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02.19.08Enterprise 2.0 Executive ForumI'm at Ross Dawson's Enterprise 2.0 Executive Forum in Sydney today. We're just one and a bit sessions in and there are already some very interesting and exciting things being said. We've got some very smart presenters including Euan Semple and Andrew McAfee (both presenting via Skype video). There are also a bunch of smart 2.0 folks here - Jasmin Tragas, Des Walsh, James Dellow, Mick Liubinskas, Jodie Miners, Phil Morle and others - hopefully we can sway some opinion. I'm Twittering some highlights live and taking part on the Tangler forum (embedded below) as we go along in the day. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: ...
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01.27.08EngagementThanks to my Melbourne-based compatriot, Michael Specht, I have seen this video from McDaniel Partners on the issue of employee engagement. Riffing off the incredible Miniature Earth, it delves richly and poignantly into the lives of the people you work with every day. It's an unfortunate fact that most organisations simply have no idea how to engage their staff, treating them largely as cogs in some Industrial Age dark Satanic Mill. The idea of an engaged, enthusiastic and loyal workforce is anathema to them and is blamed on Gen Y or lack of loyalty in some other area rather than a long, ...
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01.23.08The Age of Conversation 2008Like my friend, Jasmin Tragas, I've put my name forward as an author to contribute to the 2008 version of Age of Conversation.. The original version was published last year by Gavin Heaton and Drew McClellan and included input from 100 authors. It's a great read! And supports a great cause, with 100% of proceeds going to charity. This year's edition will follow the same form. However, the topic is open to a vote. You can choose from: Marketing Manifesto Why Don’t People Get It? My Marketing Tragedy (and what I learned) I’m really looking forward to contributing ...
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01.17.08Passionate workaholicsSeth Godin's latest post describes a new type of worker, comparing them favorably with the old school workaholic: A workaholic lives on fear. It's fear that drives him to show up all the time. The best defense, apparently, is a good attendance record. A new class of jobs (and workers) is creating a different sort of worker, though. This is the person who works out of passion and curiosity, not fear. I am deeply passionate about what I do, and am working hard to build knowledge, credibility and profile around it so that I can be passionate all the time rather than relying ...
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01.16.08Futzing and productivityA couple of days ago, my pal Tara Hunt posted a great piece, Futzing as the Future of Work. In it, she discusses the nature of the way she and many others she knows do their work. She describes it as futzing. What she actually means is that she spends a great deal of time during her work engaging in: the process by which one wanders around without aim, having conversations (with new and old friends), gathering random information, learning ostensibly useless knowledge and avoiding all tasks/duties clear and present What Tara's talking about, and what I've discussed here on ...
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