A Matter of Taste and Talent

Ryan Sims from Virb.com spoke at WebVisions. One of the things he talked about was a matter of taste and talent, in which he showed a grap...
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Hope I am not the only one who feels this way

As always, you can use these cartoons for non-commercial purposes, just give credit to Jennifer Davis and link back to http://jenniferbdavis...
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Risk? We don't need no stinkin' risk.

There is a spectrum of emotion that is said to rule the stock market that runs from fear to greed. With the recent events in the financial m...
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Failing Fast

I am of the school of thought that the worst decisions tend to be the ones made slowly. If you wait until all the data is readily available ...
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Come Bloom

This is a great multi-purpose invitation. It could work for so many things, all of them good. Who do you want to bloom with? Send them th...
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Speculation Abounds

I first heard this quote from a minister at a Portland-area church event and thought it was fantastic. It applies in so many situations an...
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Yes, and

I am amazed that over the years one of the most popular posts I have done was on the topic of " Yes, and ", the tool used by impro...
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Meeting of the Minds about Meetings

If you were to make a list of the most and least effective meetings that you have, what would your list look like. Here is my first draft. I...
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Idea Smackdown

Related to my earlier post about there not being a shortage of ideas , there is a natural selection process for ideas. In most organization...
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LinkedOUT-and-ABOUT

A LinkedIn contact reached out to me the other day to schedule lunch (which we did). She told me that she was trying to meet with every loc...
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Luster

A friend of mine commented the other day on her blog that she was feeling "lackluster." I, too, have felt that way many a time and...
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Retwizzled

I find myself using made up words and one my recent favorites is "retwizzled." I use it to mean when I need to tweak, edit, or cha...
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Rule of Thumb

I have been reading Alan Webber's new book, Rules of Thumb . In it, he offers and describes 52 different rules of business that he has l...
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Consolidarity

A colleague of mine recently used the word "consolidarity" in a conversation the other day (never minding that it is actually not ...
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Creating Cartoons

Some of you may recall that in 2008 I made a personal resolution to draw some one-frame cartoons and post them to this blog. I have renewed ...
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