Improving Government by Waking Up

Improving Government by Waking Up

Ironically even though we live in a world where ideas can be a force for positive good there are still those who view public discussion and comment as a problem. “A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on. ”...
The Witless Economy

The Witless Economy

With Christmas coming up time to hit the beach with a book (Southern hemisphere here). We have been through a precarious business year where our faith in the vagaries of the “free market”  should have been very considerably challenged although I personally...
Intensive Dairy Farming

Intensive Dairy Farming

If I was a farmer I’d be looking to win some friends in the cities and towns given the free ride they are getting regarding climate change impacts and planning. So why would a bunch of dairy farmers want to consider placing 18,000 up to 17,850 cows indoors for...
Milk, Melbourne and Milford Sound

Milk, Melbourne and Milford Sound

This is my first post here for a few weeks. Its been all systems go with projects in all directions. A few weeks back I was at MarketingNow in Melbourne – my very favourite city and some of the best presentations I have heard in a long time.   Stephen Johnson...
Making Managing Or Both?

Making Managing Or Both?

One of the recurring themes in online marketing is how balance the demands of creative content generation with the imperatives of structure and management thinking including what is known as the managers timetable. Paul Graham understands the dilemma very well and...