New initiative: the Digital Revolution and Government #gov2 #gov2au
Kate Carruthers One of my great passions is the digital revolution and how it is affecting society. A key area of our life that the digital revolution is changing is government and…
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Living in the future: new media, new consumers, new desires
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.…
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…
Serious games for business and education #GlobalSCRM
I’ve never been a big online game player (the third world bandwidth here in Australia has been enough to discourage many like me). But, having observed the development of online…
The Future of Games – Global Social CRM #GlobalSCRM
Yesterday I attended a fascinating session hosted by the Bay Area Executives Meetup on the topic of the The Future of Games: enterprises, education, social + more. The session was…
Interested in sustainable design? Check out #sibsyd
The next Social Innovation BarCamp is on and the theme is sustainable design! Click here to REGISTER NOW When: Saturday 6 November 2010 Time: 9.30 am – 5.30 pm Where:…
Making digital marketing work
Much of the digital marketing I see is a bit tragic. Tragic for the businesses who are investing hard won income into campaigns that might not deliver a return on…
Why things don’t change – or the tyranny of ‘THEM’
Over the years I worked as a senior manager in large organisations and, more recently, as an educator and business coach for senior managers across private and government organisations. A…
A new dimension to analysis: Time to include a spiritual angle?
In business school we all learned to use the same analytical tools – S.W.O.T., P.E.S.T., P.E.S.T.E.L., BCG Growth Share Analysis, Competitor Analysis, Porter’s 5 Forces, etc. But at dinner the…
Innovation Bay seeking Startups for Angel Pitches
On Tuesday 21 September 2010 those smart folks over at Innovation Bay will be running another one of their angel dinners. With these dinners Innovation Bay acts as a broker…