how to fight lack of commitment in those who follow

This is part 2 of 12 reflections on Gary Hamel’s WSJ.com blog called The Facebook Generation vs. the Fortune 500. 2. Contribution counts for more than credentials. When you post a video to YouTube, no one asks you if you went to film school. When you write a blog, no one cares whether you have a [...]

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who is the star in your organization?

This is part a reflection on Gary Hamel’s WSJ.com blog called The Facebook Generation vs. the Fortune 500. 1. All ideas compete on an equal footing. On the Web, every idea has the chance to gain a following—or not, and no one has the power to kill off a subversive idea or squelch an embarrassing [...]

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don’t focus and you could lose $363,000,000… or your life

Seth Godin made a TED presentation on the tribes we lead. Godin says, “The internet was supposed to homogenize everyone by connecting us all. Instead what it’s allowed is silos of interest.“ In time indiviuals form groups around common interests through the internet creating modern day tribes. It gets easier with social media such as [...]

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