by JAK | Nov 15, 2007 | industry futures, this blog
A few weeks back Microsoft paid a large sum for a very small slice of Facebook. There has been a lot of commentary but this post makes the most sense and includes some very good underlying reasons for that deal. For some earlier discussion see Microsoft & Facebook...
by JAK | Nov 7, 2007 | crmthinking, general business
Sales research is a regular part of my role in helping to develop better results for my customers and their projects. Increasingly the first contact most of us have with a new business contact is via their website and that may be all the contact we have. The question...
by JAK | Oct 24, 2007 | this blog
A quick note to say that this blog had a bit of a meltdown during an upgrade and had to be rebuilt. It may take a while to restore all the various options that were included before. Thanks for your support. One of the joys of open source is that there are often...
by JAK | Oct 23, 2007 | big ideas, culture, industry futures
Almost hidden over at Russell Brown’s Hard News was a link to a seriously good discussion paper on public broadcasting futures and the wider implications. The paper was commissioned by a government arts funding agency- so many of the conclusions are pointed at them....
by JAK | Oct 15, 2007 | big ideas, industry futures
I’m hoping as many as possible will read the whole (NZ Energy Strategy) document but I’m guessing that won’t happen. Given that 86% of NZ oil consumption is used by the transport sector, the transport implications are worth looking at more closely....
