Emerging Ideas are a group of young entrepreneurs and businessmen from Southern Africa and the USA that get their hands dirty with every investment and startup that they’re a part of. Using local methods and implementing international standards to build ideas and cultivate opportunities. Check them out at www.emergingideas.com
Headed up by the fun and dynamic duo of Tommy Deuschle and Tim Bickers, they are worth a look for anyone wanting to start up a company.
Sunday 28 October 2012
Monday 22 October 2012
Holiday Shopping
So USA retailers have their hands full over the next few months: Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas all provide an opportunity to cash in on the holiday bandwagon. With fancy, themed decor and sales bargains it is no wonder that shoppers are enticed to parting with their cash.
Africa, while not blessed with as many holidays as close together, could learn a little about attracting in shoppers through a little clever marketing. With two months till Christmas your strategy better be pretty clear by now.
Africa, while not blessed with as many holidays as close together, could learn a little about attracting in shoppers through a little clever marketing. With two months till Christmas your strategy better be pretty clear by now.
Wednesday 10 October 2012
Bring Back Freedom
Even if you are not American you will find this inspirational video strikes a chord. Reassess your dreams and if they have died, bring them back to life.
Thursday 4 October 2012
The Minion Balance
Minions of the universe, greetings and salutations! As of 0914 hours it is decreed that screw number R6 will now be inserted into Hole 23 with the left hand and not the right. Immediate compliance is expected. Minions found in violation of this decree will be terminated with maximum brutality.
All “Hail the Chief Officer!” Throughout the factory the voices of a thousand brainwashed slaves plaintively cry out “Hail the Chief Officer” as they continue the mundane task of assembling parts in the minion pool.
Sounds like I have been watching one too many sci-fi movies or spending time in a sweatshop in backwater India.
Not really, all I’ve been doing is reminiscing on how some people run their offices.
Now I have nothing against checklists, they simplify your life.
I do, however, take umbrage with workplaces that are so bureaucratic that you cannot make a decision to sneeze without consulting a manual. On the other extreme facing a person who is incapable of a single independent thought drives me insane, especially if they are working for me. Somewhere, there is a delicate balance between allowing staff the freedom to perform and being able to trust that they will perform in the manner you desire.
All “Hail the Chief Officer!” Throughout the factory the voices of a thousand brainwashed slaves plaintively cry out “Hail the Chief Officer” as they continue the mundane task of assembling parts in the minion pool.
Sounds like I have been watching one too many sci-fi movies or spending time in a sweatshop in backwater India.
Not really, all I’ve been doing is reminiscing on how some people run their offices.
Now I have nothing against checklists, they simplify your life.
I do, however, take umbrage with workplaces that are so bureaucratic that you cannot make a decision to sneeze without consulting a manual. On the other extreme facing a person who is incapable of a single independent thought drives me insane, especially if they are working for me. Somewhere, there is a delicate balance between allowing staff the freedom to perform and being able to trust that they will perform in the manner you desire.
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