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#PKyvr33 Day 5: Talk About What You Know + What You Think #WOLweek #WOLyo

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Working out loud is a call to action: don’t leave your genius on a hard drive, or in this hard drive <taps forehead>, share it. Start with wondering: How can I help? Then #unSquirrel something. When I worked under the stairs I presented 10 Pecha Kuchas in 5 days. Some of the content I could do in my sleep, other topics I am NOT an expert on, but I have a perspective on – one that is not heard much ’round here. Maybe that perspective can help? SURE it can. Let’s WOLyo! I presented on the following topics, (with some colour … Continue reading #PKyvr33 Day 5: Talk About What You Know + What You Think #WOLweek #WOLyo

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#PKyvr33 Day 4: Permission To Be Human #WOLyo #WOLweek

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I don’t talk a lot about work, or my TMWK focus, when I am home. Family life is busy enough – there is nary a moment for open discussion. This weekend, though, Lori and I went out for dinner and to the cinema, so we had a chance to talk about #PKyvr33, and about the blog. Lori claims to read all the posts, and she gave me some lovely, simple feedback that is prescient to the #PKyvr33 process of explaining what the hell I did under the stairs at work for a week. I made a few notes on my … Continue reading #PKyvr33 Day 4: Permission To Be Human #WOLyo #WOLweek

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#PKyvr33 Day 3: International Working Out Loud Week #WOLweek #WOLyo!

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A few network connections have decided to work out loud next week. This calls for an INTERNATIONAL WORK OUT LOUD WEEK proclamation! Austen Hunter has the schematic, which he shared to a Yammer customer network: Of course, number one is the most important: Do something! #WOLyo is action oriented. My guess is that my #PKyvr33 process will suffice as my participation to the week. Look out for #WOLweek #WOLyo! for others’ efforts. Last night, at dinner, my partner Lori said: “You are discussing [the opportunity of] elevation through connection and community.” I like that, elevation. It will definitely synthesize somehow into … Continue reading #PKyvr33 Day 3: International Working Out Loud Week #WOLweek #WOLyo!

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#PKyvr33 Day 2: Initial Notes #WOLyo!

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I am presenting a pecha kucha about working out loud (and on presenting 10 pecha kucha in a week) at Pecha Kucha Vancouver Ed. 33.  This is the share of how it happens, laid out to be seen. You are welcome. I am using #PKyvr33 as a collation / curation tool. I get complexity and emergence. Really smart people can explain complexity and emergence. Me? I just get it. I work that way. I dip a toe; I iterate. I try things out. I fail (and slough it off like a snake’s skin.) This blog is my mechanism to deal … Continue reading #PKyvr33 Day 2: Initial Notes #WOLyo!

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#PKyvr33 Day 1: Working Out Loud On A Live Project – Let’s Do This Thing #WOLyo!

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A confluence of conversations and events leads me to this point. It’s time to put some skin in the game and work out loud (in the internet open) on a project. I worked out loud ‘under the stairs’ for a week at work to challenge myself about what sharing and #unSquirrel really means. I wanted to get away from technology, and into the real-time space of the person to person economy. I spoke about the initiative with various online contacts and one – @AustenHunter – suggested a #WOLweek. Sure! I attended #FUELvan conference and the organizer –  Susan Cox, who … Continue reading #PKyvr33 Day 1: Working Out Loud On A Live Project – Let’s Do This Thing #WOLyo!

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The Person To Person Economy: Curiosity

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The TMWK Manifesto begins with curiosity – and, if push comes to shove, it could end there too. Curiosity is EVERYTHING. The Manifeto says: Cultivate curiosity. It all begins with curiosity. “Our number one value isn’t in any of the skills we have. It’s that we’re essentially curious.” – Jim Coudal via @brainpickings Curiosity is the kick-start, the pre-requisite. It allows us to move forward, in the footsteps of children. John Pilger had it right: “…the first step is to engender an approach, enable the measurement of distances and walking toward. It is show the possible and potential.” – Extract from article in The Guardian … Continue reading The Person To Person Economy: Curiosity

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The Person To Person Economy: Be F.R.E.S.H.

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The TMWK brand arose from iterative work. It came from real action, real outcomes – the TMWK BrandBoard process. It came from working out loud trying to effect change in the workplace, to support people build their reputation and explain their individual advantage. Retrospectively, I considered the underlying themes of delivering a personal branding program. I identified five ideas that simply described the output / outcome. They happened to create a neat apronym  – F.R.E.S.H. Fun.Revealing.Entertaining.Shareable+Social.Heartfelt. Now think about how you relate to another person. You meet someone at a party, or a conference, and an outcome is that you connect … Continue reading The Person To Person Economy: Be F.R.E.S.H.

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The Person To Person Economy: #WOLyo!

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Working out loud is similar to #unSquirrel: share first and always, overthink it some other time. #WOLyo! Is a little more applied that #unSquirrel because there is a clearer sense of communal process, of moving your team, project, network forward in commonality. #WOLyo! builds off others’ efforts. It is still based on the human endeavor – to add value, in whatever way we can, to others. At its heart, still, is the question: how can I help? By working out loud, people can find people, through new understanding, through (dis)agreement on content, through ‘who knew?’ breakthroughs. Working out loud is … Continue reading The Person To Person Economy: #WOLyo!

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The Person To Person Economy: #unSquirrel

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The #unSquirrel Manifesto and approach is simplistic: share, without too much thought, what you know, with whomsoever you know. The more you share, the wider and deeper will be your network of influence and support, the more you will (un/re)learn. Sharing is not about perfection and earth-shattering content – #unSquirrel is not high falutin’ journalism or activism. It is about delivering on this thought: maybe there is someone who might find this interesting. Person to person, how much simpler could it be? Is an audience of one sufficient? It depends on what you are trying to achieve, right? If you read Seth … Continue reading The Person To Person Economy: #unSquirrel

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The Person To Person Economy: #RelentlessHumanity

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Amongst all the intellectual stimulation and thought leadership LEADERSHIP(!) in the (closed) Change Agents Worldwide network, where I am privy to a daily onslaught of deep and meaningful, progressive and revolutionary, exciting and scary discourse, there is one thing that shines through so bright that it blinds – the community’s unending and unerring humanity. Once or twice a day, reading the flow of intent and insight,  I want to comment along the lines of “How wonderfully humane of you…” (versus, thankfully, “Oh, the humanity!”) I have learned so much in the last three years from people sharing their knowledge freely … Continue reading The Person To Person Economy: #RelentlessHumanity

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A Personal Commitment To The Person To Person Economy

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This week I was involved in an online conversation with fellow CAWWers, including the inimitable Luis Suarez, concerning Sharing Economy services such as AirBnB and Uber, and Luis made this point: It’s more down to P2P, right? As in People … Continue reading A Personal Commitment To The Person To Person Economy