intro Networks Webinar

I had a great conversation with Mark Sylvester yesterday during a webinar on promoting organizational sync.  Mark has a company called introNetworks that helps connect people via smart social networks. I first used introNetworks software when I attended the TED Conference (Technology, Entertainment and Design).  The software allowed me…

intro Networks Webinar

I had a great conversation with Mark Sylvester yesterday during a webinar on promoting organizational sync.  Mark has a company called introNetworks that helps connect people via smart social networks. I first used introNetworks software when I attended the TED Conference (Technology, Entertainment and Design).  The software allowed me…

Why Vision Matters

I came across an insightful quote about vision from Michael Hyatt who is the CEO of Thomas Nelson Publishers. “This is where great leadership makes all the difference. Leadership is more than influence. It is about reminding people of what it…

Why Vision Matters

I came across an insightful quote about vision from Michael Hyatt who is the CEO of Thomas Nelson Publishers. “This is where great leadership makes all the difference. Leadership is more than influence. It is about reminding people of what it…

Linchpin

Seth Godin‘s new book, Linchpin:  Are You Indispensable?, proposes that there are three teams in every workplace: management, labor, and a new team — linchpins. Linchpins, Godin suggests, “invent, lead (regardless of title), connect others, make things happen, and create order…

Our Lizard Brain

You’re sitting in a meeting and someone starts talking about “vision.”  You immediately start looking at your Blackberry.  Not only are you frustrated that you and your colleagues left your Buzzwork Bingo cards in your office, discussions of vision just…

Drive

I heard Dan Pink on Talk of the Nation yesterday discussing his new book, Drive.  Listeners called in to talk about their work experience and share what they would change about their workplace in order to be more motivated.  One man called in and…