Seasons Greetings
Friday, December 18th, 2009
It is the end of the working year (for many of us) at last. Seasons greetings to all.
Corban & Blair wish you a relaxing break and an exciting 2010.
Corban & Blair celebrating
Archive for December, 2009
Reading for 2010
Monday, December 14th, 2009
It is always good to start the New Year refreshed and intellectually stimulated.
Our business book club met last weekend and have compiled a list of books to read over the next few months.
Reviews of the following books suggest they should interest our group of creative, intuitive, entrepreneurial business owners.
Change by Design: How Design Thinking Transforms Organizations and Inspires Innovation by Tim Brown
The World Cafe: Shaping Our Futures Through Conversations That Matter by Juanita Brown
The Tao of Democracy: Using Co-Intelligence to Create a World That Works for All by Tom Atlee
Trade-Off: Why Some Things Catch On, and Others Don’t by Kevin Maney and Jim Collins
Who Controls the Internet?: Illusions of a Borderless World by Jack Goldsmith and Tim Wu
Changing the Game: How Video Games Are Transforming the Future of Business by David Edery and Ethan Mollick
The Moral Imagination: The Art and Soul of Building Peace by John Paul Lederach
I will let you know which are worth the time, effort and money.
Do you have any other suggestions?
End of the Year Stress
Friday, December 4th, 2009
Each December life becomes frantic as we try to get; our work done, family festive things sorted and have strategies in place for the following year.- not to mention the parties.
After a ‘softish’ 18 months we are reeling from people needing products NOW- even made to order items that of course cannot be made NOW for Christmas, however much we want them or hard we try.
We are product developers, which means we are selling our current ranges, completing February 2010 and have already scoped and started on Christmas 2010. All this madness can get things out of perspective.
To de-stress we took some time out for a little creative input and amusement.
Click below if you also want to be inspired.
Piano Stairs a way to change behaviour
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lXh2n0aPyw
Getting the most from Ebay
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cd6-n7MhVg8&feature=player_embedded-
Clever story telling and branding
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL9Wu2kWwSY
Interesting facts to be consider
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL9Wu2kWwSY