Think Thursday: Business Evolution & Leadership

EVENT: THINK THURSDAYS
WHERE: DENMARK HOUSE – Melbourne
GUEST SPEAKER: BEN RENNIE
WHEN: MARCH 4, 2010.
Denmark House hosts Think Thursdays each month. The social events are open for all to attend (members as well as non-members), allowing guests the opportunity to experience the unique designer interior of the Denmark House venue.
Denmark House encourages you to “open your [...]
The Dark Lord of the Sith taking over the streets of New York. With Snoop Dogg!

Star Wars x adidas Originals New York March from hypebeast.tv on Vimeo.
We talk a lot about alternative business models, which often leads to discussions around collaboration. It can often be seen as a stale conversation around two organisations struggling to leverage their own footprint alongside either an inferior brand, bigger brand or cooler brand. Its [...]
Sounds:: A Community Service Announcement

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Jonathan Boulet is the newest player in the Modular clubhouse, a precociously inspired 21 year old skate rat from Sydney's Northwest.
A Community Service Announcement is the righteously smashing single from the Jonathan Boulet album, already a repeat performer at alternative and community radio. An inspired call to arms for 21st century dreamers, A Community Service [...]
Seth Godin talking Linchpin with uncluttered white spaces

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Yesterday morning we had the absolute privilege of speaking with Seth Godin in regards to the release of his new book LINCHPIN.
For those of you who are Seth Godin fans, you will enjoy this discussion, for those of you who are not familiar (the very few left), you will be converted.
It was nice having over [...]
Newspapers that don’t matter.

I dropped in for a Sunday paper and a coffee on the way to visit the Hogarth’s this morning. Yes coffee as always from Ruby’s Kitchen. Great coffee. The newspaper on the other hand. Not so great.
I bought the paper this morning out of habit. The paper doesn’t really matter. We generally only read it [...]
The state of the internet in 2009

Focus take a look at exactly who is using the Internet the most, how they are using it and how much the amount of usage is increasing. At a glance, we can see that there are the same number of men and women who use the Internet. However, their age, educational background and level of [...]
The Video Game Wars: Statistics provide valuable insight.

Online Education has created a comprehensive infographic about the video game industry, providing updated statistics on consumer demographics, patterns, and ‘the console wars’. The only thing conspicuously missing is statistics on whether gamers are now using their video game consoles as entertainment centers.
Click here for an enlarged version.
[Online Education via ThreeBillion]
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LINCHPIN :: Are you indispensable?

Seth Godin’s new book Linchpin comes out today and as with all books released by Seth, you will be inspired.
Here is an extract from Seth’s blog in relation to why he wrote the book:
The reason I wrote Linchpin: If you want to change people, you must create enough leverage to encourage the change to happen.
Books change lives every [...]
white spaces TV :: Discusses Digital Strangelove with David Gillespie.

uncluttered white spaces launches our TV channel white spaces TV in conjunction with Theme Media and Blip.TV.
As an extension of our online voice. We are taking the discussions on business, marketing, strategy, design and people a step further with online TV providing remarkable thought leaders and innovators with a platform to share there idea’s.
In the coming months, we [...]
3 Minutes with: Adam Ferrier from Naked Communications

Adam, thanks for taking the time, give us a quick background on Adam Ferrier and Naked Comms:
Lets start with your generation:
I’m proudly Generation X, I say proud as growing up we never thought our generation would get a name like ‘The Baby Boomers’– there was nothing holding our generation together. Then Douglas Coupland wrote [...]
YouTube Changing the World in 2010 and the next 10 years.

In a decade that saw social media move from the fringes to the mainstream, YouTube is the innovation that touched the most lives, became a driving force for change around the world, and ultimately ends the decade with an opportunity to be as disruptive in the next 10 years as it was in the past [...]
Announcing Innovation Forums Social Networking Site :: Live.

In November uncluttered white spaces launched INNOVATION FORUMS. In December, we launched the Innovation Forums Social Network.
The Network has been created to bring together thought leaders and innovators to share idea’s, connect and inspire. The site is via invitation only so it is not a public forum. All guests once approved can invite friends who [...]
The Cool List 6 :: SellaBand.

We are in love with crowdsourcing and micro finance. SellaBand, aims to empower independent artists. SellaBand has created a platform that enables fans to sponsor bands, and get a piece of the action in return. How it works: fans, dubbed Believers, find an artist they like on SellaBand.com. For USD 10, they can buy a share, [...]
10 Inspiring Idea’s for 2010.
180360720 share 10 inspiring idea’s.
1. “The inescapable conclusion is that anyone who thinks advertising is the key to sustainable online businesses in any field other than search should think again” – John Naughton
Context: The business and marketing opportunity online is enormous, but only a small niche of it is related to the traditional advertising [...]
Australia :: Censored.

A sad day for Australians. The Federal Government recently announced that they will go ahead with plans to censor the nation’s internet following initial trials. Filtering out a number of ‘blacklisted’ sites, the Government-funded trials weren’t found to slow Internet speeds, but many groups such as theAustralian Greens Party and Electronic Frontiers Australia believe the [...]
Write Financial Reviews next Ad.
The Australian Financial Review recently used a competition to crowdsource ad copy from readers. Dubbed Write Our Next Ad, the brief was for a short, sharp, clever ad that would resonate with the audience and promote the benefits of regular readership, while reflecting the brand’s focus on leadership, strength and inspiration.
Over 13,000 entries were submitted. Visitors’ [...]
The Worst Piece of Branded Music Ever?

From the Three Billion Project web site, we give you this: (Note: Hury Back ThreeBillion)
I really want this clip to be a joke.
I really can’t believe that an artist with respectable credentials would have agreed to do it.
I really can’t believe that Garnier thinks that this is the way to talk to young people.
Was the brand [...]




