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Artificial Intelligence Is Coming for Human Creativity Posted on January 19. Animal behaviorists have already disputed the uniqueness of human cognitive ability. Another blow to our hubris is now posed […]
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A sense making session I recorded focused on the trade-offs between office and remote work for employer and employee. It makes use of good old fashioned human thinking (that’s moi […]
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Communicating with chatbots Posted on January 6. The old saying “work smarter not harder” takes on a new meaning for communicators in 2023, thanks to A.I. text generators. Why it […]
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The Bezos Blueprint: The Communication Secrets of the World’s Greatest Salesman Posted on December 15. Carmine Gallo is a columnist, keynote speaker, Harvard instructor and CEO communication coach. Gallo is […]
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How to Communicate Your Company’s Strategy Effectively Posted on November 30. For too long, communicating strategy has been an afterthought. Executives have shared long, bombastic documents or withheld critical information […]
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3 science-backed ways to train your brain to have a growth mindset Posted on November 11. There’s a key link between helplessness and mastery, it’s worth figuring out. A growth […]
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The missing apex of Maslow’s hierarchy could save us all Posted on October 28. In his later years, psychologist Abraham Maslow added a new apex to the pyramid of human […]
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Features that delight – delayed receipt and sending of messages
I love some of the options we are given to skip receiving something or delay sending something. The benefits are many, chief amongst them that you have the time to […]
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Growth hacking is really just growth testing Posted on October 10. Who knew that “growth hacking,” a term coined in 2010 by Sean Ellis, the first marketer at Dropbox, would […]
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3 simple tricks for driving change in your workplace, no matter your role Posted on October 7. The authors of ‘Hack Your Bureaucracy’ explain a central misunderstanding about getting things […]
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Empower and energize employees with Microsoft Viva | Microsoft 365 Blog Posted on September 23. Work trend index pulse report When employees thrive, companies flourish. Microsoft Viva, the first integrated […]
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The Value of Content: Subscriptions and the Passion Economy | Digital Marketing Resource Hub Posted on September 9. Have we now reached the point where the average internet user accepts […]
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How “Corporate Explorers” Are Disrupting Big Companies From the Inside Posted on August 25. A unique breed of entrepreneurs is creating innovative ventures — without launching startups or chasing VC […]
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Choose carefully how you spend your time
I love this quote by Annie Dillard from her book The Writing Life, which I read not too long ago – here is my review if interested. It’s as spartan […]
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