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Book Notes: Pattern Languages of Work
February 10, 2008
Back from a few days in New York and Philly visiting friends, new friends and colleagues in the wonderful world of coworking, and figure it is about time to go ahead and talk out about what we are doing. Over the course of the past 6 weeks or so, and continuing for another couple [...]
CommandShift3
February 7, 2008
Talking to Tony Bacigalupo, who's one of the people pulling together Jelly NYC and a cofounder of CooperBricolage—coworking in New York City. He pointed us to CommandShift3, self-described as the 'Hot or Not for web-sites', that was launched in December 2007. The point is in the footer, "© Copyright 2008 Designed & built [...]
Note to Self… Nomads of the World, Disperse!
February 4, 2008
Or unite. Whatever you feel like, really.
Evolutionary scientists now suggest that our hardwiring, despite several million years of cultural evolution, remains the same as our nomadic hunter-gatherer ancestors. London Business School's Nigel Nicholson suggests that this sets up a huge gap/conflict/void between our core human instincts and the large, sedentary organizations in which most [...]
The History of Benefits, 1980 - 2010
January 25, 2008
I had an interesting discussion yesterday with one of the business incubator team where I have my office. He asked me why employers continue to pay for health insurance given that premiums for employer-provided health insurance went up more than 80% since 2000. I don't know the answer, even as I struggle with [...]