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Be Your Own Hero

November 4, 2011December 1, 2019

When I was growing up, I looked for a savior in just about everyone. There were too many fruitless visits from child protective services. There were too many police cars …

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Must Read Weekend Reading

October 29, 2011October 29, 2011

Seems like most of the content we find online starts with a list as in 6 ways to do X, or 5 ways to improve Y. Curating the more thoughtful …

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What is Happening To Netflix Is Unfair

October 27, 2011October 27, 2011

Here’s the deal. Companies are around to profit maximize – a corporate form of self-interest. For many years, this was the organizing principle of all commercial enterprises. The rules, and …

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The Stories We Tell Ourselves

October 24, 2011October 24, 2011

When we invite people over at the house, we notice many of our friends have an interesting way of talking about themselves. “I suck at that”. “No way can my …

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Must-Read Weekend Reading

October 22, 2011October 24, 2011

Give Up Me to be Accepted by You? I am friends with John Hagel in real life, and always appreciate that his FB feed is genuine. He does not use …

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Upside Down, Shake It Up

October 18, 2011October 19, 2011

About 18 months ago, I was sitting teary-eyed and fatigued with my peer CEO group, explaining that I was going to give up. I felt like such a failure. While …

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Is Sharing a Good Idea?

October 17, 2011October 13, 2011

A good friend of mine, Terri Griffith, lives in these two divergent worlds: First, she’s an expert and enthusiast in the enterprise 2.0 / collaboration workspace. Second, she’s a professor …

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Must-Read Weekend Reading

October 15, 2011October 24, 2011

Is it only me, or do you believe 4 well-written articles all speak to one big coming change? I’ll let you decide. Things I think are worth reading this weekend. …

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Enough About You

October 14, 2011October 14, 2011

I remember when I first joined online communities. How foreign it all felt. Who was “out there” that I was tweeting to? Who was going to read the blog that …

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