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The problem of work

Posted by Mike Walsh ON 8/6/14, 10:32 AM

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Some of us are lucky enough to do work that we love, but most of us work because we must. And while we like to imagine that we work to live, in fact we end up spending much of our lives at work. Curiously, that’s only part of the problem. 

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CATEGORY: Culture

The 5 things every CEO needs to know about the Cloud

Posted by Mike Walsh ON 7/21/14, 7:00 PM

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The Cloud is not a trend or a fad. Nor is it simply Silicon Valley’s flavour of the month. It has become, in fact, a fundamental part of the engineering that drives the world. Our entertainment, our social networks or our communication systems would simply not work without Cloud technology. Unfortunately the strategic importance of the Cloud today also means that it is no longer a subject purely for your technology teams. Whether it be transforming how you engage your customers, how your teams work or how quickly you can bring to market new services - the Cloud is a business revolution that no CEO can ignore.

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CATEGORY: Technology

Culture is your operating system

Posted by Mike Walsh ON 7/17/14, 10:46 AM

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In some ways, companies face a similar challenge. Senior leaders like to imagine that they are in charge of all the levers of change. When their CEO announces a big new strategy to the market, they work with their teams to put an execution plan in place. But after a few months it often becomes apparent that the promised transformation is not going according to plan. Delays, re-scheduled meetings, excuses—but secretly, no one at the organisation is really surprised.

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How the world changed the web

Posted by Mike Walsh ON 8/11/13, 4:46 PM

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CATEGORY: Global

The global nomad survival guide

Posted by Mike Walsh ON 12/19/12, 3:22 PM

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Living on the road is like living in a city, albeit a very unusual one. When you spend enough time waking up in one country, and falling asleep in another — the boundaries blur. Countries become like neighbourhoods, separate but strangely interconnected. You don’t have to be a gypsy, a spy or even just a frequent flyer addict like Ryan Bingham to be a global nomad. You just have to spend more than 100 days a year on the move. So if that’s you, you might find this list of 10 survival tips useful.

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CATEGORY: Global

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