Of course I get direction from those higher up the food chain in my organization. The company’s strategies are theirs. My job is to amplify, to tidy and finesse, occasionally even caress. There is but one problem with this funnel … Continue reading The Future of Work Is About ANYONE (But The Leader)
We recently hired someone for the team, and there were two commonalities to those who applied: everyone was a great writer, and pretty much no-one excelled at video production / post-production. This is a problem, because writing is a dying … Continue reading Writers Need Not Apply: Videographers Win The Future Of Work
One of the main policing teams in an organisation is the communications team. They are expected to gatekeep knowledge, speak as and for the company, oversee what others are up to and intervene, often righteously. Such behaviour is out of … Continue reading Data Flows, We Cannot Control It: Observations On The Future Of Work
Everything is beta, folks. The future of work (for communicators) is a crazy messed up dystopia – unless one prepares, builds new muscle, sloughs off dying practices. I shared this prognostication last week at a talk to communicators in Vancouver, … Continue reading Observations On The Future Of Work: Logarithmic Vs. Linear
I gave a presentation at a communications workshop / forum last week. When pondering what to talk about – alongside standard MarComms topics of social media and crisis management and intranets – I wrote: Why all the communications skills you have worked … Continue reading Everything Is Beta: A Provocation For Communicators (And, Well, Mostly Everyone)
Aline Lerner attempted a meaningful investigation about the power (or not) of resumes recently – an excellent read. Resumes suck – and here’s the data, she says, concluding “at the end of the day, the resume is a low-signal document.” … Continue reading Working Out Loud Is A High Signal Approach To Understanding – And Here’s The Data!
I say a variation of this statement a lot: the future of work is coming fast, it will kick me in the air, eat me alive and spit me out, trample me underfoot, and generally make me obsolete, a sad, whimpering, … Continue reading I Am Future-Of-Work-Proofing Myself. How You Doin’?
Nearly every day, I am faced with a moment or two of terror. Am I doing the right thing? Should I be doing something else? Do I read the world around me correctly? Am I adding (enough) value? Like someone … Continue reading Nothing Is A Mistake
I am putting together a long list of goals for the team for 2015, based on everyone giving me…a long list. 2015 should be fun, same as it ever was. My own goals are heavily skewed to the personal – … Continue reading 2015 Goals: This Time It’s (Even More) Personal
The topic of ‘me’ vs. ‘we’ comes up fairly regularly. I am fan of “I…” because there is skin in the game. Too often, I find people hide behind ‘us’ in order not to do anything or stand accountable. I … Continue reading I Bring My Creative Authority With Me, And I Take It With Me When I Leave
Planning and team alignment requires tension. Harmony is overrated. Continue reading There Is Tension In The Room. Everything Is How It Should Be.
I am giving a quick ‘n’ dirty keynote at the IABC/BC – CPRS Vancouver joint Christmas shindig this week. As the topic suggests, I decided to work out loud on it on twitter, and collate it all together in a … Continue reading A Conversation About “Social”: Technology and People and Working Out Loud #WOLyo!
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