Archive for 2011 April

My YPO.

It has been a privilege and pleasure to be a part of YPO over the last ten years. The Young Presidents Organisation now has over 18,000 CEO members. These leaders represent companies with a combined turnover of over USD5.4 Trillion. That is over 8% of [...]
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FGI Excellence Awards

Congratualations to all the winners of the Fashio Group International’s Excellence Awards. Although I was unable to attend I heard it was a fabulous event. It was a tough task judging but one I enjoyed. the standad of entries was outstanding and made the [...]
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Compassion.

The song says that “Children are our future”, true enough. Our privileged and prosperous society has its issues and challenges, yet our children are raised in relative safety and have, in most cases, their basic needs met. Many parts of the world just don’t [...]
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Earthquake!

One of the largest quakes in history! I can relate to those in Japan because I was in Tokyo when it struck. Sitting on a bus on the way out to Narita Airport we pulled over on top of a “fly-over”. The bus began [...]
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Monday Matters

There is something amiss in Christendom. Our practice of faith seems to have been squeezed into Sunday plus some spare time in the evenings. We go to church, meet in small groups and fellowship together, all good things. But is this the full expression [...]
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Money, Money.

There is an often miss quoted scripture that ” Money is the root of all evil”. The verse in question is; 1 Tim6:10, “For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from [...]
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Excellence

“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters’.” (Colossians 3:23.) I love excellence. I appreciate seeing things done well, professional, efficient and effective. A well conceived idea, powerfully executed and delivered is great [...]
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10 Minutes a Day

Social media is now a fact of life, a communication tool and effective conversation for millions of our customers, suppliers and other stakeholders. There is a conversation going on that we need to be a part of. How do we do that, without it [...]
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Authentic.

Your online profile is a collection of all you are perceived to be, by what is written by you and of course by others. Nothing you put on the web is erased or goes away. What a difficult task to create a persona, falsify [...]
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The Social CEO.

There is a revolution going on. One that, if you are a baby boomer, like me, you may have missed. I am referring to the burgeoning social media conversation. Our consumers, customers, clients, suppliers and other stakeholders have moved online, and they are talking [...]
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