Dominique Olivier
Lego: brick by brick, a private company masterpiece
Lego is one of the most important companies in the world. It is also still owned by the founding family, a wonderful tale of building a legacy business. Dominique Olivier tells the story of Lego.
Dominique Olivier
Cancel culture: new methods, same principles
With the Donald Trump assassination all over the headlines, the iconic photo of the event reminded Dominique Olivier of a famous painting from the French Revolution. That got her thinking: is cancel culture really a new thing? Or just a social media equivalent of old habits?
Dominique Olivier
Stigler’s Law: Whose idea is it anyway?
Stigler's Law tells us that no scientific discovery is ever named after its original discoverer. Of course, even Stigler himself didn't come up with this idea. Dominique Olivier delves into the concept of originality and whether it really exists at all.
Dominique Olivier
Short Stories v.02: Businesses behaving badly
Business behave badly - and far too often. In this collection of short stories, Dominique Olivier digs into examples from Amazon, Domino's and Nestlé.
Dominique Olivier
Blue: the colour of money
The colour of money isn't green. No, it's blue - historically the rarest and most expensive pigment. But just like the colour has shown us, rarity can change. Supply and demand is a powerful thing, like we've seen in cocoa recently. Dominique Olivier digs into the history of blue pigments and why royal blue exists.
Dominique Olivier
Trends that end: businesses with short shelf lives
EskomSePush is a perfect example of a business that was built around what seems to have been a transient problem: loadshedding. It's not the first or only example, with Dominique Olivier digging into how some businesses perish and others pivot.
Dominique Olivier
Le Mans: The race to innovate
More than just an excuse to see how many times a car can go around a track in 24 hours, the 24 Hours of...
Dominique Olivier
Steal, hustle and lie: the Monopoly story
Originally crafted as a game to expose the dangers of monopolies, the popular board game eventually found itself at the centre of the worst of corporate behaviour. This is the story of Monopoly, told by Dominique Olivier.
