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The Checklist for Changing the World

April 4, 2012April 6, 2012

Most people think that ideas change the world. That's not true. Ideas in our head do not create change. Ideas, co-created with others, fueled by the conviction of our hearts …

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What Replaces Marketing

April 4, 2012April 6, 2012

During the last few months, I’ve been teaching and advising some students over at Stanford University on Entrepreneurial marketing (in a class taught by Chuck Eesley). My key thesis is …

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3 Books Well Worth-Reading

April 2, 2012April 2, 2012

The Synergist A business book meant for the real-working leader, Les McKeown gives an intuitive model to allow anyone to lead. The notion is that every team needs a blend …

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Quiet: Understanding & Celebrating Introverts

March 29, 2012

The last few weeks I’ve been as limp as a lettuce leaf that had stayed a few weeks too long in the fridge. This is not unusual. It is what …

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Quiet: Understanding & Celebrating Introverts

March 29, 2012March 29, 2012

The last few weeks I’ve been as limp as a lettuce leaf that had stayed a few weeks too long in the fridge. This is not unusual. It is what …

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Developing Ideas + Dealing with Haters

March 20, 2012March 20, 2012

Whew! I feel like I just gave birth to an intellectual baby. And it was a big one. A 10-lber. And pushing it out was hard. And some people thought …

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Stop Talking About Social and Do It

March 16, 2012March 16, 2012

"Leadership" has changed when a decentralized group of people can take down a government. "The Value Chain" has changed when the customer is no longer just the "buyer" but also …

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Meetings are SuperTax of Work

March 12, 2012March 12, 2012

We create a huge tax on everything we do when we insist on meeting more, later. Send stuff out that is best read so we don’t have to spend time …

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Why Social Marketing Is So Hard

March 9, 2012March 9, 2012

Brands are spending a great deal of time and energy investing in platforms to get likes or pluses, and not really being social at all. It's been well over 15 …

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