If You Build It, Will They Come? – AI and Bots

by Barrie | Jun 14, 2017 | Customer Experience, Disruption, Future World of Work, Technology, Trends

In the late eighties, the Oscar Nominated movie ‘Field of Dreams‘ posed an interesting philosophical question, in the form of a voice that Ray Kinsella (Kevin Costner), an Iowa farmer kept hearing over and over again, “If you build it, they will...

Don’t Give Up Yet South Africa

by Barrie | May 22, 2017 | #FlyingUnstable, Disruption, Leadership

I know too many people who too easily give up. Stuff get’s difficult, and they’re outta here. It’s by far the minority of people I know, but it’s still too large a number. Giving up is easy to do. It’s too easy. It’s become too...

Who is Responsible for the placement of Online Advertising?

by Barrie | May 11, 2017 | Customer Experience, Technology

Who is responsible for advertising placements on the incredibly large and scarily diverse world wide web? I ask this question, because a friend recently sent me two screen grabs of the adverts displayed on the bottom of two extremely disturbing comments aimed at a...

If You’re A Parent You Had Better Know Qoohme

by Barrie | May 8, 2017 | Blog, Featured, Social Media

This post was originally published in June 2012. Nothing seems to have changed. Qoohme still remains a platform that assists in the distribution of anonymous hate and hurt. I have no idea how it has continued to exist? My best advice is that you don’t allow your...

Be Curious About Absolutely Everything

by Barrie | Feb 9, 2017 | #CrayonProject, #FlyingUnstable

Laoch Fhiosrach (pronounced Loch Eesroch). Irish for Interesting Warrior. It’s tattooed onto my left forearm. My preparation for this tatt was to send an email to a mate in Hawaii and a mate in Ireland to ask for a translation. I said that I’d use the...