The Digital Generation Gap
Last week, the Archer Group in Wilmington held a Trust Summit at duPont’s Theater N, featuring presentations by Mitch Joel, Julien Smith and Chris Brogan, some of my favorite people ever. One of the...
View ArticleFilling Niches
One of my favorite concepts from all of those years studying biology was the concept of the niche. An organism or creature finds a spot where the competition isn’t too intense, and raw materials they...
View ArticleJudging Risk
I’ve been thinking about risk, and how we make the decision about the cost/benefit of our actions. Having gone to law school, I think and act like a lawyer in much of my life, and that can drive some...
View ArticleTeachers and Mentors
Seth Godin has a great blog post about two different types of teaching- one that’s all about facts and procedures, and one that’s more about learning to see and solve interesting problems. This...
View ArticleEnchantment
I’ve been reading Guy Kawasaki’s Enchantment for the past few days. Reading it in iBooks gives me the chance to highlight my favorite sections to remember, and there have been many so far. As with all...
View ArticleStrong Beliefs
As part of a Seth Godin/Domino Project experiment, I joined a group that asks us to write to prompts for 30 days. While I got off to a rough start on this this week, I’m giving it a go now. Today’s...
View ArticleTop Books of 2011
It’s getting to that last month of the year, when we all get reflective and start to think about what was the best part of the old year, and what we’re looking forward to in the new one. As I’m sure...
View ArticleRemodeling versus Redesigning
Seth Godin put out an interesting manifesto on education yesterday, called Stop Stealing Dreams. It’s a free download and can be read online, printed, or read in any ebook format. I strongly...
View ArticleBecoming Your Own Hero
Seth Godin has a great post today about Going First. If there’s one gift I want to give my children, it’s the courage to try new things and explore. While that’s something I try to live by example,...
View ArticleMake it Viral?
One of the great discussions over the weekend at BarCamp News Innovation/Creation Camp, Started by Greg Linch from the Washington Post was about how ideas spread, and discussing what elements might...
View ArticleFear of Success and 5 Steps to Help
Everyone talks about the fear of failure, and how to look it in the eye. (See this post by Seth Godin.) Not as many people talk about the equally real fear of success that undermines and...
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