Callum Connects Interviews Siri Pekasut – Founder of Pixel Interactive Company April 9, 2021April 9, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked This article was originally published here: Siri Pekasut – Founder of Pixel Interactive Company Comfortable outside her comfort zone and refusing to be constrained by limits, Siri Pekasut has grown her small web design agency into multiple businesses What’s your story? After living in Sydney, Australia and working for an IT company for years, I […]
Editor's Pick Politics The Sharing Economy: Capitalism’s Last Stand? April 2, 2021April 6, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Access over ownership. After decades of excessive consumerism, this prospect sounded revolutionary. At first. Now that the sharing economy has become mainstream, more critical voices are appearing. So, what will it be? Empowerment or exploitation? A revolution or business as usual? Before getting to the heart of the matter, I’d like to set something straight: […]
Business & Economics Entrepreneurship Startups Strategy The Importance Of Useless Knowledge In Business April 1, 2021April 1, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Although managing a business, or even a small part thereof, is a complex task, the solutions for solving problems often seem deceivingly simple. Managers resolve even the most complex issues with a two-by-two matrix or simple lists of steps. Most management books simplify the complicated world of business by providing attractive solutions with a high level of […]
Journal Politics The Politics Of Intellectual Property March 31, 2021March 31, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Introduction: This Article argues that we need a politics, or perhaps a political economy, of intellectual property. Using the controversy over copyright on the Net as a case-study and the history of the environmental movement as a comparison, it offers a couple of modest proposals about what such a politics might look like — what theoretical […]
Callum Connects Interviews Sharon Tsang – Founder & CEO Anew Studios March 28, 2021March 28, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked This article was originally published here: Sharon Tsang – Founder & CEO Anew Studios Sharon Tsang is using her experience in the fashion industry to enhance her commitment to improving the lives of women and to sustainability. What’s your story? Born in Hong Kong and raised between Hong Kong and Vancouver, I always had an […]
Callum Connects Interviews James Trevelyan – Founder & CEO of Close Comfort March 26, 2021March 26, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked This article was originally published here: James Trevelyan – Founder & CEO of Close Comfort Having come up with an air conditioner which is both energy efficient and effective, James Trevelyan is now following another passion and searching for clean water solutions. What’s your story? I invented an extremely energy-efficient personal air conditioner that provides […]
Editor's Pick Science Just How Feasible Is A Warp Drive? March 25, 2021March 25, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked It’s hard living in a relativistic Universe, where even the nearest stars are so far away and the speed of light is absolute. It is little wonder then why science fiction franchises routinely employ FTL (Faster-than-Light) as a plot device. Push a button, press a pedal, and that fancy drive system – whose workings no […]
Politics The Nth Degree March 25, 2021March 25, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Animals used to roam the planet. Now, they sit yoked and broken, until they’re ready to harvest for parts. We used to catch seasonal rainfall. Now, we empty the world’s aquifers to eat strawberries in February. We used to pray for ten fingers and toes. We increasingly purchase engineered outcomes. We used to dress for […]
Callum Connects Interviews Vince Ho – Founder & CEO HIPSALONS March 24, 2021March 24, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked This article was originally published here: Vince Ho – Founder & CEO HIPSALONS Growing up in a family of hairdressers did not limit Vince Ho’s interest in expanding the model. What’s your story? I am from a family of hairdressers. Having literally grown up in a hair salon and seen the inner workings of it, […]
Callum Connects Interviews Peter Reid – Founder of Paradise Home March 23, 2021March 23, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked This article was originally published here: Peter Reid – Founder of Paradise Home Airline sales to interior design is not a conventional route, but it is the one Peter Reid took and he loves what he is doing now. What’s your story? Having started my working life in sales for an airline, I was able […]
The Politics Of Intellectual Property Introduction: This Article argues that we need a politics, or perhaps a political economy, of intellectual property. Using the controversy over copyright on the Net as a case-study and the history of the environmental movement as a comparison, it offers a couple of modest proposals about what such a politics might look like — what theoretical […] Written by James Boyle March 31, 2021March 31, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Football Finance And Pandemic In March 2020, the last of the European football leagues decided to stop operations indefinitely after a series of players tested positive for COVID-19. The last top-flight match played in front of a full crowd was the UEFA Champions League tie between Atlético Madrid and Liverpool, played at Anfield, Liverpool, on the 11 March 2020. […] Written by Research Blog University of Edinburgh March 31, 2021March 31, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Conservation In The Time Of Pandemic As I write, we don’t yet know the full socioeconomic impact of the devastating COVID-19 pandemic on people and places around the world. But we know from conversations we’ve had with colleagues and partners globally that cultural heritage places and the many people who rely on them for their livelihoods have been, and continue to […] Written by Getty's Blog March 22, 2021March 22, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Platforms Are The Future Of Intelligence As we organize human work and learning at fantastic scales, let’s strive for something inspiring. Through our relationship with machines, humans are building a new, synthetic intelligence. Organizations are the home for this part-human, part-machine intelligence. The topic to which we now turn is the role organizations play in coordinating the immense scale of work and […] Written by Gideon Rosenblatt March 19, 2021March 19, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
How Progress Made Us Weak Until the majority of humans fell to the transformative impacts of the Machine Age some hundred or so years ago, when power generation, electricity, the automobile, factories, and telecommunications all conspired to dramatically alter how we lived and interacted, a common set of governing principles underpinned life on Earth for more than ten thousand years. […] Written by Anthony Fieldman March 16, 2021March 16, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
How China Is Transforming Its Economy Through Learning I highly recommend reading the McKinsey Global Institute’s new report, “Reskilling China: Transforming The World’s Largest Workforce Into Lifelong Learners”, which focuses on the country’s biggest employment challenge, re-training its workforce and the adoption of practices such as lifelong learning to address the growing digital transformation of its productive fabric. How to transform the country […] Written by Enrique Dans February 1, 2021February 1, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Why You’re Not Seeing Success With Influencer Marketing With the new year around the corner, now is a good time to re-evaluate your past marketing strategies and gear up for the year ahead. For some businesses, influencer marketing has simply not seemed to live up to its lofty promises of genuine engagement, credibility, and transparency. Some have claimed that it has been failing […] Written by Michael Tan January 14, 2021January 15, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
