The $13.7B purchase of Whole Foods by Amazon this summer will be a bell-weather for Amazon's future. Click To Tweet Will Amazon transform Whole Foods or vice versa? As this WSJ article posits, so far the impact seems to be the former. Naturally, the whole reason...
What should be seen as a business case and common sense turns out to be a long-lasting challenge for people and organisations While differences have always existed in societies and certainly in business organisations, the phenomenon of diversity has become a...
In a recent conversation I had with a CEO of an online site, we exchanged on the almost conflicting nature of giving bold direction and vision versus empathic collaboration and listening skills. On the one hand, if we adhere to the ‘modern’ school of...
Minter Dialogue with Roger Gorman Roger Gorman is Founder and CEO of ProFinda, an innovative employee-centric collaboration platform that intelligently organises people around work; it’s “a next generation knowledge exchange matching people to work.” Roger...
In today’s connected world, we have had to learn to find ways to break down silos, to work in networks and to collaborate with others. I believe that the power of your network is keenly related to your ability to survive. It is a key part of the so-called “web 2.0”...
Modern life is, at best, complex and, at worst, horribly wasteful and confusing. I am galled by the number of chargers that I must pack with me when I travel with my various electronics. On any given holidays, I will leave with the iPod, the blackberry, the Bluetooth...