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  • Waipara growth and development….

    July 12, 2007

    Business, Business and the Environment, Design, Economic Development, Governance, New Zealand, Society, Strategy, Waipara
     

    I took part this morning in a strategy session for the Waipara Valley. The session pulled together tourism, viticultural, local government and local resident interests. Broadly speaking we are trying to create a body with an all-encompassing view of…

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  • Coffee, bean of the gods…

    July 6, 2007

    Branding, Business, Coffee, Design, New Zealand, Society, Strategy
     

    I have in the past been involved in the coffee industry and I have some current associations with it. A discussion I had this morning led me to thinking about the coffee roasting industry in New Zealand. Currently there…

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  • Bad time for investors to get jittery…

    July 3, 2007

    Business, Economic Development, New Zealand, Society
     

    Well another one bites the dust. As written about here and here, finance company Bridgecorp has been placed into receivership. Shocking timing seeing it happened the same week that Kiwisaver was launched. There are now 18000 predominately Ma and…

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  • Magic happens when technical abilities and creativity meet…

    June 29, 2007

    Business, Design, Economic Development, IT, New business, New Zealand, Society, Strategy
     

    I had a chat yesterday with Justin Heaney from Influx. Influx is a business that marries some cool technical skills in terms of VCast techno-wizardry with significant experience in the creative aspects of videography. An example of Influx’s work…

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  • Interconnectedness 2.0

    June 27, 2007

    Blogging, Business, Economic Development, Governance, IT, New business, New Zealand, Society
     

    I’ve been thinking about things following on from Brenda’s post the other day, where she spoke about the interconnectedness of the Wellington ICT and Blogging scene (included in which was myself which I take as a compliment, albeit a…

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  • Phil O’Reilly has some answers….

    June 24, 2007

    Business, Compliance, Economic Development, Efficiency, Governance, New business, New Zealand, Society
     

    Phil’s opinion piece in the NZ Herald brings out some of the traditional answers to competitiveness building for NZ businesses given the high value of the dollar. Some of his suggestions are a little naive, however one area I…

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  • Comfort for Jim Donovan…

    June 23, 2007

    Business, Society, Strategy
     

    It’s official – we’re better off hiring baby boomers than gen y-ers! The speech was a little tongue in cheek but it does beg the question whether we have the option to ignore the gen y demographic. I know…

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  • Carbon neutral? No time soon

    June 21, 2007

    Business and the Environment, New Zealand, Society
     

    Up to date results (well if you call up till 2005 up to date) show that we’ve been increasing rather than decreasing CO2 output. While Aunty Helen might wax poetic about NZ becoming carbon neutral it is interesting (and…

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  • Let’s devolve a little

    June 21, 2007

    Business, Design, Efficiency, IT, New business, Society, Strategy
     

    An excellent post by Wil Schroter here that relates to what Jim and I have been talking about with regards design of software and services. Wil astutely suggests that rather than redesigning the product to fit the norms and…

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  • Broadband? You can’t handle Broadband!

    June 19, 2007

    IT, New Zealand, Society
     

    The coolest names blogger in the country, Mauricio Freitas, posted here regarding some less than savvy users who he has had some correspondence with. For those who can’t be bothered reading his post – the crux of the issue…

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The Future of ERP – Moving at the Speed of Change

If we look back a generation, business tended to be static. While it is undeniable that innovation occurred, it tended to at a much slower pace. While Henry Ford’s manufacturing and distribution models certainly marked disruption for the horse and buggy industry, this was a change that took decades.

Channel Strategies for Success in the Cloud Age

Cloud Computing is perhaps one of the biggest shifts in the technology industry in a generation. Alongside the technology shifts involved in Cloud, there is also a significant change in the way technology will be supplied, implemented and delivered going forward. While this shift offers real benefits to consumers in terms of reduced costs and increased agility

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Ben Kepes is a business leader, a technology evangelist, an entrepreneur, and a commentator. Ben covers the convergence of business and technology.

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