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Archive for October, 2007

Just-in-time (JIT) training for entrepreneurs

Posted on October 24th, 2007 by Carel

Filed under Apple, Business, Entrepreneurship, SAP, Technology

I think that the exponential increase of on-demand video (youtube.com, Yahoo! video) will allow entrepreneurs to learn on-the-fly from some incredible sources. The problem with Youtube is that it takes time to find quality videos, like this Sellingpower interview of SAP Americas CEO, Bill McDermont.The Stanford’s Educations Corner is an entrepreneur’s best friend. It contains […]

South Africa vs England in the Rugby World cup finals

Posted on October 18th, 2007 by Carel

Filed under South Africa

South Africa plays England in the 2007 Rugby World Cup finals, Oct 20, 2007. South Africa were the world champions in 1995 beating New Zealand in a triumphant final on home turf.
Go Bokke!!!
UPDATE: South Africa is the 2007 Rugby World Champions.

US-Africa Business Summit 2007

Posted on October 8th, 2007 by Carel

Filed under Business, South Africa

The Corporate Council on Africa’s sixth US-Africa Business Summit, taking place in Cape Town in November, will see some of the world’s top business leaders discussing trade and investment opportunities in Africa, best practices, and how best to grow business in ways that will promote sustainable growth on the continent.

Patrick Lencioni - The three signs of a Miserable job

Posted on October 4th, 2007 by Carel

Filed under Business, HCM, Leadership

Pat said that this was the first time that he will give this keynote on his new book: “The Three signs of a Miserable Job.” He is also the author of “The 5 dysfunctions of a team”.
I think work is under-focused on in our lives. Work is thought of that other thing we do. Popular […]

Andy Stanley - The most powerful man in the room

Posted on October 4th, 2007 by Carel

Filed under Business, Leadership

[Note: ok I couldn’t do the real live blogging thing. The WiFi connection wasn’t strong enough, sorry…]
Andy Stanley started off with a confession - I’m nervous talking @ Catalyst. He said, “We are like peers. You guys are like the leaders. What am I going to talk about next year?”
Then he started his talk on […]

Catalyst 2007 - Convergence of next generation leaders

Posted on October 2nd, 2007 by Carel

Filed under Blogging, Business, Leadership

I’ll be attending the Catalyst 2007 conference at the Arena in Gwinnett County, just North of Atlanta, Oct 4-5, 2007. This conference usually draws over 10,000 people and is aimed at sharing leadership insights with young, upcoming leaders. It’s a great event with an impressive list of speakers including:

John C. Maxwell - author of […]


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