I had one of those bad days yesterday when I wondered how I was going to stand up, dust off, and try again. It all sounded like a waste of time when I heard myself thinking it. I have incredible drive. I’m constantly networking with people, reading, processing out loud or in writing, and thinking […]
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What Next
It’s hard to find and follow a thread of hope weaving in and out of the every day. Especially when we have so much tugging at us. Our little ones who need more than hugs and kisses. Our fears of losing more than we can imagine. Our high-risk jobs, with variable income. And of course, our diminishing bank accounts as […]
#ImpressionManagers
As a consultant, working with a final decision maker is a hell of a lot easier than someone who is fulfilling a role of authority, but isn’t really empowered. How can it be that someone can be deemed responsible, but really isn’t? It happens all the time. I posted earlier about how some project managers are glorified […]
#TheHumanDeficit #consciouscapitalism
At some point, marketers are vilified for creating demographic categories to market to – as if the impersonal transaction is our sole purpose. I was talking to a Commercial Development appraiser and he raised his eyebrows at the validity of talking about GenX or Millennial demographics and psychographics – their emotional drivers, behaviors and traits. […]
#RockBottom #learningmoments #sethgodin
Sometimes it’s necessary to hit rock bottom in your career. Hopefully you can avoid it in your life, and you don’t get the two confused. Because life matters. Your career…? Meh. If it’s your life’s work, and truly meaningful for a greater audience, then I suppose it’s acceptable if you feel your career rock bottom […]
How Bots Botched Humanity #technorevolution
Imagine a future state where we are using bots more than people. Where, as Stephen Hawking predicted, we pay people NOT to work. How will people interact with one another – either at work if it still exists for them, or in society? Now think about today. With an ever growing desire to lower margins […]
Is it just me, am I lucky, or am I average?
The other night, apres-ski, a group of friends sat next to a fire debating the future of our girls, when rape is still just as prevalent and there are girls as young as 12 and 13 who feel peer-pressure to perform sexual acts to boys at parties. As parents, during our debate, we reflected back on our own […]
Do You Feel Safe?
I was out for dinner with girlfriends the other evening, and we debated the topic of safety in our city. One friend stated that she felt safer in Chicago than she does in our city. Another friend said that the area where our kids have gone to school near the University is notoriously the worst area for […]
#TheLostGenerationX – #AllEyesOnMillennials
By Agent M1 on February 4, 2016 in Entrepreneurism, Exit Strategy, Fireside Chats, Riffs & Ideas, Weekly Survival, Work Life Balance
Ever read the book “A Moveable Feast” by Ernest Hemingway? He demured in Paris in the 1920’s, with the likes of Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound and F.Scott Fitzgerald. This group of literary geniuses was also known as La génération perdue = The Lost Generation. Similar to Gertrude Stein’s self proclamation during a depressed time after […]
Leadership Beacon #PassionEconomy #CovertLeadership
When I think about the many inspiring people in my life, driving and leading for change in small and large ways, I picture a beacon flashing in the distance, just barely visible through the fog. And our job as groupies is to try to track it, reach it and catch it with our head, heart and […]
