Other than your best talent your most vital trait is the capacity to collaborate – especially with people extremely unlike you. That’s the great leverager of value. Many people – even some social media advocates  – still hew to the Leaders/Followers model for work and social life.
Yet those most likely to succeed and savor their lives in this flattening world [...]

When meeting Natasha, photographer Rick Smolan never imagined she’d be an emotional thread of continuity for his life. Human stories take unexpected turns, especially next year. 

I’ve got your back and you’ve got mine. That’s a mighty welcome feeling as we enter 2009.  Why?  Because, more than any of the last 25 years, 2009 will crackle with change, unexpected loss and fresh opportunities to [...]

I was born lucky. At the “up” end of Marty Seligman’s  pessimistic/ optimistic  temperament continuum. Yet this is my dire prediction for 2009 plus a bit of advice. In this volatile time, the Law of Unintended Consequences will strike repeatedly – in unexpected places.  Organizations will need to act quickly but most – large and small – will be unprepared. Unfortunately, most will react. 

That’s inevitable as your local and our global economy continues [...]

Authors’ alert: Try your version of Seth Godin’s newest crowd attractor that rocketed his book to the top ten bestsellers at Amazon.  And the book isn’t even out yet.
Here’s what happened. About two months ago, he offered his fans the chance to be on the cover of his next book, Tribes: We Need You to [...]

Seth Godin’s promise to put 1,000 faces on the cover of his next book, Tribe, reminded me of two other crowd pleasers:
• the top-of-heads photo on

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