It is time to get back to working out loud on the blog, after an interesting work trip to Australia (more on which, later).

Today, writing up some notes from a tough, direct book by Doug Williamson about Canada’s future economy (that speaks to all the modern world).

Enjoyed listening to / reading @bluntleader on #FutureOfWork issues recently. Few extracts to follow – for #WOLweek pic.twitter.com/oxt6q2eybn

— Jonathan Anthony (@ThisMuchWeKnow) November 17, 2014

I wanted to write specifically about unreasonableness. I see unease about sharing one’s work wherever I look: the feedback to sharing elicits a range of emotions from intrigue to annoyance, from light bulb moment to disdain.

None of this happens if people do not share, and given the unpredictable response, I think it requires a certain embrace of unreasonableness to push out your stuff, as widely as possible, no matter what.

Indeed…

Working out loud = bit weird/annoying/obnoxious? Well… “All progress depends on the unreasonable (wo)man.” – George Bernard Shaw #WOLweek

— Jonathan Anthony (@ThisMuchWeKnow) November 17, 2014

Elkington/Hartigan: “Being unreasonable is not just a state of mind. Process= jettison outdated reasoning, conceive new ones.” #WOLweek

— Jonathan Anthony (@ThisMuchWeKnow) November 17, 2014

 

So, today, and all this #WOLweek, here’s to the unreasonable!

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