I have a lot of interactions with students these days. I teach a class of students who are primarily going to graduate in the next few months with degrees in media and communication. In addition I have a research project that involves PhD students from the sciences in interviewing CEO’s of corporations in high tech [...]
I am organizing a conference on Additive Manufacturing at the Innovation Campus of UOW in April. It should be a really good event, so if you have an interest in the next generation of manufacturing technologies, I urge you to check out the web site and to register. Here is a video that describes the [...]
In 2005 I bought a Prius. Its been a tremendous car. Fuel efficient, quiet, inexpensive to run. In fact it was so good I decided that when it hit 100,000 k’s instead of trading it I would keep driving it. At 140,000 k’s I thought I would find out how much it would be worth [...]
It looks like it is going to be a big year. This year I will be back at University Of Wollongong teaching in the Arts Faculty – the same subject as last semester, ARTS301. I had tremendous feedback last semester from students. The subject is really about helping those about to graduate to understand how [...]
This year has been incredibly busy. Next year looks set to be even busier – in my life certainly. As we all seemingly accelerate toward the adoption of more toys, more technology, with more speed and more connectivity, I find myself seeing more clearly what is happening on another plane, and find that many of [...]
This is not really a story about marketing. However it is something that you might want to know and to think about if you like food. We eat quite a bit of fish in our household. I normally buy fish at a little hole in the wall fish shop in Kiama. The shop is tiny. [...]
We all exist in networks of people. Before the industrial revolution they were close knit and very local. Fast forward through the industrial revolution and the ability to travel far and fast and into the digital era and we all have complex and vast networks of connections. All of those connections have influence on our [...]
Everyone wants more sales. They want more revenue. And they want more margin. And they want it now. They think that this involves strategy. Actually what they are looking for is tactics, and when they adopt tactics without a strategy it will almost invariably fail. Tactics is selling canned tomatoes at retail in the supermarket. [...]
While the media is all doom and gloom, for some there is boundless optimism. I have been asked to do several pitches in the last two weeks, two to companies that are expanding into new areas and want to make sure that they capture all the market potential that they see, and one to a [...]
I have been involved in a few start up companies and I have helped quite a few others to get their businesses cranked up, funded, and operational. I have also advised many more that their ideas, their companies – were not ready for prime time. Regardless of whether the ideas are fully formed one thing [...]