Can You Afford to be a Bystander?
In case you stopped following the comment thread on my "Myth of Control" post, there was an interesting addition lately. Randy, an association CEO, posted a lengthy and interesting comment. I point to it for a ...
Protecting Your People
I haven't read the article yet, but Ann Oliveri pointed me to the cover story in Fast Company magazine about Google and this great quote:"We argue about strategy and whether our products are good or bad, whether we' ...
Millennials Speak! (Or at least blog)
One of my main mantras in the conversation about generational diversity has been the power of actually having conversations. The generalizations we can read about in books are all well and good, but the real power is in ...
The Power of Paradox
Several cross-sections of my life seem to be intersecting this week around the theme of "paradox." Here are two of the dictionary.com definitions of the word, paradox:1. a statement or proposition that seems se ...
Helping
I ran across this on Seth Godin's blog:It's really easy to insist that people read the friggin manual. It's really easy to blame the user/student/prospect/customer for not trying hard, for being too stupid to get it or f ...
Review of The Speed of Trust
In talking about trust in my last post, I reminded myself that I had not yet done a full review of Stephen M.R. Covey's book, The Speed of Trust. I did three blog posts that were each mini-reviews of parts of the book (h ...
Web 2.0: Participation, Trust, and Beta
Thanks to Virgil for bringing the bigger question of "is Web 2.0 more than just tools" to the broader community. I’ve struggled with how to respond. I think it is obvious that there is a concrete set of Web 2.0 ...
Grass Roots Mobilization and Facebook
Virgil picked up on my favorite bullet point in yesterday's post: "Is Web 2.0 a collection of tools or a reflection of a new way of doing business?" Jeff then posted an eloquent response, followed by an equally ...
Myth of Control…Out of Control!
Okay, I can't keep up with the comments on the "Myth of Control" post. Thanks to everyone for the conversation! And thanks to Jeff, Maddie, and Lisa for posting about it on your own blogs. The dialogue in the c ...
Teams and Results
I’ve posted before about the topic of giving performance rewards on an individual basis, versus rewarding entire teams or groups. I am not a compensation expert, but I find it interesting that individual-based rewards we ...