We should all ride more buses
We should all ride more buses. Seriously. Since I started riding the bus full time, I’ve had more time to read, been more responsive to email, and had some time back in my day to just watch the world go…
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For creative tasks, use different incentives
In a great speech from TED global 2009, Daniel Pink discusses the issue of motivation and incentives. See the speech here: [youtube=] Pink describes the “candle problem” as a classic model of when incentives work and when they actually hinder…
Are you open to new ideas? 3 Ways to Make Sure.
Neon Open Sign Originally uploaded by gregmeyer Are you open to new ideas? Do you spend some of your time every day thinking about divergent or weird things? Have you challenged yourself to question the ways things are done lately?…
The Big Short – Michael Lewis on Why We Looked the Other Way
I recently finished reading Michael Lewis’ excellent book The Big Short, and I’m left with two emotions: surprise at how long the party lasted for securities with no underlying value, and shock at the lack of questions we all had…
Will it Blend? Apple Brand Cannibalization and New Opportunities
It’s a crazy internet meme — you’ve probably seen the Blendtec guy already — but when I saw him destroy an iPad today, it gave me an idea. Blendtec’s literal blending of an iPad made me think of the way…
See New York City like you haven’t seen it before
View from Empire State Building Originally uploaded by gregmeyer If you want to see New York, you need to see it from the Empire State Building. I recently took a tour and viewed the city from the observatory on the…
What makes a photographer?
Lake Washington Originally uploaded by gregmeyer Chris Brogan’s post yesterday on Nikon’s request for him to test a D300 spurred me to think more about being a “photographer”. When I was a kid, I thought a photographer was someone with…
Why I love working in Seattle
Pioneer square Originally uploaded by gregmeyer Working in the city of Seattle in the Pioneer Square area is a bit gritty. It’s nothing like gliding to work in the gleaming eastside office towers of Bellevue, pulling into the parking garage,…
Find the Trust Agents in your organization, and Explain them to Everyone Else
[slideshare id=3339686&doc=socialcrmthenewrulesofrelationshipmanagement-100304181215-phpapp02&type=d] Organizations are getting social, whether they like it … or not. In their report “Social CRM: The New Rules of Relationship Management“, Altimeter Group‘s R “Ray” Wang and Jeremiah Owyang detail 18 use cases to help businesses react…
Creative Process #1: Why Whiteboard?
What’s your creative process? Reading Tyler Cowen‘s “Create Your Own Economy” and Temple Grandin‘s “Thinking in Pictures” has inspired me to look at my own creative process and to examine the ways in which I do and don’t think like…
