Here are two #14Actions for the price of one. We read everywhere about the power of failure – I am particularly taken by Tom Peters’ ridiculous acronym: WTTMS(ASTMSUTF)W: Whoever Tries The Most Stuff (And Screws The Most Stuff Up The … Continue reading Fail Forward, Making Small Bets As You Go #14Actions
My new favourite word, channeling AiWeiWei, is ACT. The world is moving too fast for introspection and planning. I can write several hundred blog posts (a few of which might even be good) without blinking – simply because I raise … Continue reading If In Doubt, Adopt A Bias To Action. #14Actions
I wrote a few days ago that communicators should not be a police force. No more hiding in the shadows, monitoring – be the Chief Conversation Starter instead. That takes balls of steel. One way to deal with it: channel … Continue reading The Mad Drunk Uncle At A Wedding Is READY For The Future OF Work #14Actions
Creating videos is cheaper than ever, and they are shorter than ever too. Technology has changed the prices, user demand has changed the length. (Technical) Quality matters less than audience impact. The corporate video is no longer about packaging over all … Continue reading Prosper In The Future Of Work: Know When To Stop (Lowering Your Standards) #14Actions
Seven years ago, we spent $10,000 on a nice corporate video, 2 camera, lights, make-up – ACTION! Intense 10 minute videos that no-one watched to the end. (main image above). Five years ago, we spent $3000 on the same type … Continue reading Prosper In The Future Of Work: Lower Your Standards #14Actions
Gosh, think about the idea of communication for a moment. Knowing, connecting, aligning, embracing. What a beautiful thing. Consequently, what a beautiful role to have inside an organization, am I right?! The fluidity that allows narratives to pass around, for … Continue reading Prosper In The Future Of Work: Be The Thief, Never The Police #14Actions
The great thing about being curious, and happy to deal with ambiguity? You have plenty of things to talk about, plenty of questions to ask, plenty of perspective. My guess is that there is never a dull moment when you … Continue reading Prosper In The Future Of Work: CHIEF Conversation Starter #14Actions
Ok, so you are curious, as I described yesterday. The first of #14Actions. Great start! Because you are already questioning and scratching your chin, you are also probably happy to embrace ambiguity. And a good job too – for the … Continue reading Prosper In The Future Of Work: Ambiguity > Certainty – #14Actions
The future of work is a scary place for those unprepared. Communicators are the amongst the first to be sidelined, and I wrote a few reflections – here – here – here here – here – here – about that. … Continue reading How To Prosper In The Future Of Work: Cultivate Dangerous Curiosity #14Actions
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)
A bit like HR, the Communications dept. of the modern enterprise has become bloated and self-important. Everything communicators touch is just so important that they need an extra team member to coordinate that project, or professionalise this process. Bunkum and … Continue reading The Secret To My Success: Fewer Resources, Smaller Budgets
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
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