Monthly Archives: March 2007

Saturday Links for the Week – March 31, 2007

Posted on March 31, 2007 by Dave Pollard

Take a Few Paragraphs to Describe a Perfect World: That’s the challenge from zaadz. This is the subject of my novel-in-progress (the illustration above is from my draft), so if anyone can capture it in a few paragraphs I want … Continue reading →

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Three New Trends in Innovation

Posted on March 30, 2007 by Dave Pollard

Disrupting the Disrupters Paul Paetz at The Anti-Marketer does a brilliant analysis of the paradox Starbucks has got itself into. In line with the classic Christensen model, Starbucks, which introduced a series of New Market disruptive innovations, is now under threat … Continue reading →

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Knowledge Management: Finding Quick Wins and Long Term Value

Posted on March 29, 2007 by Dave Pollard

 Dilbert, by Scott Adams Two questions Iím most often asked by people just given responsibility for Knowledge Management in their organizations: What KM projects are most likely to achieve ‘quick wins’ — to get something out there quickly and inexpensively … Continue reading →

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The Evolution of Attention

Posted on March 28, 2007 by Dave Pollard

I had an interesting discussion with some of my colleagues this evening about how they, and the people they know, pay attention, and divide their attention, and how this appears to be changing from generation to generation. Some of their … Continue reading →

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Finding People to Make a Living With: Some More Thoughts

Posted on March 27, 2007 by Dave Pollard

A few people whose opinions I value highly have told me they’re disappointed with the model I proposed yesterday for finding people to make a living with. Their concerns fall into three categories: The model doesn’t accommodate people who have … Continue reading →

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Finding People to Make a Living With: A Methodology, Take One

Posted on March 26, 2007 by Dave Pollard

For some time I’ve been thinking about ways we could more effectively find ‘like minds’ to make a living with or even just to work on projects we have a shared passion for. Too many of us are working alone, … Continue reading →

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Sunday Open Thread – March 25, 2007

Posted on March 25, 2007 by Dave Pollard

What I’m planning on writing about soon: Finding & Working With Others: Instead of working alone, connecting and collaborating with others, on our own terms, in our own context, developing our own plan of action. A billion diverse people doing … Continue reading →

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Saturday Links of the Week – March 24, 2007

Posted on March 24, 2007 by Dave Pollard

What’s Wrong with Environmentalism: Curtis White starts off a two-part article in Orion with a brilliant and moving explanation of why we environmentalists are part of the problem, not part of the solution. Excerpt: We can, however, look at ourselves … Continue reading →

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Lovely, but What Does it Mean?

Posted on March 23, 2007 by Dave Pollard

Readers of How to Save the World know that I’m a big fan of visualizations as a way of adding meaning and value to information, and as a vehicle for reintermediation and the re-emergence of a critical business and social … Continue reading →

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much less than real

Posted on March 22, 2007 by Dave Pollard

Photo from the Ontario SPCA. i look into your faces:fellow humans here and far away,of different faiths and frames and struggles;fellow beasts of other species too – i do not knowwhat other people, other creatures know, or feel, or sense:we … Continue reading →

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