April 2006
Very insightful post about how the environment can play a great
influence upon one's behavior. It explores three main directions (mirror
neurons, emotional contagion and happy people) and basically explains how
one's motivation is greatly influenced by the ones from the people from
around you. I found it particularly interesting since for the past 6 months
or so, which were some of the most difficult of my life, I found it rather
difficult to reach the right motivation set and the positive thinking while
transitioning a period full of shit.
Long time blog readers from all over the world already know who Hugh is. If not, they should have - he
is one of the few old dogs in the blogosphere who's putting his money where
his mouth is. Hugh's latest
thoughts on global microbrand theory are common sense and yet are
hitting the nail on the head.
..started
podcasting!
Super! -- I also did a couple of those
in Romanian but stopped for the moment due to the lack of time. Hopefully
things will change starting from next month.
update: Loic compiled an interesting list of the podcasting news of the week.
update: Loic compiled an interesting list of the podcasting news of the week.
My experience is that keeping your key people is one of the most difficult
and challenging jobs especially in dynamic industries such as IT. Here's an
HBS article with a few tricks to keep in mind for trying to be on top of
things when being in the managerial seat in this context.
07 Apr 2006,
Category: Strategy,
Category: Strategy,
About competition: ally with them and grow the market together.
However...
"...it's a bit like in school - the big boys do not want to be friends with the little boys even if the little boys wants to be their friend.
"...it's a bit like in school - the big boys do not want to be friends with the little boys even if the little boys wants to be their friend.
Oh well, I'll focus on becoming a big boy then"
It's been around for a while, hope you didn't miss it.
