Packaging frustrations

Posted by  in August 6th, 2007  
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Symptoms of what problem? Just in the last few years I have encountered numerous problems with packaging and I do wonder why it is so hard to think it through and make it easy. 1/ Toothpaste is packaged mostly [one major well known brand in Oz anyway] in carton tubes, which hide the look of [...]

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Connected world impact on management

The more ‘connected’ we are the less ‘connected at the hip’ we need to be – potentially only applies to work…. On the 23rd of May I gave a short presentation on ‘Connected World’ to CSC media invitees in Switzerland. The presentation touched on eight key trends in the connected world; things like presence and [...]

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Competing in a Connected World

Posted by  in July 19th, 2007  
Posted in: Entrepreneur, Foresight, Innovation, Life     Tags: , , , , , , ,

Do or die An enterprise can consider a few alternative pathways as to how they respond to the technology induced changes. The enterprise can decide to create waves by defining their own way to leverage the technologies. Another possibility is to ride the waves others have created. Or the enterprise can crash some waves. The [...]

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Creativity and spirituality

Posted by  in May 20th, 2007  
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Fascinated by paradoxes Of late I have read a few books touching on creativity and on spirituality. The latest two are by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, “Creativity” and Eckhart Tolle, “A New Earth, Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose”. The former talks about creativity as something that emerges when critical conditions have been met. The three key ones [...]

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One mobile device or many mobile devices

Posted by  in April 26th, 2007  
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Possible directions – one engine – many uses Will we have the ONE device, it opens the doors for us, it controls our home electronics, it acts as our entry to all portals, it is a personal hub for our real and virtual lives. Today we have a number of devices. Why? Well at least [...]

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A path to foresight profession

Posted by  in January 16th, 2007  
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Imagine the future, share the passion, interact with the likeminded and act to bring it about….. It is not a lighthouse it is a sunrise About a year ago I wrote a profile for the member area on the Association of Professional Futurists web-site. I have altered that text slightly to update any references to [...]

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