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Re: 6 Sets of Wheels That You Need For Your Commute To Work This Week

Bhoxs Gee — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 10:27:01 -0000

mag kano po yan

Re: What is it That Makes a Great Leader?

Ben Rennie — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 02:57:12 -0000

Hi Leila, that comment was amazing. Best ever :).

It is nice to know we have have some "amazing" and "inspiring" leaders over the years... what was his name again?
Hope you are well buddy.
x

Re: What is it That Makes a Great Leader?

Leila Hibri — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 02:15:48 -0000

Lao Tzu rocks!
Great leaders are great sifters: they manage to sort through the
"rubble" and are able to quickly separate the gems from the rough
diamonds from the cut glass from the dirt. They then put the gems on a
pedestal, remind the rough diamonds what they are made of and help them
shine-up, show the cut glass how to grow up and become semi-precious stones and
throw away the dirt that was weighing everyone down...

Re: What is it That Makes a Great Leader?

Leila Hibri — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 02:15:22 -0000

Re: A Crowdfunded Skyscraper

Fillim — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 01:18:40 -0000

The sky is the limit with Crowd Funding...

Love it

Re: A Campaign Asking Mums to go Silent this Mothers Day

PaydayPERX — Thu, 03 May 2012 16:11:11 -0000

Um, in 2010 fewer than 700 women died in childbirth in the US. Not to spoil a great campaign, but the numbers are grotesquely misleading. Rates are much higher in the US than Europe, because sadly more US mothers are obese and more US mothers choose unnecessary C-sections than those in Europe which are major surgeries often not treated as such. Mortality rates among developing African and Asian countries utterly dwarf those of the US and EU, and the worst place to survive childbirth on Earth is Afghanistan where the rate is fully 94 times higher than in the US. Worse for this campaign, the rate has actually dropped steeply worldwide by 35% in the last 30 years. The actual 2010 report is on the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation's website.

Not sure what this charity is up to, but this seems to be a gross misrepresentation of the facts. Too bad, because the campaign looks great.

Re: UWS is Excited to Announce Speakers for Failcon 2012

Jarryd Daymond — Tue, 01 May 2012 01:25:18 -0000

Great line up - this is needed to help de-stigmatise failure in Australia.

Re: What if…

Clay Forsberg — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 08:30:22 -0000

Angelique, nice piece. Or as I tweeted this morning: "Excellent way to start the brain this morning! "What if ..."

We need all the help we can get to break ourselves out of the stagnation of the "same old same old." And today you have. For last twenty years I've used a different take on the same topic: "Imagine ..." Now I get to add another motivational phase to my lexicon.

Re: What if…

harrison — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 18:50:07 -0000

What if writers proofread their copy?
It opens a world of possibilities that can quiet often lead to even more exciting ideas.

Re: Steve Jobs – The Success Mindset…

Karen Gately — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 01:47:59 -0000

Thanks for another great blog post!

Re: My Favourite Cafe and the Reasons Why…

Jasonsharp10 — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 06:18:04 -0000

My local cafe in Frankston writes an inspirational message on the top of the cups each day. It's kind of a trap to find out what it's going to be each day and the coffee is great too!

Re: Zero Waste: Myth or Reality?

Paul Palmer — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:32:20 -0000

You might want to look at www.zerowasteinstitute.org for a comprehensive analysis of wasting behaviors and how to eliminate waste, rather than manage it, maintained by Paul Palmer, the first person to ever use the phrase Zero Waste publicly.

We show that zero waste has nothing to do with how much goes into a dump but is a far deeper concept that demands design for perpetual reuse of products themselves and for the design of processes that do not force discard later down the line.

There is much more to Zero Waste than merely the very first, simple ideas that jump into the mind the first time you think of reducing waste. And if you visit the ZW Institute you will learn that recycling does not lead to Zero Waste but to Abundant Waste. Find out how that works at ZWI.

Re: Why the majority of supermarket shoppers do not use re-usable canvas shopping bags & what this teaches us about human nature

Ben Rennie — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 01:02:15 -0000

Hi thanks for the comments. The writer is based in Melbourne Australia. I think we have (in Sydney) a similar split... 30-40% use recycled bags.
Thanks for reading
Ben

Re: Why the majority of supermarket shoppers do not use re-usable canvas shopping bags & what this teaches us about human nature

Chocolat — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 22:52:31 -0000

40% use reusable bags? That's incredible! I was expecting more like 1%. Where do you live? I have yet to see another person use a reusable bag when I go to Whole Foods or any other shop in the SF Bay Area.

Re: The Art of Bus-i-ness

Ben Rennie — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 01:47:48 -0000

Great comments Janeece. Lovely to see you last week too.

Re: The Art of Bus-i-ness

janeecekeller — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 01:42:15 -0000

It never ceases to amaze me how 'normal' it's become for people's first response to the question "how are you?" to be "oh, I'm so busy!" To your 4th point, It's almost like it's what's expected these days.

One of my objectives this year is to do less, better... so I'm working on saying no to things. Oh, and I stop if I catch myself answering the how are you question with anything other than the truth, busy or not!

Re: The Oracle Club: Creative Spaces

Ben Rennie — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 07:47:19 -0000

Yep, I love this.

Re: The Oracle Club: Creative Spaces

theaxx — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 06:46:53 -0000

WOW, exclusive and intriguing...

thea.
xx

(spoonfulzine)

Re: The Top 20 Cities for new Ideas

Me — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 11:51:05 -0000

Re #1: the help problem is not for dinner parties but for daily cleaning maids and cooks. And the last word should be "brasileiros"...

Re: The Days of Business as Usual are Over…

Earlville — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 21:25:31 -0000

That
is simply a brilliant piece.You
have found your higher purpose and true voice.
That
is simply a brilliant piece.You
have found your higher purpose and true voice.

You
have never written so well, with such gusto and inspiration.

It
sounds like you have been listening to my conversations with the Professor.

Not
only have you described what is, and what must happen, but you have left a
wonderful gap.

Leadership.
While it's good to create the challenge and generate action, there is something
more you can do.

Describe
the traits, and give examples, of those who have led change. People cannot
conceive the unknown.

So
you have to make it known by offering parallel stories containing situation,
resolution and outcome.

You
can draw on absolutely anything, but ironically it's better to avoid business
examples. Go sideways.

Reason:
people like to know something is actually possible (example) and then make
their own discoveries.

That
way they feel like they are truly forging ahead, and that feels pretty sexy. We
all need
to be respected for ideas.

Re: The Smartest Guy in the Room

Megan Barrow — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 20:04:06 -0000

Great article Bull. I wish there were more of these great leaders you describe. I've encountered a few which I cherish, but most want to claim they are the smartest person in the room.

When, oh when, will the business community realise we need different, innovative leadership. Or is it when will staff and consumers demand that to ensure a cultural change?

Re: Is Just Doing Stuff Enough to get Better at Doing Stuff?

AnonCity — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:41:53 -0000

Very interesting article, though I'd speculate that people doing something for awhile (like Drs and taxi drivers) do improve, although in targeted areas that are not necessarily well-viewed from our perspective. A doctor can write pretty darn fast even if it's totally illegible, but in his twisted view maybe this allows him to see more patients.

Re: Media Consolidation: The Illusion of Choice

Antony Copeland — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 19:03:57 -0000

You might like this:
http://youtu.be/JRZaSPkKdjU

Re: Finally Collaboration Isn’t A Dirty Word

Angelique Milojevic — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 02:37:46 -0000

Hi Megan, you make great points. Interesting point about your father and his management coming from a team sporting background. I suspect that made a huge difference. I grow up playing about four different types of team sports each year from the ages of six to twenty seven. Not only has it brought a fierce competitive streak to my business (I always want to be better than everyone else) I also inherently understand how winning big can only happen if every team player is on board. Another question for collaboration is "who do you want on your team?"

Re: Finally Collaboration Isn’t A Dirty Word

Megan Barrow — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 01:28:40 -0000

Great article Angelique! Unfortunately, from my experience, businesses do not support collaboration, and this is the key fact because, I believe, if management started acknowledging and recognising teams and not individuals, we would have much more exciting, innovative and cohesive workplaces.

My first business mentor, my Dad, in his business back in the 90s had the business mission statement: Teamwork gets Results. Cliche? Yes. Did it work? Yes. And, more so, all our customers knew that was the philosophy. But he and his management came from a team sporting background - I have wondered if this made a difference to their leadership style?