 2.0 - but underlying it is an essential conflict between two different styles of doing business. The conflict is between businesses optimized for efficiency and those optimized for the creation of value.
Greg Satell encapsulates this conflict neatly in his
Try as they might, the Basement Coven could not steal the Ginger Cat’s soul...
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Are we living in the age of rage?
There are so many angry people these days. It's something I don't really remember from my youth and childhood. Only in recent years does it seem that everyone is angry.
I've been trying to understand why there should be more anger now than in
Social Media - How to apply best practice to your business
Was on a panel hosted by Business Spectator about Social Media -- Is it the best thing to happen to businesses for a generation? Or is it the biggest waste of time to hit the company agenda in decades? With the remarkable Nic Hodges!
Labour, forced labour, and capital - is the ground shifting?
Free people offering their labour in exchange for monetary reward has been fundamental concept for western society. Since the mid-nineteenth century we have not really used forced labour for production. But two examples in recent times make me wonder if that assumption still holds true:
1. Prisoners painted room