There’s two radically different attitudes towards what it takes to grow a successful business, and both have their merits. What if we could combine the strengths of both “schools of thought” – and where is that already happening? I first got into entrepreneurship when my sales career started at the age of 19. I had regular daytime jobs in small sales organizations, and on evenings and weekends I was often occupied with small or big…
"If You Build It They’ll Come, And Vice Versa"Author: Aly Chiman
Aly Chiman
Learn from author Daniel Pink giving some nuggets from his newest book “To Sell Is Human” in the great podcast from Harvard Business Review! I listen to a number of great podcasts, and one that I particularly like for its short (20-minute episodes) and easy-to-digest format of “interviews with engaging experts” is HBR Ideacast. In the latest episode called “Why We’re All In Sales” popular author Daniel Pink gives us a great re-framing of the…
"The Salesman Is Dead, Long Live The Salesman"
Some thoughts on passion and creativity. This entrepreneurial thing, why do we do it to ourselves? Warning – this post is not written to be “actionable”. But perhaps it suffices as a digestable and nutritious piece of food for thought instead? (When I started writing this post I thought I was going to share a few of my dormant business ideas. Instead it turned into some philosophical reflections on the nature of creativity and the…
"The Passion Of Ideas. The Entrepreneurial Disease."
ROWE means “Results-Oriented Work Environment” and is for the fluid economy what the 4-Hour Work Week is for individuals. But what are the pros and cons of ultimate work flexibility? Googleplex view. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) The new superstar CEO of Yahoo Marissa Mayer has brought attention and criticism to her decision to centralize all remote workers (customer service reps, among other functions) and bring them physically back into the Yahoo offices rather than having them…
"Results-Only Workplace Or Workplace-Only Results?"There’s always a difficulty in having a progressive discussion when the different parties come from different domains. With different world views or attitudes come different terminologies. What if we could communicate a bit more effectively between domains? The model presented in this post attempts to map out how players from the “opposing fields” of Lifelogging, Quantified Self, Social Networking (or “Social Media“) and Big Data look at and think of each other. Since I started…
"Reconciling Quantified Self, Lifelogging, Big Data And…"