Ken je e-Prime, voluit English Prime? Kent iemand eigenlijk deze verdienstelijke poging om onze communicatie zindelijker te maken? Dat vraag ik me wel vaker af, maar onlangs ook weer, toen we voor een klant met generatiemodellen mochten jongleren.

Generalisatie rulez

Je kent ze vast wel, die heerlijke generaliserende modellen waarmee we hopen mensen te kunnen vatten volgens hun geboorteperiode. Lees verder »

“To me, ‘Personal Democracy’ is an oxymoron. (…) Democracy is not personal, because if it’s about anything, it’s not about the individual. Democracy is about others. It’s about transcending the self and acting collectively. Democracy is people, participating together to make the world a better place.”

(Douglas Rushkoff tijdens zijn keynote speech op het Personal Democracy Forum 2008 Foto: (c) www.edge.org)

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“I needed to imagine what I could not retrieve; I needed to see what I could not imagine.” (Aleksandar Hemon, The Lazarus Project)

“We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.”

George Bernard Shaw

“You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take.” (Wayne Gretzky)

“skydaddy @kolson29 Same as always: Be professional. Follow through. Take less and give more than is expected of you.
dpenrose @kolson29 Of course, being able to communicate effectively, time management, flexibilty, a generalist, a minimalist, innovative, workaholic
krusk @kolson29 How about authenticity? It’s becoming more important online, and I think that translates to the offline world as well.
andykatz22 @kolson29 relationship builder, finger on the pulse, multitasker
LaurieShuls @kolson29 I’d say that you need to find creative ways to comm with this niche media – no phone calls – converse via tweets, FB, etc.
LaurieShuls @kolson29 I’d also note that you should read EVERYTHING, I track all of my contacts, their personal blogs, etc. so we’re in constant contact
smheadhunter Networking doesn’t just get you a job – it gives you a network to make your next job successful”

bron: Purposeful Networking

,,Heroes know that things must happen when it is time for them to happen. A quest may not simply be abandoned; unicorns may go unrescued for a long time, but not forever; a happy ending cannot come in the middle of the story.” (Peter S. Beagle)

“It’s too easy to criticize hope. And in the end, cynicism is a lousy strategy.”

Seth Godin

“Ne marche pas devant moi, je ne suivrai peut-être pas. Ne marche pas derrière moi, je ne te guiderai peut-être pas. Marche juste à côté de moi et sois mon ami.”

Albert Camus

Uitdaging: hoe pas je deze wijsheid toe op je marketing- en communicatiestrategie?

Cultural creatives-frontman Paul Ray schreef een presentatie bij elkaar over Culturele Wijsheid en Praktische Wijsheid. Zeg maar de grondslagen van een cultuur van Nieuwe Wijzen.

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