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Insight on Insight
Have you ever noticed that Entrepreneurs never put an “Out of Office Message” on their email? John Stokes said this to me whilst we were having lunch at the soon to be demolished Rosati’s in Flinders Lane. John is a British Entrepreneur and Venture Capitalist based in Montreal, Canada, where he runs a US$50M fund…
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how to moderate an event
I have probably moderated around 100+ events for the Churchill Club over the last couple of years, and have realised that I now have a bit of experience moderating panels, which can be hard to come by. Although I believe I have nothing on Narelle Kennedy of the Australian Business Foundation, who is by far…
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mini diasporas & linkedin
I read a nice article in The Economist last week, it was entitled “The Magic of Diasporas”. And since I was in London going to and “Australian Business UK” function, It made me feel even more connected to my fellow Aussies. Diasporas are described by Wikipedia as “the movement, migration, or scattering of people away…
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The 10 Principles of War
Around the start of my career in the late 80’s, Eastern thought was very big in the workplace. There was a growing awareness of Japanese solutions such as Kanban and Keiretsu. Management books such as Miyamoto Musashi’s – The Book of 5 Rings and Sun Tzu’s The Art of War were massively popular as books…
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noticing stuff.
Two things I noticed recently. 1. Having driven around Gippsland last school holidays, I noticed that no one in Regional Victoria drives a newish Landrover. Its all Nissan Pathfinder and Toyota Landcruiser. There was some really old Landrover Defenders and their predecessor but no Discoverys or Range Rovers though. In my suburb their are plenty…