General
Contribution vs. Consumption
“We define success as position, acquisition, and consumption and then wonder why well paid people don’t contribute and take responsibility.”
Are You Throwing Rocks or Cookies?
We are in a tough economy and when people feel threatened it tends to bring out their more primitive, protective nature.
Who are you reading?
As anyone that knows me well is aware, I keep two or three non-fiction books going at all times. (Saves me having to drag them around with me you see.)
I’m currently working my way through the following four:
Reality Check by Guy Kawasaki
Here Comes Everybody by Clay Shirky
Buying In by Rob Walker
Welcome to the Creative Age [...]
3 Steps to Surviving and Thriving in the Coming Recession - Step III: Maintain Perspective
Things are never so good that they can’t get better – and never so bad that they can’t get worse. Whether this turns out to be a u-shaped, v-shaped, or “hockey-stick” recovery, it is going to be what it is going to be. Worrying about it isn’t necessarily going to help. What is going to help personally and economically is doing something about it.
Taming the Beast: Managing your Social Map Part II
I categorize my activities in social media slightly differently than the social technographic profile presented in Groundswell. Primarily because social techonographics is dealing only with activities and I consider an element of intent as well.
I have four major activities in social media:
Consuming Media – Analogous to a Spectator. It is where my look for my [...]