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The Rise of Crowdsourcing
“Crowd” and “Outsourcing” for the act of outsourcing tasks, traditionally performed by an employee or contractor to a large group of people or community (a crowd), through an open call. For example, the public may be invited to develop a new technology, carry out a design task, refine or carry out the steps of... »
A New Model of Economic Growth
Front page headline on Friday’s Wall Street Journal proclaimed a big up-tick worldwide in the manufacturing sector. According to the paper, everybody is making more and more stuff. This helps assure that the recovery “has legs.” Auto sales, too, came in stronger than expected in March. So it sounds like the recovery has wheels... »
Speech Attention Tips and Grabbers
How you can create a speech in less than 10 mins that is equally effective and to-the-point (without all the fluff!) . Start with the conclusion! Echoing Steven Covey’s 2nd habit, it is critical to have the end in mind. In the case of your speech, ask yourself what’s your message? Are you convincing... »
Financial Predictions for 2010
As the manic-depressive decade of the 2000s came to a close, stocks staged a spectacular, global bust and powerful rebound. Housing also did the bust thing; we may be waiting a long time for the powerful real estate rebound, however. So, where to invest in 2010? A mattress? Real estate? Apple? Many experts are... »
The Ultimate Gift Experience 12 Days/12 Ways
A few years back, a little book started something very big. A message that has already prompted people to give to others, connect with friends and family, and help those in need like never before. Every one of us has powerful gifts to share, now we all have the added inspiration, resources and opportunities... »
Giving Thanks in Thanksgiving Day
“My father says that almost the whole world is asleep. Everybody you know. Everybody you see. Everybody you talk to.” “He says that only a few people are awake and they live in a state of constant, total amazement.” - Joe Versus The Volcano, Patricia — the billionaire’s daughter My take is only slightly... »
Entrepreneurs are greedy, really?
When’s the last time you turned on CNN and heard an encouraging story about business owners doing good in the world? When’s the last time you heard somebody in the media or education system say, “We need to build up entrepreneurs, because new businesses will become the foundation of our communities” ? For all... »
Honda’s new personal mobility technology U3-X
I came across an article yesterday touting the release of Honda’s new personal mobility technology, U3-X (pictured below). Basically, the U3-X is a stool with a unique directional wheel system that allows it to travel diagonally, as well as right, left, forward, and backward – a robotic unicycle if you will. When I read... »
Into the Fourth Turning
The Fourth Turning is an amazingly prescient book Neil Howe wrote with the late William Strauss in 1997. The work, which describes generational archetypes and the cyclical patterns created by these archetypes, has been an eye-opener to anyone able to entertain the notion that history may repeat itself. At the time the book was... »
Top 50 “Have you..?”
1. Have you in the last 10 days … visited a customer? 2. Have you called a customer … TODAY? 3. Have you in the last 60–90 days … had a seminar in which several folks from the customer’s operation (different levels, different functions, different divisions)interacted, via facilitator, with various of your folks? 4.... »