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Supporting innovation means supporting failure. #li
I do believe the federal government should support innovation, but by investing in education instead of companies. The failure rate is always going to attract bad press. Brookings: Why the U.S. Should Not Abandon Its Clean Energy Lending Programs, 2011-Sep-27, by Muro and Rothwell To be sure, there are problems here, but one of them…
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Now engaged every day in collecting juicy tidbits about our prospects. #li
I'm channeling my drive to collect items into gathering information about MosquitoZone prospects.
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Authentic people seldom talk about it because it’s not fun. #li
Being truly authentic is actually No Fun. It means not matching, not fitting into anyone's pigeon hole. It means not caring if you're an outcast. It is by 'fitting in' that we get a job or a client. We are just as authentic as we can afford to be. Black Sheep Agency: Rage Against the…
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After a period of hyper-focus, it feels good to step back into my routine. #li
The last several days have been spent staring into a spreadsheet, looking for errant commas and wild characters, wheedling a 1500 record database to move from one contact management system into another. A few hearts were broken, but we're leaving the past behind.
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Following a great story about how to organize for change
I can't wait to read the next installment of this story. New York Times Opinionator: Making Change Happen, on a Deadline, 2011-Sep-29, by Tina Rosenberg While Rapid Results can produce dramatic changes in 100 days, questions remain about day 101. Sustainability has always been the weak point of development work, whose symbol might well be…
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I’m not committed to business as usual. #li
Many people fantasize that everything was great before and if we could just get back there… but it's not true. Back then, more people died with the potential untapped. Opportunities were narrower. We didn't know then what we know now. The only way to make things better is to move forward and try new things.
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It’s not the social media, it’s the social people. #li
"Word of mouth" marketing is the oldest kind of marketing, and sharing in the social media has only turbo-charged it. But people still don't share boring stuff, you know? Brains on Fire: The art of we, 2011-Sep-19, by Amy Taylor Unlike widgets, wonkets, dashboards and baubles, WOMM is sustainable because it is about the people.…
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Learning to avoid playing “catch up.” #li
Yesterday I discovered a fragile a tightly packed routine can be, but it was a productive day after all. I've learned to avoid playing catch up.
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Failing forward: how to decide what not to do…
You sort the things you have to do by importance and when the time runs out, the to-do list is over. That's okay, right?!
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Simple isn’t easy…. #li
The Net Promoter Score, developed by Fred Reichheld (and trademarked with Satmetrix and Bain & Company), is designed to encapsulate return on marketing investment with one simple question: "How likely are you to recommend us to a friend or colleague?" But as with most professional instruments, performance depends on the skill of the performer. In my…
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