This is a follow up post to my The Four Voices of the No Campaign article last week. As per that previous post, a few introductory notes: This is based on my personal sphere, I’m not pretending it is representative of the wider community This won’t discuss any of the issues, it is purely about the groups that are voting Yes With that said, here’s my current observation of the...
A few introductory remarks (since this is such a passionate topic): This is based on my personal sphere, I’m not pretending it is representative of the wider community This won’t discuss any of the issues, it is purely about the groups that are voting No It will likely be updated based on feedback from smart people than me As I see it there are four main groups (‘voices’)...
One quick answer: can we see it? And does seeing it invoke an emotional response? Trying to get to the bottom of what clients perceive as valuable is challenging, but I’ve started to realise an important part is whether they can see it. Whether they can point at it. Whether they can easily show it to others. A few examples to highlight the differences: Improving the efficiency of a sales...
Information is plentiful, insight is not. We all produce a lot of information. But to be valuable and actionable we need to convert it into insights. The transformation usually follows this path: Information => Knowledge => Insights Let’s start with some simple descriptions and then an example to understand the process. Information is essentially data. It can be observations...
I was having dinner with a close friend recently, and confiding how down and unfulfilled I felt at times. It seems that this year has been a grind. He helped me take a step back and review what has changed in my daily routine that could be a contributor. After some probing an insight revealed itself: the move from working in the business, to working on the business, has unintended consequences on...
Saw this quote while reading a book (from 2003) recently: The world is divided into people who think they are right I’ve been trying to find the original source, but no luck so far. Perhaps it’s just one of those timeless quips… Here’s the closest I could get: There Are Two Classes of People in the World; Those Who Divide People into Two Classes and Those Who Do Not Quote...
Interesting perspective from Casey Newton on Platformer regarding his lack of success with note taking apps and approaches. Here’s the quote that most are using: Initially, I threw myself into this kind of associative note-taking. I gathered links around concepts I wanted to explore (the internet enables information to travel too quickly, for example, or social networks and polarization)...
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With the rush back to in-person events only growing, this video from 2016 is more relevant today than ever:
Perhaps the only change is that they’ve changed their descriptions from being ‘thought leaders’ to being ‘futurists’.
(From my post at the time)
Credibility doesn’t have much to do with skills these days…
It’s either how rich you are (perceived to be), or how many followers you have.
How much attention can you influence? A lot? Then you are credible.
Not saying this is good or bad. Just that it is. And it took me too long to appreciate how important it is.