ENTREPRENEURSHIP The Balance of Nature This is the way a new universe is supposed to work, or at least, how the universe has to work, if it is supposed to. If all the things in the universe (like every single cell, tree, galaxy, star, planet, etc.) can only be understood if you accept that they were created in some very […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
ENTREPRENEURSHIP What is an Influencer? An influencer is someone who has a large following within the product or service, and can influence customers or potential customers to take a particular action. I’ve written before about how the “social media manager” is key to building a successful product, and why influencers are key to building strong brand authority as well. How […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
ENTREPRENEURSHIP Go Places You’ve Dreamed of I have been working and playing hockey for six years now and I’m trying to qualify for some international tournaments in the future to represent Canada. The officer is a tall man with a well defined jaw and full beard. His white T-shirt, long sleeves and baseball cap are all reflective of his service. He […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
ENTREPRENEURSHIP Sunrise and Sunset on Mars To explore the surface of Mars as a whole, scientists have focused almost exclusively on a portion of its surface, called the ‘Celestial latitudes’. It has a latitude of about 55 degrees north, and a longitude of about 2 degrees south. The surface is cold at this latitude, and at a very specific location, in […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
ENTREPRENEURSHIP How to Get to Investment Heaven I am now at the Collision Conference (https://collisionconf.com) researching for my next book (working title: “What is Successful Startup Leadership”) and my last two interviews with investors blew my mind and opened my heart when I least expected it. I must qualify that when one of your interviewees is Granger Whitelaw who works with Peter […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Tracy Lamourie – Founder of Managing Director Lamourie Media This article was originally published here: Tracy Lamourie – Founder of Managing Director Lamourie Media Campaigning for causes she believes in has given Tracy Lamourie skills she now shares with others to help them be heard. What’s your story? I am a high profile international award winning publicist, the Founder and Managing Director of Lamourie […] Written by Callum Laing June 16, 2021June 16, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Relationship Economy Terry Mollner — whose Calvert Impact Capital funds are the world’s largest, at $9 billion (or $12 billion, depending on what source you cite) — is one of the great pioneers of a new economy based on meaningful relationshipsand the common good — a conceptual framework that is increasingly called ‘Game B’ these days, as an alternative to the prevailing […] Written by Anthony Fieldman June 15, 2021June 15, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Theoretical Perspectives On Culture Music, fashion, technology, and values—all are products of culture. But what do they mean? How do sociologists perceive and interpret culture based on these material and nonmaterial items? Let’s finish our analysis of culture by reviewing them in the context of three theoretical perspectives: functionalism, conflict theory, and symbolic interactionism. Functionalists view society as a […] Written by Lumen Learning June 3, 2021June 3, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Identity Play Or Meme? A friend of mine made me aware of a Facebook group called: a group where we all pretend to be ants in an ant colony. According to the group’s ‘About’ section, the members are ants, “worship The Queen and do ant stuff. ” Founded in June 2019, the group began to receive mainstream publicity after a viral tweet and has now over 1.9 […] Written by We, Our, Iphones And Us June 3, 2021June 3, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The End Of Internet Explorer & The Future Of Microsoft As a user first of Mosaic and then of Netscape, I was not alone in seeing the arrival of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer back in 1995 as an attempt by a company that had completely underestimated the importance of the internet, that had seen the emergence of the Netscape phenomenon, to use the dirty trick of bundling it into the operating […] Written by Enrique Dans May 31, 2021May 31, 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
A New Philosophy of Business I’m about to ask you to take a mental leap. For the next 8 minutes, suspend your notions of what a business is, and I’ll propose a new lens for you to look through. There are a lot of questions asked around what “community” means for business. “Where should community fit in my organization?” and […] Written by Empirics Asia September 5, 2018September 5, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
