Well done Ushahidi
Sometimes with web 2.0 technologies I feel as if I’m seeing demos of solutions looking for problems in a technology bubble, but this example really shows how mashups, text messaging and blogs can have...
View ArticleLearning from Jeff Bezos and musing on the Kindle, ERP and history
Watch here if it doesn’t display. It is full of excellent nuggets. Obsess about your customers, not your competitors. Invent. Think long term. Be prepared to be misunderstood. I wonder how many...
View ArticleIndustrial action impacts high tech companies too
Thinking of strikes, it is easy to imagine coal miners, railway workers and automobile assemblers with shop stewards quoting Trotsky, Gramsci and Marcuse, and brandishing a well worn copy of the Ragged...
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Why HR is not like the Ryder Cup
In between calls today, I followed the Ryder Cup, and I’m pleased to note that Europe managed to win it. It was rather close. And damp. Well done to Colin’s merry men. For two days, once every two...
View ArticleWhat is Germany getting right with employment?
Andrew McAfee recently posted on the dire state of graduate employment in the US. His work on the impact of technology on employment is well worth a read, I reviewed his book here. Here in little...
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