A recent business ‘buzzword’ that is now bandied about is the word ‘disruptive’. A quick check on the word will give you 103 Million results. Most often in business we now speak about ‘Disruptive Technology’ leading to ‘Disruptive Strategy’ leading to ‘Disruption of Industries’. A disruptive technology is one that displaces an established technology and […]
When you read the daily newspapers and look at local and international television news, one cannot help but come away with a very dim view of the state of the world. Recently I read an article in the local newspapers referring to the ‘massive housing shortage’ and it got me thinking of the impact of […]
Marketing experts tell us that times of market change usher in opportunities for newer or smaller players to upend established market leaders by finding new services to meet the new conditions. Trinidad & Tobago Real Estate Market is going through one such change. Within the last couple of years we have moved from a seller’s […]
Recently I came across the quotations below, in an article on vocation, and it led me to think of the difference between career and vocation. “Before you tell your life what you intend to do with it, listen to what it intends to do with you. Before you tell your life what truths and values […]
A few weeks ago, a large, white tip tail dove made her nest on one of the rafters of our roof. This was followed by two young chicks squawking in eager anticipation of food, whenever the mother returned to her nest. We in the house watched steadily the development of the young birds as they […]
The World of Business is Changing Depending on which side of the digital world you belong you tend to see things differently. If you are like me and grew up in the 20th Century, we marvel at the speed of change towards mobile technology, such as mobile phones and tablets. Those who grew up in […]
Within the past year the issue of Climate Change has come to concern me because of the experiences of many persons close to me. First, a close friend of mine lost his house and his business in St Maarten due to the devastating hurricane Irma. Then another close family member decided to temporarily take in […]
Recently much to the surprise of everyone in the Advertising Industry, there appeared in the news, an investigation into Sir Martin Sorrell, the talkative head of the Global Advertising giant, WPP Group. This was followed a few weeks later by his resignation. As the head of WPP he had good insights into what was happening […]
Recently heard on BBC radio that India discovered some prehistoric tools, predating the usual timeline for Homo Sapiens, our human species. Apparently it was a big thing because tools are considered technology and the thought that other homo species were mastering technology before the Sapiens gave archaeologists a jolt. This is because the widely accepted […]
Daniel Kahneman, a psychologist and behavioral scientist who won the 2002 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences has claimed the following as his favourite equation: Success = talent + luck Great Success = a little more talent + a lot of luck And in the bestselling book, Outliners, written by Malcolm Gladwell, the central thesis […]
