Eclectic Change

Becoming what we are capable of becoming – Frankl and our Search for Meaning

Below is a short video that I stumbled across.  It never ceases to amaze me that the core issues of our lives - are not new and remain relevant from generation to generation.  This is part of a talk that Victor Frankl gave at a conference in Toronto with students sometime in the mid sixties.  Forty years ago, a study showed that it was not money that young people of America were seeking - it was meaning in their lives. Today, it is the same and we must not feel disillusioned that we as individua...

Social Media does not make a community make

This is the second time this week that the idea of using social software in M&A’s has crossed my desk. First, was a social networking tool which was used a couple years ago to aid in the merger between Adobe & Macromedia.  I took the testdrive and found it interesting. You can find it at this link:http://www.intronetworks.com/testdrive.html The second is a rather interesting post "How Can Social Software Help Mergers And Acquisitions?"  Blogger Laurisa is a IBM Social Software Specialis...

Communications Style Inventory – with our thanks

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5 things Pixar teaches us about creativity on projects

  By Jack Ferraro, PMP In 1995, Pixar Animation Studios released their first blockbuster, Toy Story. As the first ever full-length computer animated film, it represented a breakthrough for the industry and signaled a bright future for the company. In the thirteen years since then, Pixar has enjoyed eight more huge successes – most recently this summer’s hit, Wall E. Pixar’s creative genius has remained strong over a remarkable period of time. How have they managed to keep their films from...

Teleconferencing Solutions to Travel and Training Budgets being cut

Roughly 1,090 SmartBrief on Leadership readers answered last week's question: Considering the current economic climate, what is your company's position on business travel? We are cutting down on business travel across the board, except in situations of absolute necessity -- 415 votes, 38.1%  We are encouraging greater use of video/tele/Web conferencing as an acceptable substitute and a way to limit travel -- 285 votes, 26.2%  Our current levels of business travel are still essential for bu...