How to Call Bullshit on a Guru or Expert
The longer I’m in the business of giving people advice, the more concerned I am about losing perspective. I…
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Can a consultant be of use in one day?
A few weeks ago Ze Frank had an interesting post about the challenges of short term consulting. If the…
Stupid things presenters do (and how to stop them)
Duncan Davidson has a nice post listing several annoying habits some conference presenters have. Duncan of course notices these…
Quote of the month
“Anybody can become angry – that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the…
Where are the female geniuses?
I’m getting a bit of roasting over on Forbes.com for gender bias – there were exactly zero women mentioned…
No holds barred tactics for UX in organizations
At Adaptive Path’s MX event this week (my write up here), 5 teams were given an afternoon to attack…
Thursday Linkfest
EgoLock. When a executive makes a bad decision and refuses to listen to better ideas until the bitter end.…
(Updated) Teaching kick-ass course on innovation: SF, March 30
Through the wonderful folks at O’Reilly Media, I’ll be teaching my most popular full day course, Leading and Managing…
How to visually capture a talk or presentation
One of my favorite things at Adaptive Path’s MX event this week was how they had designers assigned to…
Report from Adaptive Path’s MX ’09 conference
Had a most interesting couple of days at Adaptive Path’s most recent event: MX. First pleasant surprise was the…
Does public speaking matter in 2009?
I find YouTube fascinating from a “how much things change yet stay the same” perspective. We love to talk…
How to be at genius – at Forbes.com
Up today is a tighter, leaner, slideshow enhanced version of an essay I wrote up on forbes.com called How…
Businesses that thrived during recessions?
Working on a little list for inspiration. Do you know stories of companies that started, or thrived, during economic…
Myths of Innovation: the movie?
Well not exactly. I’m speaking on Thursday at DePaul University, for Professor Lisa Gundry’s class on Innovation. They use…
Should I quit my job now?
Here’s a good one from the mailbag: I am seriously considering quitting the (day) job and dedicate myself to…
Thursday linkfest
Baby boomers vs. Generation Y. Interesting post comparing birthrates of two generations and two nations: The U.S. and the…
Telling stories about telling stories
Krishna makes an interesting point on his thought clusters blog about professions that involve getting paid for talking about…
Nietzsche’s mustache
Does this even need an explanation? Forget his philosophies, I’m just intimidated by his facial hair.
Presentation camp – SF, March 21
The first ever foo camp style event on public speaking is taking place on March 21st in San Francisco.…
My next book… details inside
For the last few months I’ve been working on the next book. In fact, since the last book, I…