Leadership
Crowds are turning into riots and we’re not ready
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009“First they ignore you, then the ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win” - Mahatma Ghandi
Ross posted earlier today about how there is now a crowd in every photo, and I commented that we were seeing more and more crowds gathering at government and leadership conventions, such as the recent UN Copenhagen Climate […]
The end of disability?
Monday, November 30th, 2009Last week was a busy week as far as politics goes in Australia. I’m not going to go into detail about the problems the Liberal Party and Malcolm Turnbull have faced this past week, but I do want to comment on what the resultant media storm has done a good job of hiding. It has hidden what […]
Changing direction when it’s the hardest thing
Wednesday, September 9th, 2009Today in Samoa, for the first time in about 30 years, a country changed the side of the road they drive on. From the Associated Press article:
“As the 6 a.m. deadline approached, Police Minister Toleafoa Faafisi went on national radio to tell drivers everywhere to stop their vehicles. Minutes later, Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi broadcast […]
Guus Hiddink, total football and innovative teams
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008Well, Guss Hiddink has done it again. Can you believe it? This man (read, marvel) has yet again taken an underdog team, hopelessly under-achieving on the world stage, turned it around through a solid foundation of expectations and playing methods and then successfully cajoled them into high-performance mode to be 2 wins away from lifting the Euro08 Cup. The […]
Street Mimes and Civil Innovation
Thursday, April 17th, 2008“It seems that I cannot escape writing this post. Early on in my foray into the blogosphere I crafted a post all about the street mimes in Bogota, Columbia, and their instigator, Mayor Antanas Mockus. The post, however, never saw the light of day as my computer lynched itself and shutdown, losing my masterpiece. I […]
Response to Ergo Blog: Long weekends and Living Assets
Friday, March 14th, 2008Very interesting topic of discussion @ the ergo blog. Read Col’s post before reading my response below.
I remember hearing Marcus Blackmore (chairman and founder of Blackmores) speak at a CSR conference I attended last year about his attitude towards ’soft’ assets and their associated upkeep. His point of view was that each staff member of Blackmores […]
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. […]
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 […]
Greasing the Pole??? Leadership and having that “successful career”
Saturday, September 22nd, 2007Found a great article all, written by a guy taking a retrospective look at how his career progressed, verses his much more ‘networked focused’ co-worker. The article basically looks at the idea of substance, and I think highlights just what the better leaders of today have - a certain sense of humility and self-esteem derived […]