Tag Archives: Disruption

Amazon is Coming to Australia and Retailers are Worried

They should be worried. As I discussed in my blog last week called The Blockbuster Effect, and countless previous blogs, you can’t expect, even at the bottom of the planet, to have the luxury of continuing doing business the same … Continue reading

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How Uber conquered London | Sam Knight

The long read: To understand how the $60bn company is taking over the world, you need to stop thinking about cars Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.theguardian.com This is a fascinating insight into the world of Uber. It’s a 15 minute … Continue reading

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Self-Driving Buses Could Really Reinvent Transportation Systems – CleanTechnica

Congested cities, troubling unemployment due to the absence of transit, and environmental issues from automobile pollution all point towards the need for much greater development of mass transportation. Source: cleantechnica.com Would you hop on a driver-less bus? The concept makes … Continue reading

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Your 2013 Business Plan – People Do Business With People

This may sound a bit obvious but it is amazing how low on the scale of considerations people, aka customers, rank, in the context of the annual business plan which many people are starting to to work on in January. … Continue reading

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What Would Google Do?

One of my favourite reads over the last couple of years has been Jeff Jarvis’ book entitled What Would Google Do? Given their phenomenal and ongoing success Google continue to innovate and reinvent themselves. This is something that most companies … Continue reading

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When the Going Gets Tough

Bridget Jone’s Diary in Stuff caught my eye while I was on the treadmill at lunchtime. Apparently a number of bars, several of long standing including the Dogs Bollix, which has been around since 1996 and Khuja, which has been … Continue reading

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