For f*cks sake.
“Politician thinks of the next election where as a LEADER thinks of the next generation.”
James Freeman Clarke
Category: think
Sometimes There Is Nothing More To Say | Signal vs Noise
Watch. Think. [Re]act.
Just like Peter Drucker and Duke Stump this connected a few neurons in my head as it nodded in agreement.
Instead of sitting in quietness (as Mr Smith says) maybe it’s time to *create.
*not as a way to create more noise but as a way of adding value to yourself… or something…
Things The Internet Needs | Part 1: AdPants
First world problem solving.
Every time you skip a YouTube advert (after being forced to watch 5 seconds) or mute the new evil 15 second ones, a Tweet / Facebook update is sent out referencing the brand in question saying something like:
“Thanks @[nameofbrand] for hijacking my @YouTube time with your old school ad #adpants”
Advertising via interruption on the web is awful, lazy and tasteless. Old paradigm thinking in new world playgrounds. It doesn’t work.
Who wants to build a Chrome extension or some other programme / app which does the above? Can it be made? If so maybe we could crowfund it—who’s game?
TEDxTeAro Review | Reflecting
100 enthused attendees, 8 wonderful speakers, 6 skilled partners, 3 lovely sponsors, 1 very happy licensee holder.
On Saturday, TEDxTeAro made me smile with my heart.
Ideas from the stage included:
“fear is something we don’t usually run towards” / “adventure is any undertaking where the outcome is unclear” / “we breathe in and inspire” | Sarah Wilson
“everything always has a [maker] story behind it” / “[digital] fabrication is a grass roots technology” | Evan Thomas
“success doesn’t lead to happiness, happiness leads to success” / “19% chance of a faster diagnosis if your doctor is happy” / “[cultivate happiness through] compassion, conscious acts of kindness, gratitude” | Emma Saunders
“we’re genetically wired to be in nature” / “we are biologically designed for play” / “children download [real life] experiences into their brains” | Anja Geelen
“even though it’s a young industry there are already 300 crowd funding platforms out there” / “it’s a disruptive innovation” / “collaboration is the new black” | Anna Guenther
“the innovation ecosystem needs to be led by entrepreneurs with 20 years of history” / “innovation is bred at the boundary of constraint” | Dan Khan
“our teaching has yet to catch up with our environment” / “comfort is boring” / “go nuts, do stuff and have fun” | Ben Forman
“we can’t negotiate with a planet which doesn’t speak english and which is much bigger than us” / “create unreasonable ideas” / “social enterprises focus on a geniune need (rather than creating one to sell)” | Alex Hannant
My focus now:
- how do we improve?
- how do we ensure momentum is not lost?
- how do we scale and match the personal nature of this event?
A HUGE thank you to everyone involved, the speakers, sponsors, partners, attendees, TED and its community etc etc etc
What were your highlights?
Onwards to TEDxTeAro 2013.
Related posts: Today I Will Be Busy | TEDxTeAro Goes Live, TEDxTeAro | Dates And Location Announced and Announcing TEDxTeAro | Steering A Very Important Ship
Today I Will Be Busy | TEDxTeAro Goes Live
The capitals first grown-up public TEDx event.
Honoured to be involved—here’s the agenda:
1.00pm Networking Hub doors open
1.40pm Event doors open / live stream starts
1.45pm Mihi Whakatau
2.00pm Welcome / Intro
2.20pm Sarah Wilson : Deconstructing Fear : a Personal Adventure.
2.40pm Evan Thomas : Designing for mass customisation.
3.00pm TEDx Video : Chosen / introduced by Kaila Colbin, TEDxEQChCh Curator.
3.15pm Emma Saunders : Happiness is a boardroom strategy.
3.35pm Anja Geelen : Reconnecting with childhood through play.
3.55pm Review / End of part one / Networking Hub break
5.00pm Welcome back
5.10pm Anna Guenther : How crowdfunding is going to change the world.
5.30pm Dan Khan : Thinking small, big impact.
5.50pm TEDx Video : Chosen / introduced by Jose and Trent from TEDxQueenstown
6.05pm Ben Forman : Digital Thinking vs Analogue Thinking.
6.25pm Alex Hannant : Why Social Enterprise is a good idea, and how we can get more of it.
6.45pm Close / Thanks / Networking Hub
7.30pm Go home smiling
Will be streamed live on tedxtearo.com—watch / support if you are able.
Related posts: TEDxTeAro | Dates And Location Announced and Announcing TEDxTeAro | Steering A Very Important Ship
Do Not Go Gentle | Rage
The Art Of Career Change | Taking notes
From the wonderful School Of Life
Five deliciously taunting lessons from Roman Krznaric on finding fulfilling work:
1. Confusion is perfectly normal
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- —changing career (and the prospect of doing so) is utterly confusing due to the paradox of choice plus we’re naturally rick adverse—we have to move beyond this
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2. Beware of personality tests
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- —they simply don’t work
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3. Be a wide achiever, not a high achiever
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- —nurture the many sides of who we are to be a portfolio worker or a serial specialist
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4. Find where your values and talent meet
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- —therein lies in your vocation
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5. Act first, reflect later
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- —make time for change. The ‘plan and implement model’ is backwards. Branching projects or temporary assignments.
How did you find the job that fulfils you?
The State Of The Internet | It’s Messy
Juicy graphs and tastier truths.
Love this:
Google is the best ad product in the history of the world because it’s like advertising at a store. Facebook, meanwhile, is like advertising at a party.
BOOM!
The above and other stuff like:
- the commercial internet is 20 years old
- smartphones overtook PC sales in 2011
- new media stock has 3x more value than old media
- games played online are up 20x in two years
- 45billion apps will be downloaded by the end of the year
…is from the un-embeddable (they say it is but it creates an ad—oh the irony) The State Of The Internet slidedeck from Business Insider.
Go, trawl / remix.
image credit
Strategies vs Culture | Influencing Excellence
Replacing strategy with culture.
The following lines were featured in an exit report for my previous role:
…this is less about strategies and more about culture. Create the habitat and the habit will follow.
Something I’ve been saying for a while about social media and more importantly, change (whether it be departmental, organisational, individual etc).
Then the above [quote in the image] came along and I had to go outside and get some air.
Allow it to sink in.
Take some time to realise its importance.
Then adopt and adapt, embrace and move on, richer.
Thank you Peter Drucker.
How do you create a better culture for your organisation / company / for yourself?
Image credit via Drucker Institute
Rilke’s Desk
Totally intrigued by this image of my literary mentor, Rainer Maria Rilke.
The bare room.
The sturdy desk.
The overbearing chair.
And then there’s the look… away… reaching… not to notice the scene but more as a gesture to placate the task in which the mind is now dutifully attending—beauty builds in the pause before the creative act!