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Tim Brown: The powerful link between creativity and play

At the 2008 Serious Play conference, designer Tim Brown talks about the powerful relationship between creative thinking and play -- with many examples you can try at home (and one that maybe you shouldn't).

Social Networks - Changing the way we work

I came across some great research into Social Networks carried out by Dynamic Markets on behalf of AT&T. They surveyed over 2,500 people from a variety of industries (from commissioning steel buildings to selling automated OS recovery packages) in 5 countries and here are some findings that they published:

Some things uncovered in the study include:

Why Slashing Your Prices is Just Wrong

The economy sucks. Christmas will devastate retail sales. Businesses are cutting their marketing budgets (super stupid) and, in some instances, not hiring consultants. The natural reaction is to cut costs (always smart to cut non-producing expenses) and to slash your prices--DON'T!

Now is not the time to reduce your revenues; it is the time to stand up and stand out. Be the business that gets noticed and gets known for offering value at fair prices. In fact, on some offerings be creative and add value at increased prices. Here's a good example of being smart instead of scared.

The 4 Four Types of LinkedIn Users: Which Type Are You?

By Ann Handley

Participating in online social networks like Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter or whatever can be like ordering from a Chinese menu: Sometimes, you jump around and try different things. But most of us who are experienced “consumers” tend to find something we like and stick with it.

If you are the kind of person who likes LinkedIn, you probably fall into one of four categories, according to a new study by Anderson Analytics, working in partnership with LinkedIn.comUsing predictive analytics software from SPSS Inc., Anderson groups LinkedIn users into four major types:

BlogRush Is Shutting Down, How Wierd Is That?

BlogRush Is Shutting Down, How Wierd Is That? -

It is the wierdest message in business I have seen posted on the internet. First Mr Reese goes on about how he has arrived at the decision.

“After careful consideration, we have decided to shutdown the BlogRush service. If you have the widget code on your blog you will need to remove it.”

Then he talks about how he has received offers but none of them held enough integrity for the users. It is admirable but puzzeling.

Finding Business Opportunities

In times when economic turmoil dominates the headlines, it's easy to conclude that professional opportunities are drying up. For those on the lookout to create new niche businesses, however, nothing can be further from the truth.

For the entrepreneur, opportunities abound where there are certain conditions in play. Here are several things to look for that can provide an open door to a new business approach.

Market Fragmentation: Where there are many suppliers and a non-systematic approach to acquisition and decision-making, there is an opening for someone to step in (on the client side, supplier side or both) and find new ways to help people transact business. While Amazon.com did this on a massive scale, you may be able to perform a service at a niche level that is a win-win. Is there some way you can consolidate, aggregate and communicate so that options are more clear?

Why are the markets falling again?

CHICAGO - JANUARY 22: Traders wait for the cl...

Image by Getty Images via Daylife

Interesting article on BBC looking into why markets around the world are still falling. I’m picking out the most intesteresting question to share with my readers:

How much further down can the markets go?

Spotting when markets have reached the bottom is a tricky and risky process.

  • By Wcx at 05/01/2008 - 08:59