When Seth Godin gives you an opportunity, you take it. Join me at Cloverleaf Tavern and Pizza (1240 Hollis St, Bremerton, Washington) for worldwide-meet-the-tribe-of-Linchpins Day, Monday June 14th. We’re meeting up in the back room at 5:30 pm. You can sign up for the event at Meetup.com. Whether it’s two of us or 200, I […]
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It doesn’t matter if you’re right. It doesn’t matter if the change you’re proposing is the exact thing your organization needs to do to thrive or even survive. If you can’t get anyone to listen to you or anyone to implement the change, no one will ever know you were right. Driving change is about
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I’m not trying to make this a Seth Godin tribute blog; really I’m not. But then Rogue Polymath tweeted about Amber Naslund’s Indispensable vs Irreplaceable post. She mixes two of my favorites–new terms and Godin’s Linchpin–so I can’t resist sharing her post with you. Amber writes: Being indispensable is about delivering massive impact no matter
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I awoke to find that Seth Godin has blogged about the coming decline in higher education, when only the other day, I had suggested to a friend (based on my integration of lessons I’d learned reading Seth Godin’s book Linchpin) that she consider not getting a master degree in favor of getting more education. Funny
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Today at Seth Godin’s blog, under the title “Accepting Limits”: It’s absurd to look at a three year old toddler and say, “this kid can’t read or do math or even string together a coherent paragraph. He’s a dolt and he’s never going to amount to anything.” No, we don’t say that because we know
Powerful organizations adore the status quo, so expect no help from them if your idea challenges the very thing they adore.” Seth Godin from Random Rules for Ideas Worth Spreading
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Seth Godin launched his new book Linchpin this week. I think I’ll be buying it this weekend. Wondering why I’m in such a rush? Check out these excerpts from the Amazon.com write up. There used to be two teams in every workplace: management and labor. Now there’s a third team, the linchpins. These people invent,
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Seth Godin shares the: Evolution of every medium Technicians who invented it, run it Technicians with taste, leverage it Artists take over from the technicians MBAs take over from the artists Bureaucrats drive the medium to banality While I agree this evolution is typical, it isn’t the end. I’ve seen an evolution go the other
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You’ve got to love someone out encouraging others to drive change. Enjoy “Without Them” and “Welcome to the Frustration Decade (and the Decade of Change)”.
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