Leadership
Here lies the €uro A fine dream born of Lofty ideals Brought down By the brutal reality Of the difference Between rich and poor It is sometimes amazing how simple things at a personal level can become such complicated matters when raised to the national level. Paying for things we
Miscellaneous
My friend Professor Robin Stuart-Kotze has just pointed me to the following chart in Pat’s Papers: Pat comments: "The The water utility in Edmonton, EPCOR, published the most incredible graph of water consumption last week. By now you’ve probably heard that up to 80% of Canadians
Language & Writing
John Naisbitt the futurist held a discussion session at the AustCham Regional Conference. The gist of his talk: - The Western representative democracy model is essentially “horizontal” with two parties slugging it out every few years - This model has been rendered dysfunctional and inoperative by the information revolution - An alternative “vertical”
Miscellaneous
The annual TED conference in Long Beach and Palm Springs is on now, lasting until February 13th. According to the description on its web site, TED is “a small nonprofit devoted to ideas worth spreading”. Founded in 1984, it started as a conference bringing together people from the areas of