Jan
12
“Fastest rising” means we looked at the most popular searches conducted for 11 months of 2008 (we compile this list by early December) and then ranked them based on how much their popularity increased compared to 2007. “Most popular” searches are ranked in order of the queries with the largest volume of searches for 2008.
Dec
20
Professor John Kotter answers questions on why he wrote A Sense of Urgency in this Harvard Business clip.
Harvard Business School Professor John Kotter is a world authority on leadership and change. In his newest work, A Sense of Urgency, Kotter shows what a true sense of urgency in an organization really is, why it is becoming an exceptionally important asset, and how it can be created and sustained within organizations.
••• Click here to watch this clip … In the clip he discusses:
• Why do we need a sense of urgency?
• What is the benefit of having a sense of urgency?
• What is the difference between activity and urgency?
Dec
19
HSBC is offering passengers at London’s Heathrow the opportunity to create their own in-flight magazine.
It will allow customers to choose the celebrity writers they are most interested in.
Dec
15
Google searches for the keyword “downturn” have quintupled recently.
This is no surprise. In business, 2009 will be a world of tight budgets.
Two of the biggest costs, the biggest budget chuncks, will be: payroll + marketing.
So, two of the biggest returns will need to be:
1. return on payroll, and
2. return on marketing.
In 2009, to survive brutal economic conditions and grow their business, senior management will be focusing on payroll optimisation and marketing optimisation.
In my own consulting I am focusing my attention on helping my clients with tight budgets:
1. to create more profit out of their monthly payroll expense, and
2. to harvest more sales revenues from their marketing investment.
Dec
12
Featured today on Sunrise News:
Tracey Voyce, Founder of Good Onya Australia says:
We are not trying to simplify the economic situation or encourage people to bury their heads in the sand. And we definitely aren’t about taking political sides. Good Onya Australia is simply about bringing Australians together to support each other and focus on the good stuff, so we can make a positive difference for our country.
Robert F Kennedy once said - “Each time a man stands up for an idea, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.”
Good Onya Australia is the first ripple of hope. With your help, it can grow into a wave of change that will sweep across the country and make a real positive difference.
Dec
5
SIMON CHEN of Taguchimail says:
Very much alive. Much to a lot of people’s amazement. And still very, very effective. But with the volume of email now, and the relentless offensive activity of corporate and personal SPAM filters, the actual job of engagement and grabbing attention is getting harder.
Nov
28
Los Angeles DJ Jesse BoyToy Lozano does a live broadcast at 35,000 feet above San Francisco after connecting to the Internet at the launch of Virgin Americas Gogo In-Flight Internet service.
YouTube has broadcast its first live event, an extravaganza which was part concert and part variety show and which drew comments from viewers ranging from “AWESOME!” to “train wreck.”
Nov
23
On Friday was the Fifth Birthday of the Flying Wombats.
I started the Flying Wombats on Friday Nov 21, 2003 online. The Flying Wombats is an online network of membership clubs based on my W.O.M.B.A.T. model first described in The X10 Memeplex, (Chapter 29 Devils & Wombats) and later written up in detail in WOMBAT SELLING: How to sell by Word of Mouth.
You can download your own copy of the book by clicking here.
There are no more than 10 members in any Flying WOMBAT Club. Each club practises a range of leadership, business and educational activities.
Go Wombats!
Nov
22
At the 2008 Los Angeles Auto Show, Honda showed off a supercar concept, the FC Sport, powered by an electric motor with energy generated by a hydrogen fuel cell.
The fuel-cell powertrain, which Honda calls V Flow, is being used in the FCX Clarity, the hydrogen-fueled sedan that Honda currently leases on a limited basis.
The FC Sport is designed to be a lightweight, performance-oriented car, and should have a 0-to-60 mph time of under 4 seconds to achieve supercar status. While Honda is known for producing fuel-efficient compact cars in the U.S., it garners performance expertise by competing in F1 and IRL racing.
