Talent
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Sunday, October 26th, 2008Malcolm Gladwell launches a new book soon, Outliers, which I can’t wait to read. It’s topic, quite broadly, is talent and the new world of work. I’m not sure which way he is going to swing with the book, but he always ensures a gripping read and a different view point that stun most of […]
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 […]
Do you know how to play the game?
Friday, June 20th, 2008I’ve been ruminating about this post for quite a while and it is being finally ‘penned’ because of the quote I ran into yesterday.
“You miss 100% of the shots you never take.” - Wayne Gretzky
I couldn’t help but think about the world of entrepreneurship and innovation, where often a shot not taken is an opportunity […]
Innovative cultures and the Brand Me working style
Monday, March 31st, 2008
Is this a test for productivity?
I worked from home today, which gave me some perspective about the way that I like to work as well as the ideals of the Brand Me theory that I have spoken about on this blog before. I awoke this morning feeling a little crook, and so (full disclosure here), […]
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 […]
Break my happy egg and call me cooked…
Thursday, February 21st, 2008The whole Generation Y issue is getting to me. As you may or may not know, I work in the World Vision Australia youth marketing department. Part of what we do, better than anyone else in that organisation (and, we like to hope someday, better than anybody in any market) is ‘get’ and understand young people. We […]
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.
The Pmarca Guide to career planning…get on it!
Monday, October 1st, 2007Okay - if you have been reading this blog you’ll know that I am trying to live the Brand Me life. I started this blog mainly to try to capture my portfolio of projects going on, how I was juggling the opportunities presenting themselves in each one, and to start conversations with other who were […]
A stranger, from the outside!!! Pixar and the Brand Me world…
Monday, September 24th, 2007Yes, continuing on from yesterdays post, I thought it would be worth talking about the Pixar a little more.
From the Mavericks at Work book I wrote about before, there was quite a good section which looked at some of the inner workings of the film company (valued at somewhere between 7-10 billion USD!).
“It’s fine to […]
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 […]
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