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The Real Super Power
“The opposite of talking is not listening. The opposite of talking is waiting” Fran Lebowitz. There’s silence, and there’s peaceful silence. There’s waiting, and there’s …
Change from within
Seth Godin calls them “Linchpins”. They are irreplaceable. They’re a special breed. They need to have both the initiative and the nous of an entrepreneur, …
The Attention Economy
As a society, our attention span is so limited, we’re lucky if we get a full fifteen minutes. But even if we only get fifteen …
We’re almost there
The future is in our imagination. The mission statement of Najmtek, a hybrid IT company, is to change the way users interact with technology within …
Don’t diss the small stuff
Pamela Warhurst has an excellent TED Talk about how she and her colleagues founded Incredible Edibles, a grassroots organization in small town England that got …
Because it matters
There’s a great line in Charles Schultz’s Peanuts, when Linus says: “there’s no heavier burden than a great potential”. Why is potential a burden? Because it …
The Holy Trinity
If you’re questioning your career choice, there’s a website called: WTFshouldidowithmylife.com. You click through options until something resonates, and then you can read a little …
Making sense of our surroundings
Dave Snowden, Welsh management consultant and knowledge management researcher, understands how we get to understand things. He understands that we can understand cause and effect …
Free at last
Embrace yourself and embrace the people who embrace you. Embrace your weird, embrace your brain, embrace what inspires you. Staying different is what keeps you free. …
Deciding who needs a hand
Finding the people who need help is the first step to really helping. It’s easy to give a hand to someone who’s almost there: the …
I can tell what the future will bring
Ayah Bdeir, founder of littleBits, knows what the future holds. littleBits is a set of electronic building blocks that can be put together to form …
Two birds, one culture
Open, honest communication. Creativity and culture in the workplace come from the same place: A feeling of trust and safety in your workspace, with your …
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