leadership

The value of Insight

A friend of mine told me this story the other day:

He said that a major technology company invited a group of teenagers to discuss the following question - "To what extent has technology changed things forever?" A good question and not an unreasonable one for a technology company to consider.

After much discussion one of the youngsters raised their hand. When invited to speak she said - "I think you have asked us the wrong question."

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By mark ~ Posted Mon, 05/24/2010 - 22:13

Why symbols matter

On Saturday I managed to persuade my wife to spend the evening watching rugby. I know, I'm an old romantic!

But this was no ordinary rugby game. It was about the 1995 rugby world cup played in South Africa and we went to see the exceptional film INVICTUS.

In post-apartheid South Africa, the Springboks symbolised the old racist, apartheid regime. The Boks were beloved in the Afrikaans heartlands and Mandela faced a dilemma - what should he do about the Boks?

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By mark ~ Posted Mon, 02/22/2010 - 12:45
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