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“Yes!” Personal Branding: Resume Infographics

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Personal branding is about trying to help others in our network to understand us – to ‘get to “Yes!”‘ Four useful ways to skin this cat are: Automated online tools Resume infographics Narrative infographics Planning tools Resume Infographics Fast Company had an excellent article on the growth in visual resumes using graphic design templates and, presumably, oversight from graphic designers. Making something look cool, and bespoke, gives the content the ‘feel’ of quality. HR commentators on the Fast Co. article made the point that resume software in large corporations cannot interrogate ‘design work’ – they are parsing words via OCR … Continue reading “Yes!” Personal Branding: Resume Infographics

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“Yes!” Personal Branding: Online Tools

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In the last post, I posited that we need to move beyond the traditional resume / CV. Why? Because we need some virality in our (extended) network in order to hook others’ interest. We need to think (more) visually because the world operates in an increasingly visual orientation; and people are visual thinkers (at least, 80% of us are.) Number data is processed via left-brained, analytical methods. Visual ideas, hooks are processed via right-brained, creatives means. If we can marry the language hemispheres of the brain, we can provide compelling data and stories to our audience. We can stand out … Continue reading “Yes!” Personal Branding: Online Tools

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Getting To “Yes!” Personal Branding Tools

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Writing a resume / CV is a weird out-of-body experience. Suddenly propelled into the third-person like a pop star who has just made it big… (“Jonathan Anthony is not afraid of the haters; they cannot affect Jonathan Anthony. Jonathan Anthony respects only those who respect Jonathan Anthony,”) one has to objectify and codify all that is subjective and personal. My thinking is that the traditional CV / resume will be dead within 5 years, based on the fast-changing way we consume data and orient our beliefs around the opinions of our networks. I read that 70% of all jobs are filled … Continue reading Getting To “Yes!” Personal Branding Tools

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4 Manifestos To Live By… Oh, And I Forgot About This One

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Manifesto: a new idea with prescriptive notions for carrying out change. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Manifesto 1 – Cluetrain. Manifesto 2 – Cult of Done. Manifesto 3 – Passionate Creative Worker. Manifesto 4 – Incomplete Manifesto for Growth. Dogme 95 The Dogme 95 manifesto had a big impact on my creative life. It was an early exposure not just to the idea that there could be new rules of engagement around a topic; but also that those rules of engagement could be simple and liberating. In the late ‘90s I was studying for my Masters in IT Management. Don’t ask me why.* My thesis was on capturing … Continue reading 4 Manifestos To Live By… Oh, And I Forgot About This One

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4 Manifestos To Live By… #3 – Passionate Creative Worker

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Manifesto: a new idea with prescriptive notions for carrying out change. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Manifesto 1 – Cluetrain. Manifesto 2 – Cult of Done. Manifesto 3 – Passionate Creative Worker. These are indeed exciting times, full of promise and potential. Let’s seize the day. Let us indeed. I am positive by nature; and it is encouraging to meet ideas and prognostications that are uplifting in intent, rather than system collapsing / replacing. So this is an easy Manifesto, one for everyone, from a favourite writer of mine, John Hagel. Introducing the Manifesto, Hagel wrote how “we are struck by the potential that each individual has … Continue reading 4 Manifestos To Live By… #3 – Passionate Creative Worker

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4 Manifestos To Live By… #2 – The Cult Of Done

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Manifesto: a new idea with prescriptive notions for carrying out change. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Manifesto 1 – Cluetrain. Manifesto 2 – Cult of Done. A core part of my personal brand is embracing the concept of 80-20. You can get 80% of the way there with 20% of the total effort. This is (usually) enough. Conversely, to get towards “100” takes immense effort – time, money, focus. Especially in times of increasing change and cognitive dissonance. I have rolled this brand element into the embrace of Velocity – @ speed, with direction. Working at velocity, rarely do you nail it first time. … Continue reading 4 Manifestos To Live By… #2 – The Cult Of Done

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Hustle and Flow: Pt 3 (An Undeniable Swag)

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In the 2006 film Hustle and Flow, Craig Brewer managed to make the main character sympathetic enough to the audience <”It’s hard out here for a pimp,”  (apparently)> for Terence Howard to be nominated for an Oscar for his role. Undoubtedly, Howard had it: hustle and flow. The urban dictionary defines is as such: “A combination of the terms “hustle” and “flow” that, when possessed and fused correctly, creates a distinct, undeniable swag. One needs hustle in order to flow, however too much hustle can really cramp the style of the flow. But a flow without hustle reaps no reward. One … Continue reading Hustle and Flow: Pt 3 (An Undeniable Swag)

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Hustle and Flow: Pt 2 (Hustle)

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At the end of Pt 1 we moved to the banks of the flow. Here, we watch. There are three choices available for us: We wait, nervously, sensing change and tumult. We imagine what it is to jump, but the toes from one foot never leave the ground. We instinctively jump in, we thrash wildly, we hope to be washed up downstream exhausted but alive, ALIVE! We study the currents, we learn to swim and to navigate, we prepare swim aids and a packed lunch, and when an idea or opportunity, wide and dry, floats serenely past, we hop aboard, whistling … Continue reading Hustle and Flow: Pt 2 (Hustle)

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Hustle and Flow: Pt 1 (Flow)

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“One needs hustle in order to flow, however too much hustle can really cramp the style of the flow. But a flow without hustle reaps no reward.” -Urban Dictionary definition I am in the middle of reading The Power of Pull by John Hagel et al. It is a book I have had for a while, waiting for the right moment to read. It’s now. However, I was first impacted by it much earlier. Thomas Friedman reviewed it in the New York Times (12-Oct, 2011), and the idea of f-l-o-w hooked me. From the Friedman article: “…the Big Shift also unleashes … Continue reading Hustle and Flow: Pt 1 (Flow)