Monday, December 14, 2009

What Matters Now

In 'What Matters Now: get the free ebook' Seth Godin writes about a new ebook he has organised. In it 70 big thinkers each contribute a page in which they share an idea for you to think about as we head into the new year. Then after thinking about them to do something with what you learn. Download and read it below.
What Matters Now
The overall idea I take from it is how much more we can achieve when we collaborate!

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Dave Clarke
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A simple way of helping

Have you ever listened to someone introduce their business at a networking event and thought to yourself "I have no idea what that means"? It happens a lot, but most of the time that person will be unaware that they are not communicating effectively.

Whenever it happens I am reminded of a scene from the film, "I, Robot". In this scene Dr Calvin (played by Bridget Moynahan) was asked by Detective Spooner (played by Will Smith) “What do you do?

She replied "My general fields are advanced robotics and psychiatry although I specialise in hardware to wetware interfaces in an effort to advance our anti-amorphisation project.”

He clearly had no clue what she was talking about and asked again, “So what exactly do you do?"

She replied, “I make the robots seem more human.

The next time you hear someone and have no real idea what they mean you can help by asking them some questions to find out exactly what they do and who for.

Then suggest that they might want to use the simple version next time.

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Dave Clarke
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