by JAK | Feb 22, 2008 | culture, general business
Recruiting staff, especially for small companies has its risks as everyone want to look good. As the Semler story below emphasizes everyone is highlighting the positive but just maybe there is a way to ask the “right” questions in an interview or...
by JAK | Feb 7, 2008 | big ideas, culture, general business
Many years ago I studied law and even completed my law degree, however my view then and now is that commercial business law is far too important to be left to lawyers. In short the legal considerations of law in business need to be very pragmatic and practical as part...
by JAK | Jan 27, 2008 | big ideas, culture, industry futures
As someone who spends much time exploring concepts and project ideas for clients I am keenly interested in copyright and intellectual property protection. Some type of new roadmap is needed for copyright so that we can preserve hard won rights but not stifle the new...
by JAK | Jan 17, 2008 | culture, music, swimming
January is usually one long blaze of Summer sunshine and strawberries and as much swimming as can be managed. Holidays are probably the best time of the year physically for many of us as we make the most of daylight saving and family. And then we try to tune back into...
by JAK | Jan 1, 2008 | big ideas, culture, music
The tradition at this time of the year is to make some kind of predictions. My thesis is that we already know enough about our own history to not only make predictions but to set directions and see them come true. The thing is that most of the time we are not entirely...
by JAK | Dec 6, 2007 | big ideas, culture
Over at Paul’s Reynolds blog there are many wonderful post, however what caught my attention was this one on Digital Strategy. “Day Two – economic/cultural transformation The second day began with a brilliant presentation from Sean McDougall, the...
