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What's real and what's not
"Sometimes life happens and you can't stop it. Now is that time. When it happens, you discover where true love lies, and where it never existed."
A good friend said this very recently in response to a significant life event. It got me thinking about how
Protecting babies: whooping cough vaccination boosters for adults
Many people who were vaccinated as children do not realise that by the time we're all grown up some of our protection no longer works.
In the case of whooping cough, or pertussis, the protection can wane in as little as six to ten years. This means that
Bad idea: updating products for no real benefit to the consumer
I've been a product manager and been to business school. We all learned about the cows, dogs and stars via the BCG Growth-Share Matrix.
But there comes a time when so-called innovation is just annoying to your consumers. That happens when you take a product that
Trying too hard?
Findings of the UWS Challenging Racism research
Starting in 1998, a UWS research project has been in progress on the geography of racism in NSW.
* While racism is quite prevalent in Australian society its occurrences differ from place to place.
* These variations have been largely overlooked by anti-racism campaigns in Australia.
* Most Australians recognise that racism
Interesting perspective on war, innovation, skills and strategy from Col. John Boyd
This rare video of US Air Force Colonel John Boyd shows his 1991 House Armed Services Committee Testimony and is worth watching. Many consider him to be one of the best strategic thinkers of the twentieth century and his ideas have influenced many of today's leading strategists.
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