The value of L.A.B.
LAB, Lemming Avoidance Behaviour, or simply, avoid being like everyone else. Whilst we are in the age of the "wisdom of the crowd" there is a profound difference between that wisdom and simple herd behavior. We are not lemmings, but so often we exhibit their behavior,...
The good news and the bad news
The good news is that at least part of the nasty, smelly, political wind coming our way in 2013 will be avoided by the Prime Ministers announcement yesterday of the September election date. The context of the statement, that she wanted to remove the uncertainty that...
An obvious outcome from the ACCC.
I wonder how anybody could be in the slightest bit surprised that Coles and Woollies are raking in the profits from petrol retailing, as has been reported recently. We have allowed a virtual duopoly to emerge and duopolies behave in pretty predictable ways, for the...
Social density
Groups, networks, friends, and even loose 2nd and 3rd party connections via social media all have similar characteristics when viewed from a distance. Groups of people interconnected in some way. However, the real value of a group is its density, how close they are,...
Where to now my friends? Australia day 2013.
Today is Australia Day, January 26, 2013. As I watch what is going on around me, I see a lot of frenetic stuff, the hype at the cricket, crowds of people carrying "Australia" bags, hats and eskies, Pollies offering platitudes for a sound-bite, and many group BBQ's at...
Managements favorite metaphor, trashed.
If I hear the sporting team metaphor once more this week, I think I will spew, although I have often used it myself over the years. I've been contributing to a sales conference this week, listening to some intelligent, well thought out stuff from some surprising...
“Graph Search” branding
"Graph Search" may offer the potential of a financial bonus to the beleagured facebook shareholders sucked in by the IPO hype, I suspect it is, but what were they thinking when they dreamt up the name? A brand is supposed to convey a promise, be a memorable badge for...
Productivity increase = Wealth creation
The maths are simple, do more with less, and you have more left over at the end. Productivity is not just something you aim for in the factory, the opportunities to do more with less are everywhere, in every activity undertaken. The catch in all this is, when you...
Facebook cracks the monetisation code
The value of Facebook has tanked since the IPO last year, largely because after the hype, people wondered how the returns would be delivered when the obvious source, advertising, does not really work on Facebook. However, Facebook is in the throes of launching an...
Old is new again.
As a kid, I built a series of model planes, mostly WW11 fighters, flown with 2.5 - 5 cc motors, on the end of a set of wires. Loved it. I experimented with primitive radio controlled, built a Spitfire, and put some radio gear in it, some I had scrounged from older...