Category: The Future of Work

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The Future of Work: A Murmuration

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Every day, 15 minutes before sunset, a murder of crows thousands strong flies East from downtown Vancouver to ready themselves for the night in Central Park, Burnaby. The daily sight is mesmerizing. Crows have taken over in the city. Smart, whippet-fast learners, iterative testers, communal, supportive, deeply networked – crows have destroyed the urban population of plodding, blank, beady-eyed pigeons. As you guessed, I am using this as a metaphor. The future of work demands us to be social, connected, networked, learners. Only if we join, and participate in, a collective, networked intelligence will we prosper. I will leave it … Continue reading The Future of Work: A Murmuration

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“Yes!” Personal Branding: Planning Tools

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To finish the thought, the discussion here has moved from the transliteration of a standard resume / CV to an automated visual version of the same; on to a deepened, hand-crafted version; then to a visual narrative reworking of your brand story. Now, we plan. As mentioned in the last post, moving beyond the resume as a chronological list of past experiences to make it something that lives and breathes – that is the interesting work at hand. Career Planning A couple of interesting online tools help us out here. Firstly, resum.up – a career roadmapping tool. Transparently, it place your … Continue reading “Yes!” Personal Branding: Planning 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… #4 – Incomplete Manifesto For Growth

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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. I have become increasingly influenced by design thinking in recent years. This design manifesto was first written by Bruce Mau in 1998, articulating his beliefs, strategies, and motivations. It is chock full [43, count ’em!] of deep thinking, lightly shared. Freewheelin’, obtuse, random, there is forward momentum throughout, replete with forgiveness. Heartening. My personal favourite? Number 26: Don’t enter awards competitions. Just don’t. It’s not good for you. ← … Continue reading 4 Manifestos To Live By… #4 – Incomplete Manifesto For Growth

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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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4 Manifestos To Live By… #1 – Cluetrain

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Manifesto: a new idea with prescriptive notions for carrying out change. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ For me, social business began with the Cluetrain Manifesto. If you are in the business of social, you need this guide. It begins a simple declaration that, perhaps, is enough: All markets are conversations. Beautiful. There are 95 declarations, proclamations, promises, urgings. The other thesis most profound in my work is: 10. Participation in a networked market changes people fundamentally. I use this phrase whenever I present on enterprise social networks (ESNs). When we move towards social, there is no going back, for better or worse. We see … Continue reading 4 Manifestos To Live By… #1 – Cluetrain

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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)