Monday, 30 January 2012
Saturday, 28 January 2012
Very interesting... but hows that related to % of people that 'transact' online??? World Map of Social Networks | Vincos Blog
World Map of Social Networks | Vincos Blog:
Very interesting... but hows that related to % of people that 'transact' online???
Very interesting... but hows that related to % of people that 'transact' online???
Thursday, 26 January 2012
Lord Wolfson at Conservative China group breakfast meeting. brilliant insights shared, honest & direct, how it should be!
Lord Wolfson at Conservative China group breakfast meeting. IMG_4492, a photo by garethwong on Flickr.
Many thanks for Jeremy, the conservative China group & Huawei's sponsoring..
Lord Wolfson's shared some best insights & no hold bar directness really won me over, he might be my most favourite Lord yet (one of the youngest I met for sure!)
I particularly love his sentiments toward how Hong Kong Chinese should have been welcomed.. but then unlike him, I maybe biased!
I trust it was chatham house, so I won't repeat anything, but his sound bite & 'poem' recited on the fly was brilliant, it summarised China very well indeed:
" It's easier to make profit by buying from China,
easier to sell to China than to invest in China,
easier to invest in China then to make money out of China..."
Succinct & brilliant!
@GarethWong
Friday, 20 January 2012
Adrian Leppard, City of London Police Commissioner, at the next Q1 E/MBA club, 2012, location TBC for those qualified to join us, 2Feb 2012
WE are all looking forward to the next super exclusive E/MBA club..
"The growing threat of Fraud and Cyber crime; what the Police and Government are doing about it and how business can help themselves"
Narrative:- The explosive use of the internet as a social communication and business environment, coupled with the simplicity of operating systems has offered an area for criminality.
Fraud and identity crime is now affecting most communities with the young internet savvy "tweeter" and the older less "street wise" users being equally affected.
Nearly 30% of all Organised Crime Gangs are now turning to fraud as an area of easy criminal income and the worldwide nature of the internet means that offenders can target us from overseas.
The Police and Government are responding vigorously with new money, new skills and new relationships to counter this threat. Businesses are also very aware. The challenge lies in how we bring this together in a united attack on a rapidly expanding problem.
Thursday, 19 January 2012
Key lesson to be learnt: rules of 'forgiveness', "never forgive those who are not repentant" , talhotblond - Channel 4
talhotblond - Channel 4:
shocking.. !!!
Life is stranger than fiction!
Key lesson to be learnt: rules of 'forgiveness', "never forgive those who are not repentant"
Sunday, 15 January 2012
Friday, 13 January 2012
Good Childhood Report 2012 | well-being | children's happiness | The Children's Society
Good Childhood Report 2012 | well-being | children's happiness | The Children's Society:
must read.. ;-)
"Six priorities for a happy childhood
The charity argues that there are six priorities needed for a happy childhood. A supplementary report, Promoting Positive Well-Being for Children, also published today, sets out how they should be adopted by government and others as priorities when devising new policies that impact on children’s lives. These are:
The right conditions to learn and develop
A positive view of themselves and a respect for their identity
Enough of the items and experiences that matter to them
Positive relationships with their family and friends
A safe and suitable home environment and local area
The opportunities to take part in positive activities that help them thrive
"
'via Blog this'
The charity argues that there are six priorities needed for a happy childhood. A supplementary report, Promoting Positive Well-Being for Children, also published today, sets out how they should be adopted by government and others as priorities when devising new policies that impact on children’s lives. These are:
The right conditions to learn and develop
A positive view of themselves and a respect for their identity
Enough of the items and experiences that matter to them
Positive relationships with their family and friends
A safe and suitable home environment and local area
The opportunities to take part in positive activities that help them thrive
"
'via Blog this'
Thursday, 12 January 2012
Blog: A 300BC challenge for world & business leaders from MengZi (孟子/Mencius) to devise the best strategy
Sovereign challenges are very much in the news in the pas years...
Some might argue that World leaders have sadly now mostly lost their ways, due to the the complexity of running a country and 'trying' to do their best = which usually means 'to stay in power', rather than doing what is really been 'asked' of them, which is to effectively run a country or even the world (effectively, like WTO/IMF/WorldBank) etc.. ... or just 'keep it afloat' (300 years old firms) or 'make it better' for the foreseeable future, or god forbid but "make it a success now and in the future" !!!
Below is what MengZi (孟子/Mencius, Chinese philosopher 372 – 289 BCE) who advised one of the King to devise the best government
His sage advice was:
"“居者有其屋！ 病者有其医！ 勤者有其业！ 劳者有其得！ 少者有其学！ 童年有其乐！ 读者有其校！ 弱者有其助！ 老者有其养！ 车者有其位！ 工者有其薪！ 农者有其地！ 商者有其利！ 优者有其荣！ 能者得其用！ 阅者有其悟！ 学者有其为”"
Based on Translate.google.com (& mostly changed by me, it does not translate well with poems, not that I am a poet!):
"Those who lives have Homes! Patients have their remedy/health! Those who work hard have their businesses! Workers get what they deserve! Youngsters have their schools! Children have their fun! Intellectuals have their Colleges! Weak have their help! Elderly have their support ! cars who have their parking place! Workers who work have their salary! Farmers can have their land! Businessmen have their profits! Those who excels deserves their fame! The able can be used! Those who read can understand! Those who studies have their use! "
Sadly, what happens with the present business and even government leaders is that they mostly create "businesses for sale" (i.e. short term, and don't care what happen to the companies after sale) and "government for survival" ( do what minimum what various stake holders /owed favours tell them to do.. without being toppled politically)... thus we have likes of government off balance sheet investing etc. look at the PPP investments (built public services using private money who wants profit, but its ok as they can pass the law whilst in power, see the BBC piece here. and watch it on BBC iPlayer)
various industry regulators are the same, but it merits another dedicated blog post which I will probably never write..
Without elaborating the obvious... surely, we should turn it around, as set them the MenZi challenge above, and if they can solve it, let them run the business, or government.. BUT if anything goes wrong, the director, or the Prime minister WILL take personal responsibilities... just like the Major/Colonel of the army, take the soldiers into battle and if they take personal consequences if they make the wrong decisions....
Common Sense!?? Surely...
@GarethWong
Sunday, 8 January 2012
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