The Last Word

The Last Word: Hope for the Future
Jenny Saunders | 29 July 2010
'Futurology' is the study of postulating the future: working out the pattern behind the blur. If only the present is real, then the future is fiction - we can make it up! Anticipating the future is uniquely human, but what you imagine, depends on... Read More
The Last Word: It's All About You
Mark Cushway | 25 June 2010
When I spoke with a well respected business consultant about the world of optical retailing recently, he told me how he had launched into a mate of his about his attitude to running his practice, insisting: "It's not about the corporates and what they're... Read More
The Last Word: Happiness
Mark Cushway | 28 May 2010
Dr. Timothy Sharp, AKA Dr. Happy, is one of Australia's leaders in the exciting new science of positive psychology and happiness. An author on the topic of happiness and sought after speaker, Dr. Sharp says: "True happiness might include a degree of material... Read More
The Last Word: What Lies Beneath
mivision | 30 April 2010
If you look at a body of water, the surface usually doesn't give away any indication of what may lie in the depths below. It can be as still and glassy as a mirror or as rough and tumble as a washing machine. It can be calm and gentle or angry and vicious.... Read More
The Last Word: Flow
Mark Cushway | 26 March 2010
A concept called Flow has been gaining momentum in the last couple of years. It is basically losing yourself in whatever you're doing - reaching that place where you forget about the outside world and are completely engrossed in what you're doing, whether... Read More
The Last Word: The Swiss Cheese Model
Mark Cushway | 26 February 2010
At mivision we have strict editorial procedures to ensure mistakes don't happen (well, as few as possible) but when they do, we discover it has more to do with human error and not sticking to our processes, than 'the gremlins getting into the works'. Have you ... Read More
The Last Word: Decide Today
Brian Spiller | 20 January 2010
In today's fast paced world, it often seems simpler to put off decisions until tomorrow, next week, next year... But often those un-made decisions hang over us like the proverbial dark cloud, weighing us down with lists of other decisions we are yet to make.... Read More
The Last Word: Be Present
Mark Cushway | 01 November 2009
Philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson once said: “With the past, I have nothing to do nor with the future. I live now.” Many people would like to think that they live for the present, but is this the reality? In our busy lives, we often have to juggle... Read More
The Last Word: The Third Place
Mark Cushway | 01 October 2009
For some people ... in fact, for most, the commute between work and home is spent on the phone. This place between work and home is seen by time-poor business people as a way to catch up on those calls and jobs they didn't get done in the office, and is seen... Read More
The Last Word: Slow Down
Mark Cushway | 01 September 2009
We live in a fast-food, fast-talk, fast-paced age. We eat on the run, talk on the run and work on the run. The thought of slowing down seems absurd. In our quest to lead successful lives, we juggle our many responsibilities and lose sight of what's important. ... Read More