Posts by Sacha
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OnPoint: Election 2011: GO!, in reply to Dismal Soyanz,
getting the public over its knee-jerk hostility (well, that's how I interpret it) toward compulsory and/or incentive-led savings
Didn't KiwiSaver have good acceptance and uptake? Naturally it was one of the first things the current ruling dolts hacked in 2008 to part fund the road-building and tax cuts skewed towards the top which were meant to be the nation's saviour. The public's problem is we keep voting for that approach, not that we resist the others.
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Social media use cuts both ways. Mubarak government pushing propaganda via Twitter now, asks Rachel Maddow?
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Important resource: Transcribing the voices of Egypt - http://egypt.alive.in/
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Hard News: "Orderly transition" in #Egypt, in reply to Angus Robertson,
its strategic interest does align with democracy more than it doesn't
That's hilarious
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Surely one of the biggest problems with the Turua Street debacle was the way that the community were excluded from the consent process because Council staff were able to declare it non-notifiable. That's after a similar application for that site by the same developer had attracted public ire and been rejected. In between, the developer was able to lobby to get the District Plan changed, playing by the rules.
The planning system seems hugely biased in favour of those able to last the distance and with more resources whether it's money, political influence or strong networks. Sometimes that's community groups, but mostly it isn't.
The results are clear. Our urban landscape suffers and we have no history to show our children. This country (and especially Auckland) is like a brash teenager who only values the now. Time we grew up.
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Hard News: "Orderly transition" in #Egypt, in reply to Russell Brown,
One of The Nation's bloggers addresses Gladwell's self-justifying blurt in the New Yorker
This is a core point for me and it's where I find Shirky more convincing:
But when Gladwell simply announces that how people communicate is "less interesting" than why, he's just stating his personal, editorial preference as accepted fact.
Yes, Gladwell seems to believe that the old editorial filtering function of his publishing industry career is the right and only way. But those days are coming to an end. Digital media encourages easily publishing many voices and viewpoints and then using social widom to filter them afterwards. Dethroning the 'editor' as it were. The courtiers may not like that much..
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OnPoint: Election 2011: GO!, in reply to Rich of Observationz,
If the two sides would come together and solve problems, I'm sure this crap wouldn't happen. I'm fairly confident this also goes on in other industries as well.
It does. And we need more *leaders* all round, not more managers. On the whole, our current crop lack ability to bring together plans and the people, partners and other resources they already have available to them. So many wasted opportunities for greatness.
Oh, and they need to know how to unleash the extra 'discretionary' effort from motivated workers that hugely improves any organisation's productivity. Just look what happens when people don't feel appreciated, empowered or confident their role will continue long enough to make an impact. That's why constant restructuring buggers most organisations while it distracts from the incompetence of managers who aren't fit to lead. Been talking to several dispirited colleagues lately caught up in large and poorly-run change processes that have sapped their will to go the extra mile
I realise that's pretty generic and I sure don't have anywhere near the answers abouthow it's done, but it does seem to apply to the public sector, non-profits and community groups as well as private businesses. Investing broadly in improved leadership (not just MBAs) wouldn't be a quick payoff but the ROI would be good for everyone in so many ways.
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Hard News: "Orderly transition" in #Egypt, in reply to Neil Morrison,
it's possible that social media can qualitatively change group dynamics by influencing what people understand of what other people know.
Good point. The new tools do seem to make the wisdom of crowds easier and faster to access - and in real time.
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Hard News: Only what we would expect a…, in reply to recordari,
ETA: (Did this without pushing edit. Is that even allowed?)
only when spruiking snacks
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Hard News: Only what we would expect a…, in reply to Matthew Poole,
not the only one who didn't get it first time
+1