The best disruptors are focused on customers, not products, they use technology rather than fear it, they create new opportunities often where regulations don't exist and they are backed by those with deep pockets and an appetite for risk. Colin Cullis presents stories of Business Unusual - those people and companies driving the next industrial revolution. The associated articles and videos are available here
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 2 days 13 hours 8 minutes
Oil - a terrible and amazing commodity
We may regard crude oil as a single thing but it is a very diverse mix of hundreds of molecules that are produced over millions of years and under very specific conditions from the remains of plants and animals.
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Bossware, the work from home software you may not want
A powerful tool to assist workers remotely is Microsoft’s TeamViewer, it allows your IT support person to see exactly what is not working on your machine and rather than having to explain what you need to do to fix, they can just fix it, because TeamViewer effectively makes your machine theirs.
You probably forget when or to update programs so it can be done for you...
Business Unusual: What Dubai Expo 2020 means for SA business
Guest: Graeme Codrington | Futurist and Partner at TomorrowToday
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Business Unusual - How the Malaysian strategic development company, 1MDB was looted
Malaysia’s 1MDB fund raised $6,5 billion in bonds with reportedly $4 billion (about R60 billion) being looted and shared among those that set up the fund and the Prime Minister of Malaysia.
The story thankfully reveals that the scam was discovered and that many involved are facing the consequences, but it has left Malaysia with a debt of over $7 billion...
Novel ways to help each other during a crisis
They say the first casualty in a conflict is the truth. For those wanting to help, knowing who or where to send help is a challenge.
In the disputed elections in Kenya in 2007, the access to phones and ability to send a message or email started the modern shift for how to help in a crisis. An open source website called Ushahidi (Swahili for witness) would collect the reports from those witnessing violence in order for those areas to be avoided...
The effectiveness of sanctions and what might make them better.
Perhaps digital contracts that automatically trigger the sanctions for failure to meet the undertakings will keep the populists and strongmen from sending their and other countries to the brink.
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No work permit, no problem - start a business. The story of Shopify
One company has seen their business soar during the lockdown - ecommerce site Shopify. Business Unusual looks at the resourceful founder that has seen his start up grow to at one point become the most valuable business in Canada.
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Giant viruses - yes that's a thing
They may be millions of years old, but they are still new to humanity
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Will the tensions between Russia, Ukraine and the US lead to Cold War 2.0
When we read about the build up to previous wars, it looks like the outcome could be predicted, but at the time it looked very different.
Are we in a situation now that looks like posturing and rhetoric that will settle down or will future generations look back and wonder how we missed the obvious signs?
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Inflation can be a good thing, let me explain
Inflation occurs if you make more money available but keep the supply of goods the same or if the money supply is stable but there is a drop in supply and it can also occur when the money supply and the supply of goods are the same but faith in the currency is reduced through increased debt and poor exchange rate or political instability.
Right now we have all three in place in various economies...