Business & Economics Editor's Pick How Should Tomorrow’s Economy Look Like? April 6, 2021April 6, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked A few days ago, thanks to my algorithmic recommendations — not from the sources I usually read, but selected on the basis of subject matter of interest to me — I came across an article about a 57-year-old American who after being released following a 37-year jail term, was asked about his impressions of something as commonplace as a smartphone, or the […]
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 Shawn Lee – Business Lead at Monocoque March 29, 2021March 29, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked This article was originally published here: Shawn Lee – Business Lead at Monocoque Shawn Lee’s commitment to good design stems from the belief that there are still too many businesses that under-value it. What’s your story? My story hasn’t changed all that much since the last interview with Callum. I would say there are additions […]
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 Yungyi Su – Founder & CEO Ruleless Studio March 27, 2021March 27, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked This article was originally published here: Yungyi Su – Founder & CEO Ruleless Studio Yungyi Su has turned his diverse approach to the fashion industry into a business. What’s your story? I am a Taiwanese who established a new type of consultancy studio, Ruleless Studio (RLS), for textiles/fashion industry in Tokyo, Japan in 2019. Our […]
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 […]
Entrepreneurship Startups Strategy Can Marketers Really Impact Small Businesses March 25, 2021March 25, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked When you think of the essentials for growing a small business, you typically think of innovation and financing. But new research provides the first evidence that marketing deserves its own pocket in the entrepreneur’s tool bag. When entrepreneurs in Kampala, Uganda, were paired with marketers for virtual coaching, they enjoyed dramatic growth, unlike those who […]
Callum Connects Interviews Adam Charlton – Creative Director at BrandCraft March 25, 2021March 25, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked This article was originally published here: Adam Charlton – Creative Director at BrandCraft Big isn’t necessarily better, but attention to detail is all have motivated brander Adam Charlton. What’s your story? After uni in London studying design theory, I began my career at a well-known branding agency in Hong Kong. I have spent the last […]
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 […]
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
Discord And Microsoft: How Do You Create Momentum? The Wall Street Journal reports that Microsoft is talking to Discord about acquiring the social audio company created in 2015, that has more than 250 million users and has so far focused primarily on creating communities of video game fans. The trigger for these talks has been the surprise success of Clubhouse, which is even smaller than Discord, but […] Written by Enrique Dans March 29, 2021March 29, 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