Vale Steve Jobs: a leader with great passion
Kate Carruthers It is sad to hear of Steve Jobs’ passing. Not unsurprising news given his long battle with cancer. But the heartfelt responses to his death made me think. How many…
management & leadership
Leadership: Doing the right thing, even if nobody is watching
I have worked with a number of great leaders and managers over the years, some of them are famous for this but others are quiet achievers. Watching ABC’s Four Corners…
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.…
Business, boring jobs and social good
Over the past 150 years businesses have dealt with the challenges of increased scale by optimizing processes, resource allocation and expenditure. However, there is a limit to how much one…
Rebooting business and capitalism
Last year with the launch of Social Innovation Sydney I was inspired by the idea of rebooting capitalism. I had become depressed about the nature of business in our world…
The business of being agile
Recently I noted several large businesses announcing proudly they had adopted Agile development techniques – for example Suncorp, NBN Co, Allianz, Jemena. There is a pattern to the adoption of…
More on Bullies @ work
Recently I posted on bullies @ work & made some fairly harsh comments about a colleague who had been doing this sort of thing often and openly. The other day…
Bullies @ work
I am getting really tired of bullying in the workplace. I’ve worked in many places – being in info tech I change jobs every two years – and the bullies…
Business Evolutionist: The Origins of Unengaged Employees
The Origins of Unengaged Employees has quite an interesting take on employee engagement, but I’m not sure that I agree completely. Engagement is all about feeling like you are a…
Professionalism & IT (or not as the case may be)
Aaargh!! It is an unending source of amazement to me that our society will not let a hairdresser cut your hair or a mechanic fix your car unless they’ve done…