5 thoughts on Leadership
I am a student at University of Sydney, studying a Masters in International Studies. Recently we looked at leadership. Now there are many thoughts on leadership, here are five of my own.Leadership is not always formalThink Jesus, Ghandi or Mandela. If anything, their formal roles were consistently reduced, yet their leadership grew. Leading from a [...]
WordPress admin is really good
“will you have apps with that?”
Ignite Sydney
Ignite Sydney – 5 mins, 20 slides, 15 seconds per slide
software as a service
Top SASS applications…. that i have seen. 1: CRM – Sugar / Salesforce2: Accounting – Sassu3: Blogging – wordpress Sure that there are others. What is SASS – Software as a Service (SaaS, typically pronounced ‘sass’) is a model of software deployment where an application is licensed for use as a service provided to customers [...]
Richard Branson – Business Stripped Bare
Good book about a well branded and sometimes well executed company. What really got my attention was that Virgin and Richard Branson, has created 8 billion dollar businesses in different markets. Thats pretty impressive. Get the book on Amazon
Top counter cyclical businesses
In these days of (probable) economic downturn, what will be the businesses that will continue to grow?1: Banks – people need somewhere to keep all the cash that is burning a hole in their pocket. So safe banks yes, smaller banks probably not.2: Liquidators – the ones who turn over valued and underperforming assets back [...]
Seth Godin on the NY times
Great insights, that make the digital person breathe out a deep FINALLY! I’ll let Godin sum it up…. I guess it’s about the difference between: senior management playing defense, supporting and protecting the status quo and avoiding offending the elders upstairs vs. using existing momentum and clout to build assets for the next business.
Success in Social Media – Those who shout or those who add value?
Social Media is being dictated by those who shout and those who add value. Which type of person will win? How does this differ from the offline world?
Ad tech Sydney – user driven schedule
Ad Tech has launched a “brain” that enables the consumers to dictate what kind of material they want to be covered during the sydney conference. The Ad Tech Brain, as it is called, turns the questions over to the consumers and whilst this is helpful and useful to ensure that Ad Tech will hit what [...]
Social Media Marketing group
With all the talk around Social Media Marketing. I have set up a Yahoo group with the aim of fostering and building a community of people who can share and discuss this topic.If you would like to join and share your thoughts on social media marketing, then feel free to follow the link below. Click [...]
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