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The First 100 Posts: The Story So Far…

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You know when the President reaches 100 days of office and everyone takes a (random) step back to assess what’s what? Well, here’s mine, trying to rationalise what it is that I am trying to share with the world, after 100 posts. It all started out with a few simple premises: I know stuff; and The Future of Work (57 posts)  is social, so I should share it. Preach what you do, not what you should do. I am already doing Social Business (29 posts) inside the organization as an intrapreneur, so it is a natural extension to move beyond the increasingly arbitrary boundaries of the … Continue reading The First 100 Posts: The Story So Far…

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Resumes: Size Does NOT Matter…Compelling Story DOES.

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I have talked before about how I dislike my resume / CV. It is just so difficult to fit a person into a formula. So frustrated was I with the blah blah blah of my 2-page resume I forced it down to one-page, thinking that would help. It did not. Then, in a fit of pique, and in the fervour of a creative outburst, I turned it into a 1-metre infographic. Satisfying (and a version of which trended on SlideShare for a while). Later still, I developed the BrandBoard concept as a mechanism to tell a first-person story that is … Continue reading Resumes: Size Does NOT Matter…Compelling Story DOES.

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Mature At Last!

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When I reached the grand old age of 42 last year, I declared I had the answers to Life, The Universe, and Everything, after the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series by Douglas Adams. You will recall that The Answer (to The Question) is 42. However, I must now question this assumption, as this article in the Telegraph supposes that men only reach maturity at the age of 43. Clearly, I could not have known the Answer in such a state of (adolescent?) immaturity. Perhaps, though, today I do. ←This Much We (maybe) Know.→     Continue reading Mature At Last!

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“Yes. And…”

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We are looking at ways to describe how one ‘shows up.’ For me, firstly, the Dept. of Why. Then, “Can we fix it?” Now, say “Yes. And…” Yeah but no but yeah but no… All black hat thinkers go into combat with this barb at hand: “Yes, but…” It implies listening skills (“yes”) + intellectual rigour (“but…”), but usually indicates a boorish belief in one’s own importance. I should know. I can be very black hat…and… Language is important. By simply dropping the word “but” (or at least actively managing it) a whole new conversational interface is created. As my note … Continue reading “Yes. And…”

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Group flow: How can teams experience “flow” together?

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In Hustle & Flow: An Undeniable Swag, I said: Flow (pt 1) is about noticing, it is about a feel, a touch for what is going on around you and what is going to happen next.   Barking Up The Wrong Tree has a brilliant summary <Group flow: How can teams experience “flow” together> of how to get flow in teams. With each point made,  I could recall a project I had worked on, often with my team, where we had it, we were in the flow. Nothing’s gonna stop us now. ←This Much We Know.→ Continue reading Group flow: How can teams experience “flow” together?

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The Resume Is Dead – Part 6

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If we take personal branding to its logical conclusion, we are not sharing our experiences and chronology, as would a normal resume / CV or an online app visualization. No, the end-game for personal branding is an individual narrative that says, nay SCREAMS, “This is who I am!” It takes balls to show up like that. Moreover, many confuse this real authenticity – naked, bold, unadulterated – with megalomania – self-obsession, meMeME. That’s ok. Let them. They are not the people you are reaching out to in an effort to build your community. You are seeking the curious. The curious … Continue reading The Resume Is Dead – Part 6

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The Resume Is Dead – Part 5

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We are looking again at how resumes are being usurped by beautifully simple apps <like this and like this> and smart, forward-thinking individuals whose personal brands are showing the way to the future of (finding) work. I realised that, in a previous post on personal brand resumes, I had broken the link to the best example of an infogrpahic resume I had so far found. So, here it is again. Not the most beautiful, but so clever in taking people on a journey of discovery. And that is the narrative secret to branding success. Source: michellemagoffin.com via Michelle on Pinterest … Continue reading The Resume Is Dead – Part 5

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Content Marketing: A Series Of Tiny Astonishments

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Thinking of telling great(er) stories and in need of direction and inspiration…turning to Peter Matthiessen is often a good idea. This from an interview with him: “E. M. Forster made that wonderful observation that good writing is administering a series of tiny astonishments. The astonishments aren’t things you never knew. What they are is sort of the first articulation of something you knew but you’d never seen set down in print. And you say, Ah, yes! How true.” We are all looking at content marketing and asking, “What is the content?!” Well, let’s look for those tiny astonishments, no? It … Continue reading Content Marketing: A Series Of Tiny Astonishments

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(Missing The) Curious Kids…

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Travelling is tough for many reasons, none more than missing my beautiful kids. Nine timezones away, missed calls, I turn to Vine to let them know I miss them… I miss my family! In Trondheim. vine.co/v/b90p01MlBtX — Jonathan Anthony (@ThisMuchWeKnow) May 22, 2013 Now I want them to make one make for me! ←This Much We Know.→ Continue reading (Missing The) Curious Kids…

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“Media” Is The New “Brand”

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Just as Share is the new Save, Media is the new Brand. We have knowledge oozing from every organizational orifice. Switching from save to share creates myriad new opportunities for innovation, project breakthroughs, leverage. Internally, we are more interconnected, friendly, collaborative. Externally? Well, when we share our genius, we are reframing our corporate brand – away from our product toward our special sauce, our very fabric. Our brand moves from monolithic logo and product uniformity / ubiquity to our intertwined narratives, personal stories, our humanity. Social brands are the ones that are making waves, the ones that go viral. David … Continue reading “Media” Is The New “Brand”