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mil·len·nial /miˈlenēəl/
My company has a world-wide training facility just outside Chicago. I had the fortune of serving as a faculty to a very bright group in St. Charles. It was challenging assignment given the diversity and range of experiences of our audience. The primary goal was to equip the group with a technology foundation so that they can help […]
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Good report from Hootsuite (attached)
Hootsuite offers brand management social media tools. “Social Selling” is the buzzword for FY2015. It needs to be formalized within businesses in order to show value. Adoption is growing. Social Media Education- The New Edge for Success
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Do blogs reveal someone’s Myers-Briggs personality type?
Yes, blogs and sample writing provide enough evidence according to this tool created by Swedish entrepreneur Mattias Ostmar. http://www.typealyzer.com/ This is useful from a business standpoint if you have to understand different work styles. It seems accurate based on a quick test of family and friends. Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myers-Briggs_Type_Indicator
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The Book of 5 Rings…
Quotes from Japan’s most influential Samurai translated into English: 1. “There is nothing outside of yourself that can ever enable you to get better, richer, stronger, or smarter. Everything is within. Everything exists. Seek nothing outside of yourself.” 2. “In battle, if you make your opponent flinch, you have already won.” 3. “Do not regret […]
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Saving the Sun
Good book. I had a front row seat in Japan while working for Shinsei Bank. Gillian Tett provides an accurate summary here. She is the US managing editor of the Financial Times. Maybe I’ll write a book, too.
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Best Marketing video of all time?
The founder of this company returned in September 1997. He was 42 years old and trying to rescue a sinking ship. The stock price was around $22 (or $5.50 today adjusted for splits). Dell stock closed at $86.69. Very few people get a second act in life. It became the greatest comeback in the history of […]
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Peak Performance Leadership applied to the Sharing economy
It’s hard to read anything these days that doesn’t flash before your eyes and disappear quickly. Recently I read an entire book. It was a leadership tome by Chip Conley, an executive at Airbnb. Conley is the author of four books, including Peak: How Great Companies Get Their Mojo from Maslow. Conley writes about why it’s more important to climb the employee pyramid than […]
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Japan (March 2013)
Just got back from Japan. I lived there many years ago and thought of re-connecting with that world again. It was neat to see Japanese art, design and music in an authentic form since we often see the commercial side of Japanese exports. After the tsunami tragedy, it appears there is a greater consciousness in Japan for […]
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