At the end of this post is a great video of Evan Williams, CEO of Twitter, talking about how it all started out as a hunch. I’ll bet you’re working on something right now that might have a breakthrough if you tried out one of your hunches. Here’s my hunch story and then the video [...]
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Twitter started as a hunch. Are you trusting yours? [w/ video]
March 30th, 2009 · 5 Comments · teams
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Why Guy Kawasaki is wrong about teams
January 14th, 2009 · 5 Comments · Uncategorized
I like the tweets from @RedStarVIP on Twitter. This morning I saw one that said “The Art of Execution” followed by a link. That topic teaser sounded generic to me, but because it was from redstarvip I clicked.
Guy Kawasaki offers some great advice in this piece. But he also perpetuates an old and destructive false [...]
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Beware positive thinking
January 13th, 2009 · 1 Comment · meetings, teams
Many of us have been schooled to “stay positive!” Ultimately I think there is a grain of wisdom in this, but it can also blind us. Sometimes we need to address important risks or vulnerabilities. In a group setting, if you insist on only focusing on the positive, you can also lose credibility with people [...]
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Offer to lead, even when you’re not sure
January 12th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized
I took some time over the December holidays to immerse myself in Twitter, start this blog, and generally soak in the Palmolive of social web 2.0-ness or whatever it’s called. (How old does someone have to be to get a Palmolive reference anyway?)
My primary motivations have been curiosity and fun. I’m experimenting with giving those [...]
