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Social, Progress, and the Lazy Brain

Brass Tack Thinking - Social, Progress, and the Lazy Brain

By and large, I think we’re capable of so much more. I took a sizable breather from writing and doing a lot of participation on social networks over the holiday season to think, to observe, and to lay the groundwork for the early days of SideraWorks. But something happened when Read more »

Shades of Screwups: Not All Mistakes Are Created Equal

Shades of Screwups - Brass Tack Thinking

There are many ways to mess something up. And though we do love to say that there is no “right” way – which may indeed be true sometimes – there are most definitely wrong ways to do things. The truth, however, is that there are degrees of transgression, too. There Read more »

Our Era Of Wayfinding

My Own Adventure in Wayfaring: Saying Farewell to Radian6

“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.” -Antoine de Ste. Exupery There was a time when I cared a lot about making sure I wrote Read more »

Why We Need Rule Breakers and Rule Makers

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Today’s guest post is by Tac Anderson. Tac is the VP of Digital Strategies for Waggener Edstrom EMEA and blogs regularly about communication, technology, social media and developing trends at NewCommBiz. Tac just recently moved from Seattle to London. And his post today is about a concept near and dear to my Read more »

The Roundup: What I Wish People Knew

The Roundup: What I Wish People Knew

You just never know when you’re going to hit a nerve. Several weeks ago, I wrote a post entitled What I Wish More People Knew About Me. The intention was to share a bit more of the personal side of me as commentary on how we get to know people Read more »

My Single Most Powerful Productivity Trick

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You could circle the world at least dozen times just by stringing together all the words that have been written about productivity. In particular, managing information overload in a social and new media era is a topic that never ceases to draw the masses. There isn’t a day that passes Read more »

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