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Have a howling good time on Catuday
This picture is from 2008 but it still makes me smile: For more information about wolf photographs please email Monty Sloan at Wolf Park
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management & leadership
What about CSR and the triple bottom line?
In response to yesterday's post someone on Twitter, @dmanww, raised the very sensible issue of the triple bottom line, or as some might call it, corporate social responsibility (CSR). However, having worked in a number of organizations that took the triple bottom line and corporate social responsibility very
ideas
Maximizing shareholder value should NOT be the only goal of the corporation
It is interesting to think about this now that we see Occupy Wall Street spreading around the world (even to Occupy Sydney). Back in 1976 Michael Jensen and William Meckling argued that the solution to the principal-agency problem — business leaders advance their own interests not those of shareowners — was
lolcats
Being thankful is a good idea (so are tacos)
innovation
The bucket manifesto: how to solve complex problems
I came across this slide deck by Bud Cadell recently and thought that is very apt for our times. The challenges facing us as a planet are vast and extremely complex. Systems thinkers are needed more than ever. Solving the Most Complex Problems It's worth reading the entire
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management & leadership
Vale Steve Jobs: a leader with great passion
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 other leaders of big companies would elicit similar responses? Hardly any I suspect. His was a remarkable career, and
ideas
Robert Kiyosaki drops in to visit @ValerieKhoo & shares some insights
It always delights me when friends get to meet interesting people. Thus I was pleased to see that Valerie Khoo, founder of the Sydney Writers’ Centre, recently had a visit from Robert Kiyosaki. It is worth watching the entire video as Kiyosaki shares his thoughts on business, the economy, and
ethics
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 program about St Ann's Secret on television tonight made me think about what makes a great
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Sometimes protection comes from the strangest places #caturday
social innovation
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
social computing & social media
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