I recently took a personality test that identified me as an ‘inspirer.’ Now this wasn’t a test that pops on your Facebook page occasionally; it was a legitimate tool I was considering using for a training on leading without authority. A couple of days prior to this, I had received a call from a client [...]
I recently completed a series of interviews with members of a production leadership team and was struck by some of their comments. They expressed frustration that the meetings seemed to be dominated by three or four people, while others just stayed in their “silos” contributing only when asked a specific question related to their area of [...]
A look at burning Korans, President Karzai, Terry Jones and cultural differences On March 20th Terry Jones, the pastor of the Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Florida burned the Koran, igniting a terrible situation in Afghanistan where twelve UN workers were killed by Afghanistan protesters. As I watched the interview with the unrepentant pastor [...]
Crowdsourcing: is the act of outsourcing tasks to an undefined, large group of people or community (a “crowd”), through an open call. Crowdsourcing is channelling the experts’ desire to solve a problem and then freely sharing the answer with everyone. (Wikipedia) It came up in one of our latest Weekly Action Meetings (WAMs) that I [...]
We had great participation by some leading experts on what trends they’re watching in the field of marketing and communications in our crowdsourced blog (I encourage you to read their insights here). I wanted to also provided some of the areas that I will be keeping an eye on this year. As you look to strengthen [...]