Archive for September, 2009

Are we running our businesses the wrong way?

In a recent TED presentation author Dan Pink makes an excellent case that we are running our businesses and managing our talent the wrong way. Pink points to an abundance of evidence showing that common business approaches to reward and incent performance, such as sales commissions and employee bonuses, actually result in worse performance. The [...]

I Yike the Yike Bike

I have been fascinated by the New Zealand designed and developed Yike Bike, which has been profiled on New Zealand TV3 recently, and has also been launched at the Germany Eurobike Show this last week. The Yike Bike is an electric bike, that can be collapsed and carried away in a carry bag. With a [...]