Growing up in Britain, we were pretty good at ensuring no-one thought they were too good. Anyone who grew too tall for the crowd was cut down in size. It creates a social ambiguity as to who is good at … Continue reading One Day I Will Run For Office. Or, Allowed To Be Twice As…#Shard
I led a personal branding workshop on Friday evening, and we talked about how important it is in life to let people know how you can best help them. Branding is a synthesis process, distilling all your greatness down to … Continue reading Blogging Here Is An Incubation Process
When you think about “networks”, what comes to mind? It is a good thing? Is it about connectedness and leveraging people and skills at scale? Is it about seeming more vital and alive to (making) the future? It is for … Continue reading The Opportunity Web
An online conversation of the “10 books that most impacted you” type got me to thinking, natch. I remember being a slightly bored, vaguely precocious teenager needing stim, and coming across a book – from who knows where – by … Continue reading A Celebration Of Awareness: Looking For A Book 30 Years Later
Reading an old copy of Daniel Pink’s A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future, looking for ideas on how cognitive science is liberating the workforce, I liked an idea he had of how to put into practice whole … Continue reading 6 Links Of Separation: A Learning Experiment
I keep trying. I ‘attend’ tweet-ups fairly regularly, eager to share odds and sods, and to pick up a few bon mots, a few links to content, a few people to follow. Yet, mostly, they leave me wanting. Maybe it … Continue reading TweetUps Are Nice And Sweet, But Fundamentally Dull
According to Shots of Awe, “the Instagram generation experiences the present as an anticipated memory.” We actively design what that later memory will be like. We all become artists / architects – we are building our memorial maps. Is it … Continue reading Experiencing The Present As An Anticipated Memory
There are so many tools, applications, channels to explore. There are endless opportunities to entertain, to mine a meme, to curate or recast content in a new direction. Much of my time spent on the TMWK blog is behind the … Continue reading Un-shlump The Borfin! Juggle Your Imagination!
I am helping some young people – students and recently graduated – with a personal branding class, producing mini-BrandBoards. One of the input questions is “What is your work philosophy?” There are some good answers (well, all answers are good … Continue reading Ponder, Ponder, Ponder, Collaborate, Re-think, Revise, Submit. A Young Professional’s Story.
Following on from yesterday’s post about my antifragility approach, this is what I shared with Wouter Ijgosse about how I inject antifragility at work: Small tests, under the radar Play the long game, but test every day Prove out ideas through … Continue reading How I Make My Business #Antifragile
A complete stranger to me – Wouter Ijgosse – asked me to share “some of the strategies you apply to make your life or business antifragile.” Sure. Off the top of my head, I replied back to Wouter: I read widely, and … Continue reading How Are You #Antifragile?
I once hitchhiked in a Mercedes limousine – it was intoxicating and #antifragile. Continue reading An #Antifragile Hitchhike In A Mercedes Limousine
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