Tom Peters: Innovation is Easy!
Found this fun video of Tom Peters, from a tweet by @ellennaylor who found it from a blogger, @plish. (Love how that works.) Key messages: Being remarkable is about being original--originally you. Don't follow the pack. Take the lead. Hang...
Enabling Social Change Through Social Media: A Bibliography
New to social media and wisdom entrepreneurship and wondering how to move up the learning curve faster? I'll be part of a presentation on enabling social change through social media. The audience is a group of Regis University students who...
What’s Missing in Career Advice and How Twitter is Your Research Tool
Walter Akana has a great post today on Building Community for Career Success. He makes the point that opportunities come from people who trust you and trust is fostered in communities. So start focusing on community-building (both online, through places...
Three Cups of Tea
I just finished the book, Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. Dave, my friend from Traverse City and a partner in crime on spreading the word about A Bigger Voice, had seen Mortenson speak last...
Fact is Stranger Than Fiction
Seen in the local Boulder, CO paper last week. I've removed names to protect the innocent:"Errant Shot at Med Center. Man accidentally shoots self in leg at hospital. A man visiting his family at a [local hospital] accidentally shot himself...
Power Chicks in Houston
I was in Houston last week to work with a group of budding wisdom entrepreneurs--members of a women's networking group, lovingly known as the Power Chicks. (There was also one Power Dude, as you'll see from the following videos.) At...
Cool Things
With the Internet, sharing cool things is so much easier. A few cool things I've stumbled upon or which others have brought to my attention:Cool article Bright Ideas for Dark Days. Article about how some companies in the UK are...
Dan Pink: Finding New Ways to Connect to Community
I'm a big fan of Daniel Pink's work and discovered him when I read his book, A Whole New Mind, several years ago. Since then, I've been following what he's been up to via his blog. You might even say...