OK, I didn't even come close to hitting some of my 2009 resolutions, but it was still a great year. I think I am going to keep things shorter this year. Some of my 2009 resolutions continue to be my 2010 resolutions: By the end of the year, be able to do 100 consecutive push-ups. Run a mile in under six minutes, thirty seconds. Create three new websites. Make the bed every day. Do the dishes...
Insights from The New Yorker Profile John Mackey, the co-founder and chief executive of Whole Foods Market The New Yorker has a long article on Mackey which was a very good read. Since it is so long, I've summarized what I found interesting from it below. I'm terrible at summarizing and in college never got into highlighting my textbooks. When reading I either found it all really interesting or all really dull, so it was...
How Collective Intelligence Outperforms Individual Expertise How many jelly beans are in this jar? The crowd might know better than you do. I haven't had a chance to read Wisdom of Crowds yet by James Surowiecki, but an article in Building43.com was very interesting. It shows that collectively, a crowd/group's mind is better than your own when trying to solve a problem or answer a question. Check this out... So, although individually everyone was woefully...
From the video: "The color helps us to accept diversity and understand that we are all different. We live in America and Randy just sets that tone. Randy just sort of gave us that opportunity to be your own self." From PopCityMedia.com: "North Side resident Randy Gilson spent 25 years revitalizing a section of the North Side with bold colors and designs, art and more. Randyland is now a landmark, an act of love for...
Think Different Fostering Innovation in Your Organization Apple's iconic "Think Different" campaign from 1997 Apple had a famous ad campaign in 1997 asking people to "think different". How many of you think different? If you find you or your company struggles to think differently, I just reviewed a great list of 50 ways to foster innovation and here are my favorite from the ideachampions.com article: Remember that innovation requires no fixed rules or templates --...
Mark fractured his neck when the wheel on his bicycle came off unexpectedly on a Chicago area roadway. Since then he has inspired the world with his relentless drive to teach himself to walk again. "If you think you are done. You're done." — Mark Stephan.