An interesting TEDtalk I've come across ---Rachel Botsman on the "new" internet-enabled sharing and swapping business models that she is labeling "Collaborative Consumption". In this 16 minute TEDtalk from Sydney Australia in 2010 Rachel presents her ... [Continue Reading]
“What to do after you’ve made a mistake”
This is a posting from a blog entry on "Tech Republic" that I thought would be useful, re-posted in its' entirety. Not really much to add to this, although I would suggest dwelling on the thought at the end of post: "When someone says they don’t make ... [Continue Reading]
Repost: “11 Career Tips for 2011”
This post is a re-print from the newsletter by Tech Republic (if you want to see the original you can find it here). I found the tips to be excellent advice for anyone at any point in their career -- the earlier you are in your career and you embrace ... [Continue Reading]
The trouble with our approach to “education”
After a breakfast discussion with a friend about many of the themes explored in the "detox project" (notably about trying to design a blueprint for a more harmonious 21st century), he emailed me this link to a video exploring some of the ways in ... [Continue Reading]
The world of the Recruiter
Here is a great article I just stumbled across today -- it is titled "10 Things Recruiters Won't Tell You" and it certainly rings true to me. So if you are currently in a job search and you've shopped your CV around to a bunch of industry "head ... [Continue Reading]
More (or less?) skills needed…
I came across this job/career article in the San Jose Mercury News which is definitely worth a quick spin through and some noodling about how it relates to you and your career (or job search). The headline grabber is about how many job seekers in the ... [Continue Reading]
Shooting down some common career myths
I came across this article in one of the many newsletters I receive in my in-box; this one struck me as a well constructed set of "myths" that many of us have bought into over the years. This blog post is from "Tech Republic" which is an IT centric ... [Continue Reading]
Do you know what you are worth?
If you are like the majority of working people out there, you willingly exchange a significant portion of your labour and talents for the ongoing promise of some kind of stability, predictability, and financial remuneration. You know this as your ... [Continue Reading]
Anti or pro business…?
I've just come from a very productive meeting with a gentleman who has very a impressive business and government policy pedigree; the intent of the meeting was to get some feedback from him on the Business Detox Project and some insights on how I ... [Continue Reading]
Truthiness in resumes…
Interesting article from Wharton that asks: "When do exaggerations and misstatements cross the line?" Here is a short extract from the article, just to get you chuckling a bit -- He recounts the story of Marilee Jones, a former dean of admissions ... [Continue Reading]
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