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What Are We Talking About?

I’m reminded of the following story after attempting to explain our new business’s value proposition to a fellow early-morning dog walker yesterday.
She offered up some excellent feedback: “It wasn’t until you [finally] put it in Malcom Gladwell terminology that it became totally clear to me.” Which means I still need to work on the pitch.
So, [...]

Posted 18 January 2010 § Fundementals § Observations ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

White Christmas Syndrome

Caution: If you haven’t seen “White Christmas,” this post contains a spoiler.

In the movie White Christmas, Betty (Rosemary Clooney) is told by the Columbia Inn’s housekeeper, Emma (Mary Wickes), about Broadway show producer Bob’s (Bing Crosby) plans to capitalize on inn owner General Waverly’s (Dean Jagger) misfortunes (lack of patrons) by broadcasting the hit show [...]

Posted 04 November 2009 § Observations ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

The Three Recruiters – A Parable

With due respects to Roberto Assagioli, who wrote the Stonecutters Parable…
Three recruiters were interviewed about what Digital Technology has done for them…
The first recruiter says (sarcastically):
“Digital? Oh great! As if I didn’t have enough to do. I’ve got to keep up with our corporate blog, our career website, the Facebook page and now Twitter. I [...]

Posted 20 October 2009 § ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,