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Who’s Gonna Talk to the Milk Man?
July 18, 2008
Say you have a big party. I mean a BIG party. The night finishes just as planned. No one went to the emergency room. Just heavy, heavy sleepers spread out around the house. Except for those who are still on the space ship enterprise and are carrying on well into the morning.
Amid the incessant giggling, [...]
Design Thinking and Work
July 17, 2008
Over the past several months Bandit and I have written extensively about coworking and what it reflects in the larger economy. Theoretically we are writing a book about it, but that is proving to be rather slow going. Our interest in the topic/movement, though, is not waning.
I wake up this morning, once again, with design [...]
Deep Work
July 8, 2008
Face it, some books are better than others. I know, because I recently published a book that is making no spash whatsoever. This is a case of, I now suspect, an average book.
For reference to a great! book, look no further than Bill McKibben’s latest, Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future. [...]
The Business of Independence
July 4, 2008
A few weeks back I wrote up a piece exploring the question: To what extent can/should coworking be conceptualized and managed as a business? My view- that the business-ization of coworking is an inevitability and the sooner we recognize this the more sustainable the movement part of coworking will be- proved to be rather controversial.
Apparently, [...]
Antipreneurs and Apple Pie
July 3, 2008
This year marks the third year in a row that we’ve been outside the US for the 4th of July. That’s a real bummer, because my brother’s birthday is on July 4th and I love to hoist a beer with him on his day.
Thinking and writing from France this week, I’m coming to a clearer perspective on the [...]
Innovation That Matters
July 2, 2008
Last week I had the great fortune to meet up with Carl Honore, author of the inspiring books, In Praise of Slow and Under Pressure: Rescuing Our Children From the Culture of Hyper-Parenting. Carl was the very first member/anchor tenant at the fabulous coworking space in Battersea Park, London, called Le Bureau. I spent the day [...]
Who Needs Innovation?
June 29, 2008
Every airline in the US except Southwest, that’s who!!!
RIP Hub and Spoke
Take Continental, for example. As I sit here at the gate in Austin (happily glowing in the aftermath of our first InnovationCamp) waiting for yet another delayed Continental flight (which might or might not be cancelled…Check back periodically for updates), I now realize that [...]
The Antipreneurial Revolution
June 23, 2008
Grease is not the word. The word is antipreneur!
This is the word we have been lacking at NotanMBA…Antipreneurs are pro-business but anti BigCo. We are pro-competition but anti-conglomerate. We are keen on local, community-based businesses that are sustainable and lead to balance between work and home. Above all, we see a business landscape where people [...]
Bootstrapping the Music
June 21, 2008
I’m just returning from an inspiring Crowded House show at Sherwood Forest, Nottingham. I’ve seen Neil Finn and Tim Finn countless times, and I never tire of it. Tonight was no exception. The band is strong and vital, even as most of them thrive into their 50s.
Yet what I’m thinking about as I debrief from the [...]
Boomers, Privacy is an Illusion
June 20, 2008
Boomers, your idea of privacy and security is an illusion!! How many of you have your name, phone number and home address in a telephone directory? From the size of the directory I’m looking at, I’d say, most of you. Do you realize what this means?!? It means people can find you–literally, physically!
Your concern about [...]