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Ideas for building a culture of originality
A must-read. You will most likely recognize the first work culture environment described. And perhaps enjoy a few suggestions for change. – pw If there’s one place on earth where originality goes to die, I’d managed to find it. I was charged with unleashing innovation and change in the ultimate bastion of bureaucracy. It was a place…
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Lady Gaga and the Life of Passion
For all you entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs and change agents out there, let’s take a closer look at passion. The real takeaway? This question: Who would you be and what would you do if you weren’t afraid? Earlier this week I watched some young musicians perform Lady Gaga songs in front of Lady Gaga. As India Carney’s voice…
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Social media meltdowns highlight the power of the audience
With social media, “The audience has more control than anyone realizes.” Well, except for those who spend their days with social. We see it all the time and most recently with Martin Shkreli, who backed down after pursuing a doomed and short-lived battle against the internet. Although the below article is over a year old,…
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Tesla and the paradigm shift
Reading about Elon Musk and Tesla, I remember reading what seemed like heady material in a PR course taught by the inimitable Prof. Steve Blewett a few years back. Titled The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas Kuhn, more than a few of us were confused as to why we were reading a book by a renowned…
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If you want happy workers, stop treating them like children
This article was brought to my attention by the fine folks at HBR – thought I’d share: Recently, there’s been something of a happiness backlash against America’s obsession with feeling happy at work. That’s because some companies have been going about it in the wrong way, working on short-term solutions that tend to treat employees…