Do you know this person? Planning for change without ever changing.

Image by mundo resink via Flickr Do you know this consultant/manager? They are great at planning and strategizing and planning and brainstorming but never execute on anything? I’ve seen managers inside companies take multiple quarters or even years to put plans together. By the time it’s done everything’s changed and … Continue reading

Marketers are getting a little too excited over location based data

There’s a lot of buzz around location based services. BrightKite, Google Latitude, Twitter’s new Geo data. But beyond the tech and marketing crowd there hasn’t been much acceptance. The only service I’ve seen “normal” people get a little excited about is FourSquare but that’s because of the game play (everyone wants … Continue reading

Be Better Doing What You’re Good At

Over the course of my life I’ve had more personality and intelligence tests than your average person. Growing up with ADHD before people understood it, meant I went through a lot of tests. Then between my various jobs and when I got my MBA I have taken dozens of additional … Continue reading

You use virtual currency even if you’re not in a virtual world

Image via Wikipedia Mahendra has a great post hypothesizing on Facebook’s announcement to offer it’s own virtual currency and how other social networks (namely LinkedIn) could do the same thing: Why LinkedIn Should Have A Virtual Currency | Skeptic Geek I was glad to see Mahendra’s post because it reminded … Continue reading