If everyone is striving for novelty or positioning themselves to be an outlier, then what happens to the people occupying the mainstream? The mainstream will always exist as the foundation of our culture and society….
Posts TaggedEcosystems
Making sense of the whole
How does one make sense of the whole when a person’s focus becomes fragmented from the volume of information coming at them? Losing the ability to see the big picture could cause one to drown…
Pattern recognition
“We have no future because our present is too volatile. We have only risk management. The spinning of the given moment’s scenarios. Pattern recognition.” — William Gibson, Pattern Recognition Patterns exist on macro and micro…
The exponential entrepreneur
Exponential growth requires exponential thinking. What’s your big idea that’s going to… …solve a problem? …get you promoted? …enable you to start your own business? …help you make more money? …gain you more respect? …bring…
The cult of data
Data isn’t everything. There are also humans. Data is a representation of the behavior and activities of people, places, and things. It can illustrate what has already occurred. It can also show you where you’ve…
Receiving dividends from your work
Holidays, birthdays, reunions, retirements, weddings, and funerals are opportunities to bring people together. Some events occur at the same time every year and others happen as needed. These regular, and sometimes irregular, meetings can strengthen…