When facing a crisis we tend to respond to our anxieties in a manner that often result in actions which often undermine our real interests, as these actions are not always the most effective way to gain the upper hand in the long run.
Experiments are good — only if reversible.
If our experimentation becomes permanent, that’s not an experiment, but a decision.
Problem is we sometimes forget to make that distinction.
And we end up either being afraid to experiment because we think it will become permanent, or we end up making decisions which are permanent, when we think we are [...]
How do we assess data? What are we biased to see? How many times we miss the obvious?
From Jack Uldrich’ blog:
“Consider the case of Abraham Wald. During World War Two, he and a team of researchers were charged with protecting Allied bombers from German guns. As part of their work the researchers diligently recorded [...]
Harnessing the Groundswel: Drive Your Business With Empowered Employees and Customers
Forresters’s Josh Bernoff and Ted Schadler have announced their new book “”Harnessing the Groundswell” — Not really a sequel to “Groundswell“, it focuses on individuals empowered by technology and how businesses can tap into that force for a better business performance.
Thank you, Life, for you gave me so much.
You gave me two stars for eyes and when I open them
I can perfectly distinguish black from white
And up above in the skies the constelations
And in the crowds the man I love.
Alain de Botton examines our ideas of success and failure — and questions the assumptions underlying these two judgments. Is success always earned? Is failure? He makes an eloquent, witty case to move beyond snobbery to find true pleasure in our work.
Social media isn’t a fad. It’s a fundamental shift in the way we communicate.
Erik Qualman’s new book “Socialnomics” from Wiley Publishing will be in stores and available online August 26.
By 2010, Gen Y will outnumber Baby Boomers — 96 percent of them have joined a social network.
Barb Dybwad provides a very useful list of 26 locations from which content released under the Creative Commons and free licenses (such as GDFL) can be downloaded to enhance blog posts, social media sites, and the like.
Read more @ Mashable
The producers of the BBC’s business reality show ‘The Apprentice’ know that the formula ‘if I win you lose’ provokes compelling television.
Tim Campbell had a different idea.
Another insightful SoulBiography by Nick Askew
The way I see it, collaboration is the antithesis of winning. Players in a game can be focused in terminating the game by winning or by declaring once side as the loser. In collaboration, all players are focused intently in keeping the game going.
Wikipedia is indeed a finite game, but has embodied many traits of an infinite game. [...]
