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Tag Archives: Politics
Social media records shattered.
The phenomena that has been the Kony video over the last week, garnering over 67 million views at the time of writing this, on Sunday morning in Australia, has rewritten the Social media and charity fund raising record books. If … Continue reading
Will Moore’s Law work for renewable energy??.
Will Moore’s Law, validated over nearly 50 years in digital technology development, also apply to renewable energy? This notion has interested me for a while, and it seems that currently our consumption of fossil fuel is a mirror image of … Continue reading
Posted in Change, Strategy
Tagged Change, change management, climate change, Politics
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Talk is cheap
We are pretty well immune to those who make promises, as we have heard it all before, and having been burnt, and burnt, we tend not to believe the hype this time. Doesn’t matter if it is a colleague assuring … Continue reading
Measuring leadership.
Leadership is often seen as a “soft” skill, hard to measure, and really only obvious with the benefit of hindsight. Perhaps not, the potential success of leaders can be at least partly assessed by looking at what makes people unsuccessful … Continue reading
Indecision amplified.
I spoke to a few people in Canberra yesterday, curious as to the impact of the Labor leadership cat-fight on the rest of the place. Whilst I expected it to be the topic of the day, the consensus was that … Continue reading
Human costs of innovation.
In the December 2011 quarter, Apple made $13 billion in profits, an extraordinary figure, 3 billion more than the revenue of Google in the quarter. Apple is an innovation machine, making it so is the legacy of Steve Jobs. However, there is … Continue reading
Posted in Innovation, Personal Rant, Uncategorized
Tagged Change, Innovation, Operations, Personal Rant, Politics, supply chain
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Australia’s meaningless celebration.
It’s Australia day, a celebration of nationhood, opportunity for pollies to grandstand, excuse for a piss-up, whatever floats your boat. Perhaps it should be a day for articulating our national challenges, in a manner that encourages rational debate based on … Continue reading
Assistance hypocrisy
The Federal Government is regularly blackmailed into providing assistance for the Australian car making industry, hundreds of millions on the basis that the industry is strategically important. The real reason is the political poison that closure of a plant causes, … Continue reading
Posted in Change, Management, Personal Rant
Tagged change management, Leadership, performance assessment, Personal Rant, Politics, supply chain
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SOPA nonsense
If you have not yet caught up with SOPA, the “Stop Online Piracy Act” working its way through the US legislative system, you probably soon will, because if it gets up, the troglodytes in Canberra will pile onto the bandwagon … Continue reading
Posted in Change, Social Media, Strategy
Tagged Change, change management, Innovation, Politics, web stuff
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Another brick ripped from the wall
The wall I refer to is the Australian processed food industry. It is being torn down by the high $A, the strategies of the two retail gorillas who are stocking shelves with housebrands, global sourcing of product, and lack of … Continue reading
Posted in Change, Leadership, Personal Rant
Tagged change management, Leadership, Personal Rant, Politics, retailer
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God help the NBN
In the communication revolution going on currently, the infrastructure to carry it all is vital, but how relevant will the 2010 infrastructure be to the world that greets it when it is finally completed roll-out in, when?, what was the … Continue reading
Posted in Change, Communication, Innovation, Operations, Social Media, Strategy
Tagged Change, change management, communication, Leadership, Politics, Strategy
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What’s coming for 2012?
It is the time of year for predictions and reviews, so here is my shot. Three general predictions, and one very specific one, followed by a review of my predictions of this time last year. The barriers to communication are … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership, Personal Rant, Small business, Social Media
Tagged Change, change management, communication, Leadership, Management, Personal Rant, Politics, retailer, Social Media, Strategy
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Why not Organic?
An obtuse end of year thought, considering the problems the Government is having with its Green partner in policy. A convergence of trends, organic, free range, sustainable, all the other adjectives, food is all the rage, why not re-brand those … Continue reading
Meritocracy, not democracy.
Meritocracy is about the best ideas, whereas democracy is about consensus, usually an average outcome. In a democracy, those who manage to smooth the waters, and gain the average usually get ahead, but in a true meritocracy, those with the … Continue reading
Posted in Collaboration, Leadership, Management
Tagged change management, collaboration, Innovation, Management, performance assessment, Politics, value
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Too busy!!
Busy, busy, busy, everyone is too busy to do anything important. We have had a reshuffle of the federal cabinet, busy people, dedicating limited time to gay marriage and other such important matters, a client of mine is so busy … Continue reading
Posted in Management, Personal Rant
Tagged managing yourself, performance assessment, Politics
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The parallels of Europe and Billy Bloggs & Co.
The chaos in the European monetary system, and the appearance of a lack of the required backbone to address the issues has parallels in every commercial change situation I have ever seen, irrespective of the size of the oranisation: It … Continue reading
Posted in Change, Leadership, Management, Strategy
Tagged Change, change management, Leadership, Management, Politics
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Why is Qantas different?
Yesterday’s question time, a childish brawl over who knew what and when about the Qantas decision to ground its aircraft, lock out staff, and leave customers around the world stranded, got me thinking. Not just about the pointless squabbling amongst the … Continue reading
Posted in Management, Operations, Strategy
Tagged change management, Management, negotiation, Operations, Politics
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Qantas wins the right for some to manage.
The Fair Work Australia decision overnight to order the termination of industrial disputation immediately, rejecting the unions request for a 120 day moratorium on action, is a win for managements right to manage for the long term health of a … Continue reading
Carbon emotionalism
Am I the only one, or are others getting as sick as I am of the shallow, cliché ridden utterances of both sides of this “debate”? The government is pushing their carbon tax, which will become law on July 1 … Continue reading
Posted in Change, Marketing, Personal Rant
Tagged Change, climate change, Leadership, Marketing, performance assessment, Personal Rant, Politics
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Playing digital catch-up
Coles & Woolies are starting out to reduce the gap between their marketing practices and those of the trendsetter, Tesco in the UK. I guess this is not surprising given they are both watching Tesco very closely, and Coles management … Continue reading
Posted in Change, Innovation, Social Media, Strategy
Tagged Change, change management, Innovation, Politics, Social Media, Strategy
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