Fundamentally, humans are all designed in a similar way, so products that make life easier for one group are likely to help others too.
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Will Your Talent Pool Fix You Or Ruin You When Growth Returns?
Will Your Talent Pool Fix You Or Ruin You When Growth Returns?
From InformationWeek, this article highlights some good thinking about preparing for the growth period after the recession, thinking ahead about your talent pool, and taking advantage of growing markets like healthcare and green IT. Now is the time to prepare!
Will Your Talent Pool Fix You Or Ruin You When Growth Returns?
This InformationWeek article highlights some good thinking about preparing for the growth period after the recession, thinking ahead about your talent pool, and taking advantage of growing markets like healthcare and green IT. Now is the time to prepare! (Source)
Daring Fireball: Obsession Times Voice
Daring Fireball: Obsession Times Voice
A talk with Merlin Mann about finding what you’re best at–or rather obsessed with–and building identity in this long tail world.
Daring Fireball: Obsession Times Voice
A talk with Merlin Mann about finding what you’re best at—or rather obsessed with—and building identity in this long tail world. (Source)
Gary Hamel: The Facebook Generation vs. the Fortune 500
Gary Hamel: The Facebook Generation vs. the Fortune 500
This caught my eye considering how often these elements crop up in my Fortune 500 existence. Here are the 12, but the details in each are worth reading in the article…
- “All ideas compete on equal footing.
- Contribution counts for more than credentials.
- Hierarchies are natural, not prescribed.
- Leaders serve rather than preside.
- Tasks are chosen, not assigned.
- Groups are self-defining and -organizing.
- Resources get attracted, not allocated.
- Power comes from sharing information, not hoarding it.
- Opinions compound and decision are peer-reviewed.
- Users can veto most policy decisions.
- Intrinsic rewards matter most.
- Hackers are heros.”
(thanks @DanielPink)
Resources for the Game of Go
As an avid student of strategy games, my latest focus has been on the ancient game of Go. As with chess and poker, my practice is to read the seminal books on the game, and find software with a reasonable AI to practice against. Once I have a solid understanding of the rules, I seek out fellow (human) students to play and learn with, and senior practitioners or teachers I can learn from.
As I start the journey with Go, here are some of the resources I’ve come across:
- The Interactive Way to Go with 35 online lessons for learning the basics.
- Lessons in the Fundamentals of Go by Toshiro Kageyama
- Goban for MacOS X.
and please pass along (you can use the comments below or email me at go at mcbreen dot net) any other recommendations you may have–or let me know if you’d like a match, online or otherwise!
Bill Joy in Conversation with Brent Schlender from Whole Earth Films on FORA.tv
A talk with Bill Joy that includes some gems on disruption in the marketplace, passion replacing greed (in the Gordon Gekko sense), lateral thinking and techniques for online research he uses at Kleiner Perkins.
Bill Joy in Conversation with Brent Schlender
A great FORA.tv program with Bill Joy that includes some gems on disruption in the marketplace, passion replacing greed (in the Gordon Gekko sense), lateral thinking and techniques for online research he uses at Kleiner Perkins. (Source)
Gary Hamel: The Facebook Generation vs. the Fortune 500
This caught my eye considering how often these elements crop up in my Fortune 500 existence. Here are the 12, but the details in each are worth reading in the article… (Source)
All ideas compete on equal footing. Contribution counts for more than credentials. Hierarchies are natural, not prescribed. Leaders serve rather than preside. Tasks are chosen, not assigned. Groups are self-defining and -organizing. Resources get attracted, not allocated. Power comes from sharing information, not hoarding it. Opinions compound and decision are peer-reviewed. Users can veto most policy decisions. Intrinsic rewards matter most. Hackers are heros.