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Every business book I pick up nowadays seems to accept as a fundamental premise that innovation is a good thing and that it should be pursued relentlessly. But I've been wondering about that particular premise and under what circumstances it might (or might not) be true. Innovation provides
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I rather suspect that some of the locals regard LeWeb as a kind of blowsy aunt who arrives in whirl, talks too loudly, drinks a bit too much, pinches their cheeks, and flies away again. That said, I think Le Web is now a great conference. It's got
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The day started out rainy and grey, then turned snowy and grey and then ended with a cocktail reception in the Paris town hall. For the folks where were not jet lagged the party continued way into the night (but I was in bed early i.e. by 1.30am)
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Malcolm Gladwell obtained the ire of many social media folks when he argued Why the revolution will not be tweeted back in October 2010. I thought he was wrong then, and I still think he's wrong in his analysis. However, in the light of two recent events I
social computing & social media
I'm in Brisbane today attending the Smart Services CRC Conference. Following are slides from my presentation earlier today. Tweets from attendees are under the hashtag #smartservicescrc in case you're curious. Leadership and the Digital Revolution
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1. Navigating the tangled web of Enterprise 2.0 enabled platforms is indeed an opportunity "to explore strange new worlds" in business... Enterprise 2.0 has been defined as "the application of Web 2.0 technologies to workers using network software within an organisation or business"
future
The old media model of the twentieth century was monolithic and based on a broadcast model. Large scale media players distributed a fixed series of products to a passive audience. In the twenty-first century we are seeing the beginnings of a new media model. The passive broadcast audience is fragmenting
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There is so much pressure on people these days to be successful. And I do not think we are encouraged to stop and think what success actually means for each of us and for society in general. Many of us seem to be on a treadmill. Go to school, get
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The Headshift team is running a short event on the 23rd November, here in Sydney: A social business is one where we use the opportunities presented by new technologies to deliver business value - to reduce costs, increase effectiveness or mitigate risks. Come along to this presentation to discuss a
future
These are some thoughts that I presented at the AMP Social Media Cafe in Sydney on 11 November 2010, the slides and references follow below. The future of shopping is social. But that is nothing new – shopping has always been social. The difference is that now we are seeing social
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I've been reading an old article that remains extremely interesting - it is an academic paper dating back to 2001 titled Bad Is Stronger Than Good. The authors note that: ... Bad impressions and bad stereotypes are quicker to form and more resistant to disconfirmation than good ones. "
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It has been fascinating to watch the consumer and media response to the recent increase of interest rates above the Reserve Bank rate by the Commonwealth Bank. Many have expressed their opinion that the Commonwealth Bank is destroying its brand by such a callous action. But this view ignores the