It's Alive!

jim wilde — Fri, 10 Jun 2005 14:16:08 +0000

The Power Of Us, BusinessWeek, "Mass collaboration on the Internet is shaking up business. ...A big, hairy, monstrous organism, that is. The nearly 1 billion people online worldwide -- along with their shared knowledge, social contacts, online reputations, computing power, and more -- are rapidly becoming a collective force of unprecedented power."

I suppose I must be talking to the wrong execs in NJ and NY since most of them have this crazy idea that their business is the exception and will not be affected by any of this "social software media technology crap." Maybe the problem is that they are incapable of the empathy that is often found in the blogsosphere. I don't know. The barriers to entry are low, and the tools are elegant and simple. Hey, if you're one of those managers, drop me a line about Ideascape.

"For the first time in human history, mass cooperation across time and space is suddenly economical." This has got to scare the shit out of any business that is used to total control.

"Most telling, traditional companies, from Procter & Gamble Co. (PG ) to Dow Chemical Co., are beginning to flock to the virtual commons, too. The potential benefits are enormous."

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Values

jim wilde — Tue, 08 Mar 2005 14:03:14 +0000

Finding your values and priorities. Find a quiet place to relax and let your daily cares recede from your mind. Close your eyes, let your mind begin to imagine something that you know will certainly happen someday -- the end of your own life. Imagine yourself in a hospital bed, knowing you have only a few hours left to live or you may imagine your own funeral. Whatever scene you choose to imagine, try to see it as concretely as you can. Who is in the room? What are they wearing? What sounds can you hear? Where are people sitting or standing? What can you smell? What color is the floor? Imagine the scene for a few minutes. Then begin to think about what you would like to be true at that time.

What would you like the people you care about to say or think of you at the end of your life?

What would you like to have accomplished in your life?
What would you, yourself, want to know was true about your life even if no one else in the world knew it?

Take some notes, write a description of the most important goals you want to strive for in your life. Make a meme out of it. People want to be useful and valued -- they want to contribute. If people are not permitted or able to do these things at work, they will find some place to work where they can. What will be your legacy? Heuristic: Quit wasting time! Stand up straight, shoulders back, and act like you have some sense in your head.

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