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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)

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This Is How It Always Begins…”Welcome To My Blog”

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There is a default way to start a blog. It goes something like this: “Welcome to my blog! “So, I’ve been [experimenting with X for a while / practicing X for many years] and I thought it was about time that I shared some of my stuff with [“the Universe” / “my fellow enthusiasts” / “y’all”]. “This blogging is all a bit new to me, so please don’t be too harsh. I will try to post regularly, but I do have a life! LOL! I hope you enjoy it. Please feel free to comment below. I look forward to hearing … Continue reading This Is How It Always Begins…”Welcome To My Blog”