Dominique Olivier
Why is Keith Haring everywhere right now?
Decades after his death, Keith Haring's artworks are all over t-shirts, mugs and caps at a store near you. Dominique Olivier tries to understand why this might be happening.
Dominique Olivier
Money, Grede and business: a Kardashian success story
Keeping up with the Kardashians: a lot easier said than done. Dominique Olivier delves into the extent of the empire and what businesses can learn about brand stories.
Dominique Olivier
Snapshot: photography and the art of disruption
What can we learn from photography and the art of disruption? Dominique Olivier combines her love of art and storytelling to give us her views.
Dominique Olivier
Son of a cymbal maker: lessons in succession from Zildjian
400 years and 15 generations later, the Avedis Zildjian company is still making a beautiful noise. What has been this company's secret to keeping it in the family for this long? Dominique Olivier tells the story of Zildjian.
Dominique Olivier
The bittersweet truth about intellectual property
Against the backdrop of the Checkers - Pick n Pay battle over intellectual property, Dominique Olivier tells the story of a landmark, bittersweet copyright battle from the music industry.
Dominique Olivier
Diners Club, debt and the downfall of society
The story of how one forgotten wallet in 1949 led to the invention of the credit card - and the global debt crisis that followed, as told by Dominique Olivier in her latest column.
Dominique Olivier
Liquid gold: why gangsters choose olives over cocaine
Miniature cameras hidden in tie pins. Bribery money counted under tables. Swiss bank accounts, Turkish tankers and Caribbean shell companies. No, we’re not talking about the cocaine trade. We’re talking about the Italian agromafia.
Dominique Olivier
Kool-Aid has an awful aftertaste
The Craig Warriner disaster prompted Dominique Olivier to share the origin of the term "drinking the Kool-Aid" and the dangers of believing charismatic leaders.
