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The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

Daniel Pink's RSA Animate on the Science of Motivation Autonomy The desire to direct our own lives and work Mastery The urge to get better at what matters to us Purpose The yearning to serve something larger than ourselves Understanding Intrinsic Motivation About Daniel Pink Daniel H. Pink is the author of several bestselling books about business, work, creativity, and behavior, including "Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us," which is the basis for...

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A Bill of Rights in Cyberspace

Proposed by Jeff Jarvis, author of "What Would Google Do?" Jeff Jarvis, author of What Would Google Do? wrote the below rights we should have for the Internet (source): I. We have the right to connect. This is a preamble and precondition to the American First Amendment: before we can speak, we must be able to connect. Hillary Clinton defines the freedom to connect as "the idea that governments should not prevent people from connecting...

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Ways to Foster Innovation

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 --...

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Google: The Meaning Of Open

I liked one of Google's recent blog posts about "The Meaning of Open". Summary of the Article At Google we believe that open systems win. They lead to more innovation, value, and freedom of choice for consumers, and a vibrant, profitable, and competitive ecosystem for businesses. There are two components to our definition of open: open technology and open information. Open technology includes open source, meaning we release and actively support code that helps grow...

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Giving Thanks For 2009

Giving Thanks For 2009

Thanksgiving: Gratitude and Turkey Tips Reflections on 2009 and Advice from Alton Brown Talking Turkey with Alton Brown OK, so now that we have that "lovey-dovey" stuff out of the way, let's talk turkey! My man Alton Brown was at Google this week to answer some Thanksgiving questions. If you want to watch the full hour-long video, you can do so here in HD. I liked the turkey frying section of the video (embedded above)...

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