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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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Curious Kids: The Child’s Clear Eye

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As a parent, I want so much for my children, to move beyond me, to avoid my mistakes, to change the world through them being… It is Lola’s fifth birthday party today. Her attitudes are changing. She is growing up. I am not sure I am very good at encouraging it, but if there is one thing I hope she holds on to, it is the child’s clear eye: “Soon the child’s clear eye is clouded over by ideas and opinions, preconceptions, and abstractions. … Not until years later does an instinct come that a vital sense of mystery has … Continue reading Curious Kids: The Child’s Clear Eye

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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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“Yes!” Personal Branding: Narrative Infographics

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This is where the personal branding rubber hits the road. Telling stories is as old as the hills; bizarrely, in our professional lives we are not used to telling stories about who we are, how we show up. We externalize everything. I mentioned before that our business profile becomes an out-of-body experience. At This Much We Know, visual narrative is our thang. We think holistically, we look for the greatness, your greatness, and we keep it F.R.E.S.H. So let’s consider the next iteration of visual personal branding: Automated online tools Resume infographics Narrative infographics Planning tools Narrative Infographics Infographics are … Continue reading “Yes!” Personal Branding: Narrative Infographics

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“Yes!” Personal Branding: Resume Infographics

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Personal branding is about trying to help others in our network to understand us – to ‘get to “Yes!”‘ Four useful ways to skin this cat are: Automated online tools Resume infographics Narrative infographics Planning tools Resume Infographics Fast Company had an excellent article on the growth in visual resumes using graphic design templates and, presumably, oversight from graphic designers. Making something look cool, and bespoke, gives the content the ‘feel’ of quality. HR commentators on the Fast Co. article made the point that resume software in large corporations cannot interrogate ‘design work’ – they are parsing words via OCR … Continue reading “Yes!” Personal Branding: Resume Infographics

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“Yes!” Personal Branding: Online Tools

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In the last post, I posited that we need to move beyond the traditional resume / CV. Why? Because we need some virality in our (extended) network in order to hook others’ interest. We need to think (more) visually because the world operates in an increasingly visual orientation; and people are visual thinkers (at least, 80% of us are.) Number data is processed via left-brained, analytical methods. Visual ideas, hooks are processed via right-brained, creatives means. If we can marry the language hemispheres of the brain, we can provide compelling data and stories to our audience. We can stand out … Continue reading “Yes!” Personal Branding: Online Tools

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Getting To “Yes!” Personal Branding Tools

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Writing a resume / CV is a weird out-of-body experience. Suddenly propelled into the third-person like a pop star who has just made it big… (“Jonathan Anthony is not afraid of the haters; they cannot affect Jonathan Anthony. Jonathan Anthony respects only those who respect Jonathan Anthony,”) one has to objectify and codify all that is subjective and personal. My thinking is that the traditional CV / resume will be dead within 5 years, based on the fast-changing way we consume data and orient our beliefs around the opinions of our networks. I read that 70% of all jobs are filled … Continue reading Getting To “Yes!” Personal Branding Tools

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Curious Kids: The Sacred YES.

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I am one parent like millions of others who has been inspired, glavanized, motivated by my children and my responsibility as a parent. Children have as much to teach as to learn, parents know that. I try my best to take it all in and reacquaint myself with my inner child. I know there is valuable learning for me, right here, right now. Here are two quotes gleaned from the genius creative combinatorialist @brainpickings. From Nietzsche‘s Thus Spake Zarathustra (free ebook): The child is innocence and forgetting, a new beginning, a game, a self-propelled wheel, a first movement, a sacred … Continue reading Curious Kids: The Sacred YES.

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4 Manifestos To Live By… In Summary: Be Curious

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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. Manifesto oh! – Dogme 95 A Manifesto for Curiosity Where do manifestos lead us? The ones that are directive and certain never take us to their supposed destination. The ones that are open-minded and generous and forgiving – they take us where we need to go. Destination uncertain, but worthwhile. The easiest way to summarize my manifesto is to volunteer this: Be curious. In my 40s I am rediscovering my … Continue reading 4 Manifestos To Live By… In Summary: Be Curious

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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