The ‘T’ word

Friday, April 23rd, 2010

“Trust is present or it is absent. Grab a nerd and he’ll tell you that even the absence of trust is a measure of trust and that particular measure is zero. When trust is non-zero (which is better, believe me) it is based on one of two methodologies -- empiricism ...

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Passion, Curiosity, Learning

Tuesday, April 20th, 2010

If you have never read the book "Hackers" (Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution) by Steven Levy I highly recommend it.  Originally published in 1984 it describes the passion and insatiable curiosity of the pioneers of the personal computer. [amtap amazon:asin=0141000511] Now, 25 years on, Levy revisits the "hackers" and ...

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Happy at Work?

Tuesday, April 13th, 2010

I found the TechCrunch guest post by Vivek Wadhwa - How To Be Happy At Work... to be very enlightening. Being happy with your work does make a person more productive.  Vivek gives some great advice about looking at the things that are right about your job and not the things ...

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Creativity Intelligence – CQ

Monday, April 12th, 2010

An emerging school of thought is around Creativity Intelligence or CQ.  NussbaumOnDesign had an interesting post about CQ recently that I recommend you read. There appears to have been a dumbing down of corporate intelligence.  No, people and corporations are not dumb.  What I've seen and experienced is the propensity ...

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