by Ross Sivertsen | Oct 25, 2010 | Blog, Uncategorized
On the surface this seems like one of the most bizarre events in the business sector. But Tom Peters wrote in The Little Big Things, about celebrating failure and not chastising it, when failure results from attempts at innovation and not apathy. Someone once told me early in my career to 'hurry up and get your failures out of the way, because that's the only way you're going to make progress.'
We learn from our mistakes, a trite comment, but true nonetheless, and more often than not, success stems from perseverance in the face of failure.
So I ask this question of all of you, what would you do if you KNEW you would not fail?
FailCon Fails to Fail, Returns for 2010 http://pulsene.ws/bOoc
by Ross Sivertsen | Oct 25, 2010 | Blog, Uncategorized
I've been a follower of two institutions most of my career, the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), the people that brought you the concept of Windows and the laser printer; and the MIT Media Lab, much of the computing ideas behind networking your TV, mobile phone, and other devices in your home.
Well, the PARC turns 40 this year and the MIT Media Lab is now 25 years old, and the thought of the ideas to be born from the media lab over the next 25 years, and what is coming out the the PARC just excites me.
Building The Next Big Thing: 25 Years of MIT's Media Lab http://pulsene.ws/c27g
Xerox PARC Turns 40: http://www.parc.com
by Ross Sivertsen | Oct 25, 2010 | Uncategorized
You really can’t “read” your way to understanding social media. You have to use it.
http://pulsene.ws/bRvF
by Ross Sivertsen | Oct 22, 2010 | Uncategorized
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail. -Abraham Maslow
by Ross Sivertsen | Oct 21, 2010 | Blog, Uncategorized
Last week I posted an entry about 5 macro trends driving business in the 21st century.
Location independence was one of those trends.
Location independence allows you and your teams to stay in touch and collaborate in real time without the restriction of having to be into same room together at the same time.
Location independence frees teams from the shackles of being tied to one location to work. I’m typing this post from my iPhone before going out for my morning run. I’m going to finish this post, switch over to iTunes and head down the road.
So… To that end here is an article from the Amex OPEN forum on a few tools that might help your teams work together regardless of where they are located.
4 Web Tools to Stay in Touch With Your Remote Staff
http://bit.ly/cTp5th
