Future Blind
Every now and then someone comes along with a comment or a decision that suggests they are blind to the future… and in some cases, blind to what’s going on right now. Well, in a blindingly stupid move, VicRoads, the Victorian Government’s roads and traffic authority, are intending to ban the use of mobile phones […]
Made to Stick and the Sticking Point – Update
The Made to Stick book has become a classic. I know that because it now has it’s own Wikipeda page. Now, that’s an interesting measure of SUCCEs… Frank Sinatra sang about New York, ‘If you can make it there, you can make it anywhere’. Perhaps, Wikipedia has now replaced New York as the centre of […]
Made to Stick: How to Live Forever
* Based upon your feedback, my posts have been getting a bit long. So, I’ll split the updates into two. The first will be the context piece from the Book Rapper issue. Then I’ll follow this with the update so we’re all on the same page. The Book: Made to StickChip and Dan HeathMade To […]
Community: An Update to the Update
In my previous post I suggested that one of the hot trends at the moment was around ‘community’. I stick with that assertion and let me clarify it a little further… Communities, tribes, clusters have been around for yonks. They’re not new. Living in a cave with a couple of families was probably our first […]
One is good, many is better…
The Bees Wees: One is good, many is better… The Book: Barry Libert and Jon Spector and thousands of Contributors; We Are Smarter Than Me: How to Unleash the Power of Crowds in Your Business To learn about the power of community-at-work look to the natural world. An individual bee, with its modest brain, is […]
How the Internet is Shaping Your Organisation
The Book: Ori Brafman & Rod A. Beckstrom; The Starfish and the Spider; The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations, Portfolio (Penguin), London, 2006. Our Context During the Cold War, the Americans and the Russians were engaged in an escalating battle of espionage and defence. It was thought impossible that a plane could get anywhere near […]
Tim Ferris – The Four Hour Work Week
The Four Hour JOLT! Business/Self development books bring to mind sheep in wolfs clothing; they’re a better fit with ‘auto-biography’ than the ‘fix it’ genre. What they represent is life experience pulled together, bowerbird style, into a personal ethic, philosophy, research paper, manual, etc. The unifying theme is: ‘buy my book/ebook; CD/DVD; workshop/seminar, and, I’ll […]
Are Books and Websites Merging?
Google have made a bucket-load of money from targeted ads. And, a really, really, really big bucket at that. By matching your search requests with related advertising they’ve made billions – one click at a time. Now, Amazon wants to walk down a similar path. Fast Company has reported that Amazon has filed a number […]
The ‘Free’ Debate
One of the fun questions that is often asked at dinner parties and in light-hearted interviews is “Who would you most like to have dinner with?” The question conjures up the image of a bunch of important people sitting around the table and chewing the fat over a lively debate of world-changing ideas. The internet […]
Brand Worship: Defining Your Cause
If you’re not out to cause anything then you might as well go back to bed! What’s the point of your brand? What’s the reason it exists? What’s the spirit behind it? What stand are you taking? In our RAP, Brand Worship, we propose a branding plan for building a cult-like brand. It’s derived from […]