Thoughts on MONA

18 July 2012

Kitty Klaus' Untitled, image from MONA

The other week I was down in Hobart for a show with my heavy electronics group Dead Boomers and – of course – amongst the indulgences of consuming local produce and catching up with friends there was an extended visit to MONA, the Museum of Old and New Art.

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Hugh Evans keynote at the Rotary International Convention

8 May 2012

Yesterday, Hugh Evans gave a keynote address at the 2012 Rotary International Convention in Bangkok. Speaking in front of 35,000 Rotarians from around the world, Evans’ urged them to mobilise and maintain pressure of world leaders to funding the fight to eradicate polio.

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What to do about gentrification?

18 January 2012

The question of how to manage gentrification has pre-occupied me for some time. On the one hand, it’s beginnings enhance the amenity of a district. On the other, the seemingly unstoppable process inevitably destroys that amenity. The rise of new small and independent businesses — cafes, restaurants, bookstores, and my favourite, record stores — in [...]

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In the US until 21 February

17 January 2012

I’ll be in the United States from this morning until 21 February. I can still be reached via my Australia number (+61 411 055 299) for the cost of a standard call. For the first two weeks I’ll be on the west coast, so feel free to call anytime during normal Australian business hours. After [...]

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Disruptive language

8 November 2011

This morning, over breakfast, I gave a presentation on disruptive language to the good folk at Taylor & Grace. Despite lacking the accompanying dialogue, I thought I’d share them here as a brief overview of an essential part of communications.

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AirBnB crisis offers a lesson in follow through

13 September 2011
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A ransacked home, a distraught customer and a response that equated to a corporate shrug of the shoulders dropped online start-up AirBnB in the middle of it earlier this year. After fumbling their initial response, the company’s subsequent actions and follow through has provided a textbook example of how to manage crises in the social [...]

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Steve Jobs was right about media relations

29 August 2011

A tip of the hat to Steve Jobs—or whoever ghosts his words—for the the wonderfully concise statement last week announcing his resignation as Apple’s CEO. In 153 beautifully clear words the statement communicates the decision, provides details of an established succession plan, offers reassurance he’ll stay on as board chairman, and even gets a little [...]

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Is there any coming back for Murdoch after this?

26 July 2011

The News of the World phone hacking scandal has become a juggernaut, crashing through the once unassailable walls of Rupert Murdoch’s empire of influence and power. What started in 2009 as a case of celebrity maltreatment garnering little serious attention outside media ethics classes was instantly transformed the moment it was revealed the same tactics [...]

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A non-pedant’s defence of the Oxford comma

6 July 2011

Harry Mount, writing in the UK’s Telegraph (republished in The Age today) admonishes Oxford University Press for bowing to pressure from vocal pedants on Twitter to keep the Oxford comma (also known as the serial comma) in their updated stylebook. It’s an outdated form of punctuation whose time is up, Mount writes.

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