Broadcasting Hypocrisy
I think Seth Godin is reading my blog. Yesterday he wrote on ‘Losing Andrew Carnegie‘ and talked about investing in people over parts. Anyone who has been reading here a while knows I’ve been talking about this a lot since October, and gaining new levels of growth by getting free what I call ‘Factory thinking‘. The [...]
You’ve Got A Heart, A Wallet, And Contacts – So Use Them
Last week Matt Young presented the Have A Heart Appeal as one of our Endeavours at Like Minds. The aim is simple: to raise £1,000 for the Starlight Children’s Foundation, whose aim is to basically grant the wishes of terminally ill children. I’m not asking you to have a heart because I know you have [...]
Wax On, Wax Off: Headfake Marketing, Without Marketing
Jim offers a great idea. He knows it’s good, but unfortunately a lot of people just don’t quite get it and therefore aren’t buying it. Jim is frustrated day after day when he sees how his ideas could be used by people in his community, but because he can’t communicate it, and because the community [...]
Tower Block Of Uncommons
If you can’t see the video above, click here. This incredible series, Tower Block of Commons, gave me great insight again into perception. It doesn’t matter what the reality is. If the everyday person has a perception that our government spend all day arguing in a room and having two homes, then it doesn’t matter [...]
No More Big Events?
Yesterday Seth Godin rocked the boat with another post that many people disagree with: No More Big Events. This short post said that big events don’t work because they aren’t as good as “frequent cheap communication”. Scott McKain wrote a long response on why he disagreed which is worth a read. I don’t disagree with [...]
A 7 Year Old Does Social Media Better Than The Rest Of Us
This melts my heart, and it convicts me at the same time. A 7 year old boy by the name of Charlie Simpson saw the Haiti disaster, aimed to raise £500 by cycling his bike (that would be awesome enough in the first place), and then goes and raises £70,000. You can read it on BBC News [...]
The Desperate Need For Clarity
Over the last weeks I have attended a number of events/conferences in London, most recently including Jeff Pulver‘s #140Conf, where I got to dine with Jeff the night before with Daren Foysth and few other new friends. The next day, despite the lineup of experienced and innovating speakers, and the crowd of great people, I [...]
Confessions, Part 1
Last night Ruairi Fullam linked me to this post from ProBlogger, from May. As I read down the page, I got convicted by the following words from Chris Guillebeau: The time to start presenting your big ideas is when you can no longer keep them to yourself in good conscience. When you reach that same [...]
