Organisational ForesightThe correct prediction of organisational events, or a social business
intuition, is a valuable tool for managers and leaders. Probability
curves as well as subconscious intuitive methodologies are used to
foretell many events, including business forecasting; however,
organisational foresight also involves empathetic perception of groups
of people as well as social culture; it involves being receptive to the
hum of the hive, so to speak, by listening and communicating.
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Ethical BusinessAdherence to an ethical standard of business practice is an
all-encompassing lifestyle, a flexible-organic and interdependent
relationship accommodating the changing structure of life within a
business culture as well as with the planet and its inhabitants.
Successful business is by nature and necessity, dynamic and flexible,
profitability depending to a degree on cohesive manoeuvring within the
ethical morality of the times. What is ethical at one time may be
considered unethical in another. Businesses which fall out of ethical
approval may well not continue to thrive at the same levels. The tobacco
industry, for example, has recently been party to a number of lawsuits
and legal actions in the US. How this anti-smoking climate will affect
long term company profits still remains to be seen.
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The Democratisation of FameAndy Warhol once said something to the effect that
eventually everyone will have their 15 minutes of fame and indeed this seems to be happening with
the onslaught of social networking. The article, ‘The Age of Narcissism’ written by Cosmo Landesman, reveals
our fascination with publicizing every single bit of personal information on
social networking sites, and how many people ‘don’t pretend to be interested
you’ – it’s all self promotion.
True, but at the same time while the experience can be self
orientated, it is also the single most readily available way to find
independent art, music, thought and news available to us at present. I remember old MySpace, and it was a welcome new access to people and product.
I am socially richer as a result and cultivated some great contacts and
met incredible artists/writers/musicians. Large media companies do not
always promote unusual artists, in fact, many of the creative talents I have met
in the last few years on social networking sites may never get a mainstream deal; they don’t fit the formula.
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