Let’s Take Over The World! Who’s In?
Usual brilliance from Jessica Hagy. Keep it simple, join forces, take advantage, collaborate, don’t compete. Who’s in? ←This Much We Know.→ Continue reading Let’s Take Over The World! Who’s In?
Tag: “Yes!”
#WorkHacks – Put Yourself First
The change agent extraordinaire Joachim Stroh shared this beautiful, evocative graphic, saying: “It’s about you, but you’re not the only bee in the hive; the further you expand the more you grow. Putting yourself first is not about ego, not about me-me-me. No. It is about moving out into the world with conviction and self-awareness, to confirm to others ‘This is how I add value.’ Indeed, success for most of us comes not from individual brilliance, but from moving within, and asking help from, a community of supporters: “… individual expertise did not distinguish people as high performers. What distinguished high … Continue reading #WorkHacks – Put Yourself First
#WorkHacks – Choose to Belong
Similar to ‘being social,’ choosing to belong is about moving out into the world and finding interesting nodes in your network, and then doing something about it. Coalesce around an idea, a belief, a movement. Make something happen, enact change – with partners in crime. Doing so with others, you are much more likely to succeed than working alone, atomized and isolated from your network of goodwill. The lone genius is overrated. Derek Sivers illustrates this perfectly with his Ted Talk critique of the ‘shirtless dancing guy’ creating a movement (in under 3 minutes). Recommended viewing. It shows how it is … Continue reading #WorkHacks – Choose to Belong
What Does It Mean To Become A Seeker?
The more I read about CURIOSITY, the more I am convinced it is the number one attribute required for long-term, future-proofed success. We live in times of great tumult – we must be agile, and what better preparation for aggressive, ongoing change than a willingness to discover? The ever-impeccable Harald Jarche talks about Gary Klein’s new book Seeing What Others Don’t, how so much of work is focused on removal of error and uncertainty – the process of packing away, hiding, locking down. Insight, however, comes from that willingness to test, to discover, to seek. Which reminds of my favourite … Continue reading What Does It Mean To Become A Seeker?
Redundancy And Repetition Are Good For You: Take 1 – How We Learn
Some years ago, during an internal project to define and develop the company as a learning organization I came up with this definition: We learn to learn together, to get the results we want together (after Senge). Whereas the project sponsor wanted something tangible and process-led, I pushed back. Learning and understanding is co-created and evolved and iterated. It is in flux, it is a flow. I wish, at the time, I had heard of Harald Jarche. His work, amongst many others, has influenced my own in recent years and would have helped greatly wrangling that ‘learning organization’ project to … Continue reading Redundancy And Repetition Are Good For You: Take 1 – How We Learn
I Want This: Hiring Via Brain Waves
In order to gauge their passion for advertising, an ad agency measured the brainwaves of its intern applicants. Dang! I want one of those. Right now I have to rely on my own instincts, the applicants’ poise, online presence, chutzpah, and writing style! HOW CAN I BE EXPECTED TO MAKE A GOOD DECISION?! ←This Much We Know.→ Continue reading I Want This: Hiring Via Brain Waves
Professional Disruptor
Apropos yesterday’s post on calling myself a Corporate Disorganizer, via Celine Schillinger I read this lovely little collation of the tendencies of a Professional Disruptor. from SAP’s Head of Social Strategy, Ted Wilms. Example quotes: A professional disruptor will arm themselves with the following: charisma, empathy, expertise/insight, doggedness, detachment (to defend against the attack of their ideas), and passion. Further… The status quo will resist the disruptor. Resistance is necessary. It helps the disruptor frame their ideas and helps them showcase why real change is necessary. YES!. Full of high-five nuggets of goodness for anyone trying to do different in … Continue reading Professional Disruptor
Hiring Advice For Finding A Job In The Social Business Era
I’m hiring, and I’m learning a lot about the state of the (MarComms) job seeker marketplace in the process. I wrote this to applicants as a (hopefully) helpful poke and prod. Hello. We HEART You. Firstly, thanks for applying for our job in the MarComms team. I appreciate it – the effort and hassle; the putting-yourself-out-there-ness. Now, enough heart. Let’s share some thinking about how we roll at. In no particular order… Some #FoodForThought By now, I hope you have seen the video The Old-But-Not-Quite-Dead-To-Us Brian made for you. If not, it’s here, in all its moustachioed, ironic, hipster glory: … Continue reading Hiring Advice For Finding A Job In The Social Business Era
MOOCs Are Not Enough. Education In Need Of Quantum Change
This is personal. As a father to two young kids about to enter formal education, I feel a need to foster a sense of awe and wonder in them about what they can achieve, to challenge them to move above, to move beyond… I am no education expert, nor am I a pushy parent. I do believe, however, in the need for large-scale progressive change in what education means; and what it holds for our children. MOOCs are a functional change in the service offering of education. They move us in the right direction. but, quantum change, at extreme velocity, demands … Continue reading MOOCs Are Not Enough. Education In Need Of Quantum Change
Be A Part Of The 30%: Fall In Love With Your Work
I have seen a new percentage floating around the interwebs on the topic of engagement. The percentage of people disengaged at work: 70% Oh dear. Tsk tsk. Head scratch. Sad pout. Chin stroke. We need to do better, people. It starts with me, with you. It means taking charge of our own destiny. It demands change. It implies more flux, more hustle and flow. It asks us to look around us, and to declare “I am happy!” If you cannot say that, then move on, do something else, work out how to fall in love with your work. Please. ←This Much We … Continue reading Be A Part Of The 30%: Fall In Love With Your Work
The Brand Follows The Work. YES.
The always excellent Nilofer Merchant has a great piece in HBR this week on getting the right focus about your personal brand. She argues that brand-as-marketing misses the point. Your brand should be the essence of what you offer. The brand follows the work. It should answer these two questions: What is it you care about? How will you find and work with allies? Agreed. At TMWK, we say your personal brand is a calling card that says: “Let me show you what I can do.” “I am part of the solution. I can help. Let’s talk.” [In times of flux], … Continue reading The Brand Follows The Work. YES.
“Yes. And…”
We are looking at ways to describe how one ‘shows up.’ For me, firstly, the Dept. of Why. Then, “Can we fix it?” Now, say “Yes. And…” Yeah but no but yeah but no… All black hat thinkers go into combat with this barb at hand: “Yes, but…” It implies listening skills (“yes”) + intellectual rigour (“but…”), but usually indicates a boorish belief in one’s own importance. I should know. I can be very black hat…and… Language is important. By simply dropping the word “but” (or at least actively managing it) a whole new conversational interface is created. As my note … Continue reading “Yes. And…”
This Much We Know 