Archive for December, 2007
Help…I need somebody (to assist with s**m
Sunday, December 30th, 2007Yes, the vicious ‘S’ word. This blog, my bastion of thoughts and ideas, is being spammed daily. At this stage, I am moderating these comments out - the only post to attract such troubles was the biomimicry post that went up a few of weeks ago. The one that talked about ’sour grapes’ and the Battle […]
Lions, Tiger and Bears: Silly thoughts on CSR
Saturday, December 29th, 2007I was reading the Fin Review this morning and came across their CEO Poll, which asked some of Australia’s largest companies CEO’s questions about the economy, the challenges for the year and their opinions on climate change.
Foxtel’s Kim Williams climate answer:”Foxtel’s climate change motto is: switch off, reduce, reuse, recycle, ride, walk, car pool, bus it or […]
George, you ol’ devil
Friday, December 21st, 2007This ones doing the rounds at the moment. I found it hillarious. Surely, the big man himself would not have approved…or would he? The mans got game, let’s be honest.
X Rated employers: For adults only.
Wednesday, December 19th, 2007Rant: Companies should be treating their employees as adults. I think that people, generally, are smart and intelligent. Which is why I tend to cringe at the horribly cliched, tried and true values and mission statements that are floating around at the moment. Read any corporate web page/annual report/csr report. Boilerplate. We care about customer service. […]
A great giving proposition. How ‘made to stick’ meets social gifting.
Sunday, December 16th, 2007How do you get a product to appeal to a certain market, get your brand to stick at once, and then make people proud to wear it? One of the better reads I had this year was the book Made to Stick, by Chip and Dan Heath, who also write in Fastcompany monthly. The book […]
Motorhead Messiah - must read
Saturday, December 15th, 2007I highly recommend checking out this article, in last months Fast Company. It captures some really amazing possibilities around car emissions and the future of auto-construction. Even the ‘Govenator’ is on it!
Biomimicry in action: Sour Grapes and the wine industry
Thursday, December 13th, 2007How does a winery use Biomimicry to great effect to continuously keep soil quality, and thus wine quality, high? It lets weeds run rampant!
I was watching Uncorked, the Stuart MacGill show on Lifestyle, the other day (yes, hold your laughter) and was happily shocked by how much the wine industry has begun adopting biomimicry techniques in […]