Caption: A girl walks past a tree covered in spider webs in a flood-affected area of K.N. Shah, located near Dadu in Pakistan’s Sindh province. The cocooned trees have been a side-effect of spiders escaping flood waters in the area. Although people in this part of Sindh have never witnessed this phenomenon, they report there are now fewer mosquitoes, thus reducing the risk of malaria. (Source: The Telegraph)

Fascinating system dynamics at work here!

Nice graphic that helps you think about the various motivations you can build into your business model (originally from @klakhani via @thulme)

What do software developers and water have in common? They’re both taken for granted by far too many people…especially MBAs!

Ireland has to have one of the most “agile” governments I know…one of the departments I deal with has been through three name changes in the three years I’ve been here…

The…

• Department of Enterprise, Trade & Employment

morphed into the…

• Department of Enterprise, Trade & Innovation

which is currently the…

• Department of Jobs, Enterprise & Innovation