Thomas Otter

From the cc flickrstream of sludgegulper Thanks!
I have been watching and reading about the goings on with the UK parliamentarian expenses with a mixture of incredulousness, dismay, horror, and anger. As this isn’t the place to charge off on a political rant, I’ll leave my criticisms to a minimum, save to say this is [...]

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Not only did the Australians invent the flipper, a devious cricket delivery,   but they have an innovative HR technology thinker in Michael Specht.  If you are interested in HR tech then you ought to be reading his blog.  He has a lot of experience and interesting ideas, especially around the impact of social software on [...]

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From Mel Conway’s website.
In 1967 I submitted a paper called "How Do Committees Invent?" to the Harvard Business Review. HBR rejected it on the grounds that I had not proved my thesis. I then submitted it to Datamation, the major IT magazine at that time, which published it April 1968.  Here is one form [...]

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The best job in the world campaign from the Queensland government has gone brilliantly. It created masses of publicity for the barrier reef, on prime time TV, in the press, and across the full spectrum of social media.  It won best advertising campaign of the year.
According to my favourite newspaper, the Guardian.
A PR coup [...]

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