Luke Johnson Viewpoint

Most intelligent entrepreneurs and executives desire to invest their work with meaning. They like the idea of improving the world while earning a living. And many of us who mostly shuffle paper secretly admire those in the Hard Industries, who manufacture things, in spite of all the obstacles. So true!

Useful links:
www.lukejohnson.org
www.riskcapitalpartners.co.uk
www.channel4.com

Living Climate Change

Living Climate Change is an open forum. It's also a place to show, discuss, and share compelling and provocative thoughts and ideas about the future.

Useful link:
http://livingclimatechange.com

Global Business BBC

Peter Day's viewpoints on the future shape of new media was interesting. Expect rule-breaking disruptive innovation.

Useful links:
www.telegraph.co.uk
www.mediatique.co.uk
www.buzzmachine.com
www.benkler.org
www.4ip.org.uk

David Sibley

If you're out in the park and you notice from 100 feet away a tree with unusual flowers or an odd leaf shape or interesting bark, these books require you to walk up to the tree, take a twig in your hand and go through a series of steps. It's at least five minutes until you come up with an answer. And immediately you lose sight of the whole tree and you lose sight of what attracted your attention in the first place. Taking a step back and looking at the whole tree, then looking at a few more trees and flipping through the pages of my book, you quickly start to see that all the maples have similarly shaped leaves and fruit and that all the oaks have acorns.

- David Allen Sibley

Useful link:
www.sibleyguides.com

Just like gem identification. Really.

Art And Politics In China

Katie Hill's viewpoints on arts and politics in China was insightful.

Mary Delany And Her Circle

A must visit show.

Useful link:
http://ycba.yale.edu
www.janewildgoose.co.uk
www.britishmuseum.org

Art Market Update

Check out a new collection of contemporary art galleries in Los Angeles. The place is full of colorful characters.

Useful links:
www.beneventolosangeles.com
www.khastoo.com
www.overduinandkite.com
www.circus-gallery.com

Petra Finds 507.55-carat Rough Diamond

It has been reported that a 507.55 carat white diamond has been found at the Cullinan mine in South Africa.

Useful link:

www.petradiamonds.com