How many brands can you list off the top of your head? Well, I’m sure there will be quite a few in the list of Top 100 Best Global Brands of 2009. The last on the list if Campbells, but you might be interested to know the top 10 which are: CocaCola IBM Microsoft GE Nokia McDonalds Google Toyota Intel Disney It’s interesting to see just how many technology firms there are in the list. You’re probably not going to…
photo credit: Noël Zia Lee What’s the worst thing that can happen to your business? If you don’t know, it’s worth thinking about the question for a few minutes, as it helps you focus on what risks your business may be facing. And I’m not talking about day-to-day mishaps, but the catastrophic ones that can kill or main your business. These scenarios vary from business to business. In today’s world a lot of organisations are data driven, so the loss…
If you’re based in the Isle of Man, then you might be interested in a Social Media themed event next Thursday 13th September. It’s a meet-up of Social Media Club who meet every Third Thursday for a casual lunch. Everyone who comes is interested in some shape or form of Social Media, be it blogging, microblogging, social networks etc. With social media entering every part of our lives, both personal and professional, it’s a great opportunity to meet and discuss…
photo credit: DanielaNob I came across an interesting article in New Scientist today where research into the “common goods” game provides insight into how collaboration between different individuals in enhanced by incentives rather than hygiene factors. We all experience “common goods” in some share or form, for example when we make use of public health services. The notion behind them is that everyone contributes a tiny amount and makes use of the good when needed. Typically though, certain advantages are…
Image by YoavShapira via Flickr Twitter is ablaze at the moment with people trying to figure out what’s up (or down) with Gmail, what work and what doesn’t and how long it’s going to remain the way. Outages happen, but when you store your entire email history somewhere out on the Internet and suddenly you can’t get access to them; well, people start talking. The whole problem with this is people start to doubt the effectiveness of Cloud Services. it…