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 --...
We went to Deacon Dave's Christmas Lights last night in Livermore which was amazing! In total this year he has 325,530 lights and I have never seen a residence decorate for Christmas to this extent. What is Casa del Pomba? Portuguese for "House of the Dove", this is the private residence of Deacon Dave Rezendes. On December 4th, 1982, Deacon Dave was ordained a Roman Catholic deacon. When he was ordained, he dedicated his home...
How an ancient Siamese royal tradition evolved into a modern metaphor for unwanted gifts A white elephant: once a royal gift that came with an impossible burden A "White Elephant" dates back to the ancient kings of Siam, who wanted to punish courtiers without actually appearing to do so. Their ploy was to give the offender a rare albino elephant, knowing that it was an offer which dare not be refused. The poor man was...
We went to San Francisco yesterday and started things off right by going to Taylor's which has awesome burgers and sweet potato fries. We surprised our birthday boy at the Motown Madness musical. Motown isn't my favorite music in the world, but I mentioned before going in that as long as I'm not the one singing, I'm sure I'll enjoy it. Little did I know, almost halfway through the musical, they would pull me up...
Telepresence and the Future of Communication I went to Cisco's headquarters yesterday in San Jose for a CMMA event to talk about what they are doing with their communications. We met with Margaret Smith Cisco's Collaboration Specialist and Abby Smith Cisco's Director of Employee Communications. Below are my notes from the visit. News@Cisco is their media portal Single site for Cisco Community and Social Media Newsroom.cisco.com 350+ RSS Feeds Where the public can go to...
How two Stanford students revolutionized the internet and built one of the most influential companies in the world The Googleplex in Mountain View, California, headquarters of one of the world's most valuable companies It's hard to imagine the internet without Google. From searching for recipes to navigating unfamiliar streets, from managing our emails to watching videos, Google's products have become so deeply integrated into our daily lives that they've fundamentally changed how we interact with...