Why do some ministries change names so often?
What's in a name? In the September 2013 round of re-shuffles, I count no less than 17 changes in names of government departments in Australia,...
Profundification – a trend of our times: Part One
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNTk29zXl4A OK so you all kind of know this, but I'm going to go out on a limb and just put it out there as...
Shorewalker’s flotsam, February 2014
This is an experiment in occasional linkage to insights that might outlast the daily news cycle. If you find any of it interesting, let us...
Leadership
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Olc5C4SXAYM
Cool Graphic from BCG
It may not prove much, or rather it proves the obvious - that stuff that makes its way between two pieces of land tends to...
Young, Restless and Creative: Openness to Disruption and Creative Innovations
Abstract: This paper argues that openness to new, unconventional and disruptive ideas has a first-order impact on creative innovations-innovations that break new ground in terms...
The forgotten issue of drunken pensioners
Researchers warn that substance abuse among the elderly will double by 2020, but few journalists or policymakers worry about age pensioners squandering welfare money on...