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Expanding the REACH of your Ideas
Putting your ideas out there requires courage. When you do that, you want your ideas to reach as many people as possible. In a connected world, expanding the reach of our ideas brings along diverse connections, serendipitous opportunities and exposure to great new ideas. My friend Becky Robinson, who released her first book titled “Reach: […]
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Dealing With Complexity: Six Ways to Make Sense
Increased complexity is a result of invisible dynamic forces, unanticipated events like pandemic and rapid adoption of disruptive technologies. Making sense of all this to align yourself for a better contribution requires much more than just consuming what you come across. Sensemaking in a complex world requires us to adopt an attitude of active exploration, […]
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On Learning, Raising the Bar and Using Social Media
Today happens to be be World Social Media Day. If you are trying to use social media for intentional learning and self-development, here are a few things that have worked for me and may work for you as well. Having Right Filters Clay Shirky said this in 2008, “Its not information overload. It’s filter failure.” […]
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8 Key Lessons Learned on Being Social (Offline and Online)
We have always been social beings. “The other” has always been an important part of how we look at our own selves. Apart from the family, we need people to collaborate with, to be friends with, to do exciting work with and to share our highs and lows. Being social is one of our intrinsic […]
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Social Media for Better Leadership and Learning
Leadership in a connected world is a complex sport. Leaders risk relevance quite fast if they continue to operate in an isolated box within a tight hierarchy. When the complexity around us increases, we need more connected leadership that is constantly making sense of evolving patterns, thinking and mindset. Leadership that is social in approach […]
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On Learning Slowly
The thing with fast food is that you can avail it quickly and when more people avail more food quickly, it soon becomes a commodity. And very often, fast food may just fill the stomach without nourishing much. The food we value is the one that not only has the right nutrients, but is also […]
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Share to Learn
If you are doing work that you love (or love the work you do), you learn something new every single day. This could be something you experienced, something you noticed, something thought-provoking that you read, something that worked for you (or others around you). And it is also very likely that someone out there precisely […]
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The Privilege of Access
Wherever the barriers to entry are low, we find masses and noise they create, especially on social media. When masses get the power to create content from the comfort of their smartphone, they generate bottomless news feeds that only result in lack of attention and engagement. Add to that, the pushed content from advertisers and […]