Gary Hamel has written a piece that goes to the heart of what I believe is happening right now. Everything that was, is now (or soon will be) the opposite. The move in societies (and every management structure is in and of itself a society) will be away from the architecture of the past toward [...]
Media barons and some of the anointed (think glitterati, freemasons or whichever other conspiracy theory you subscribe to this week); spend a lot of time gnashing teeth these days…. In the inimitable voice of Peter Sellers, “ Oh dearie dearie me, we have let de cat out of de bag”, – how the hell [...]
When we think of ubiquity, we think sunshine, ocean, sand, air and more recently, unfortunately pollution. If we personalize ubiquity, we think of people, clothes, food, cars, football/baseball (the lack of every night on Tele). If you were Bill Gates, you might think of the number of Microsoft Operating Systems that you have sold as [...]
Apparently we are going through a period where there is virtually no sunspot activity. Here is the article. The last time there was an extended period of zero sunspot activity coincided with the Younger Dryas, mini ice-age. We also had global cooling over the year Jan 2007 – Jan 2008 of .7 degrees Celsius, which [...]
I came across this article on a blog written by a Special Forces operative who has just returned from Iraq. Excerpt here…. I have come to realize that we isolate our soldiers from the societies in which we operate. We airlift and sealift vacuum-sealed replicas of America to remote corners of the world; once there, [...]
Tom Barnett is a military strategist and diplomatic commentator par excellence. Here is a piece that he wrote that absolutely sums up the stuff that is happening in the Middle East right now. I just don't understand why it is that all the supposedly smart guys in Washington and London and Canberra aren't reading this [...]
One of the most interesting things to explore and imagine at the moment is the question of “What is the future of media?” There is a conference on next week that Ross Dawson – a friend from Australia – is running. He has also released a Future of Media report. I wish I could make [...]
MySpace is the number one destination for US internet users says Hitwise. Somewhere in late May it passed Google. Two years ago it registered .1% of all US visits; a year ago 1.9%; now its 4.5% with 75 million users. Rupert Murdoch has to be laughing. A year ago he bought My Space. Why is [...]
There is a summit coming up in July about the Future of Media. Details of the strategic framework are mentioned here. It will take place simultaneously in both San Francisco and Sydney. Should be very interesting. It is hard to describe such a complex and evolving business and social ecosystem. Ross Dawson, who is chairing [...]
Very interesting post at Tom Barnett's blog about the role that women play in driving economic prosperity. Get these points about 'womenomics' The increase in female employment in the rich world has been the main driving force of growth in the past couple of decades.….. women have contributed more to global GDP than have either [...]