People by their very nature are tribal. We congregate. Group membership is a big part of our lives – family, school, sport, work, clubs, politics, religion, the place in which we live, etc. Within each of our tribes, we form a close collection of allies. We unite with people who share our interests and beliefs. This is not a new phenomenon; according to the history books it has been like this since the dawn of civilization.

We are very excited to provide an early, somewhat limited, glimpse at TribeHQ, a project we have been involved in developing for a good chunk of 2008.  We have worked with an awesome team (tribe) of local businesses to get the project very close to the final prototype stage.  We look forward to taking TribeHQ from New Zealand to the world.

So what is TribeHQ?

In the product development we aimed to innovate at all costs.  We are keeping a lot of this under wraps for now and are not quite ready to run the press releases just yet.  We plan to partner with other businesses, so you may hear from us in due course.

Here’s a bit of a taste of what TribeHQ is in the meantime:

• A web-based conversational platform for different occupational groups
• Encourages global kinship, identity and sharing of ideas and knowledge across borders
• A completely new approach to online recruitment - nothing like it anywhere!

This is just a start!  Our plans for 2009 are ambitious and this is only the beginning of a broader product offering for tribe members, industry, and employers.

Stay tuned, we will keep you updated …

Cheers, Tim de Jardine and Paul Jacobs