The Queensland floods forced a decision on what I should do with my music CDs. Market projections suggest the medium only has a few years remaining before CDs go the way of cassettes and LPs. When we look at what really matters in life, is that such a bad thing?
Who wouldn’t want to work for, or lead, a firm of endearment? As attractive as the name sounds, the book of the same title exposes both frustration and shame that more organisations have not taken up the mantra.
While some criticise the Occupy Wall Street movement for a lack of objectives, I see the protests fit perfectly within a postmodern framework. As such, I join the conversation in deconstructing what the events mean to me.
Photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/studiofour/
It is usually the player who determines whether a game is boring. After five months of playing, I find it is Foursquare that makes such a judgement on the player’s life. I have also discovered how meaningless that judgement really is.
Synergy happens when an end result is greater than the sum of each contributing part. If you are looking for fulfilment in your day job, you will find synergy to be critical in three areas: project teams, work / life balance, and alignment of your personal values with your commercial efforts. If you are looking to make a difference in your organisation, it is my hope that you may also find synergy with this blog post.
The non-commercial My Pizza Personality project set out to see if pizza purchasers are concerned about the environment, and whether environmental people eat pizza. While we wait for that answer, check out which group is most likely to pass on your message.
Oil company Royal Dutch Shell was recently exonerated from 40 years of oil pollution in the Niger delta region in a UN study that found that 90% of the pollution was the result of local people stealing oil and sabotaging pipelines. Understanding the challenges faced by all parties helps keep our seemingly mundane challenges in perspective.
I recently launched www.mypizzapersonality.com to help you find your inner pizza and to help me answer a very critical question. This is the story behind the project.
I posted a while back about the complexities of our self-worship of the consumer god. Looking into our deific motivations a bit more for some recent research, this consumer god is a pretty complex creature. Just have a look at the diagram below* for some of the explanations that we have come up with to explain and “simplify” the purchasing process…
It is the finals and I am on the edge of my seat. Sport, you may ask? Or perhaps school exams? No, it is elimination week on Masterchef, and we are down to the final three contestants. …read more »
