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Randy Nelson is Dean of Pixar University and gives a really nice 9-min talk below with important content for all professionals and students. The talk is called Learning and Working in the Collaborative Age. Pixar is the kind of company that focuses hard on the development of its people, and Nelson is someone who has a lot of experience helping very creative people communicate and collaborate better.
Presentation Zen: Tips for creative success from Pixar
If we still refer to the offline world as "real life," it's only a sign of deep denial — or unwarranted shame — about what reality looks like in the 21st century. The Internet's impact on our daily lives, experiences and relationships is real. Our world is deeply affected by networks. From the moment you wake up to news that was gathered online to the minute you fall asleep listening to a podcast, the Internet shapes how you experience the world around you. From the lunch date you make with your BFF ("r u free 4 lunch 2day?") to the colleagues your company recruited online, the Internet shapes who you interact with.
10 Reasons to Stop Apologizing for Your Online Life - Alexandra Samuel - The Conversation - Harvard Business Review
Matthew Dixon is the managing director of the Corporate Executive Board's Sales and Service Practice. Lara Ponomareff is a research consultant with the Customer Contact Council, a division of the Corporate Executive Board's Sales and Service Practice. Have you ever walked into an airport, seen that there is nobody in line at the check-in counter, but still made a bee-line for the self-service kiosk?
Why Your Customers Don't Want to Talk to You - Matt Dixon and Lara Ponomareff - The Conversation - Harvard Business Review
Michael Schrage, a research fellow at MIT Sloan School’s Center for Digital Business, is the author of Serious Play and the forthcoming Getting Beyond Ideas . 10:38 AM Thursday July 29, 2010 | Comments (98) With innovation, entrepreneurship and significantly smarter fiscal policies, America should eventually escape its "hireless recovery."
Higher Education Is Overrated; Skills Aren't - Michael Schrage - Harvard Business Review
The Creativity Crisis - Newsweek
The potential consequences are sweeping. The necessity of human ingenuity is undisputed. A recent IBM poll of 1,500 CEOs identified creativity as the No. 1 “leadership competency” of the future.