... a beginner at something

The First Social Media: The Air

With social media being a frequent object of buzz itself and self-proclaimed experts offering help with all this newfangled stuff, let me ask you this:

What's really new?

Indeed, the  air that we breathe was the very first social media.

Let me prove it — after giving thanks to authors and articles that (i) inspired this one:

Amber: An Open Letter to the Social Business Industry

Matt: What You Need, When You Need It - Contextual Relevance In Social Influence

Gratitude to @Ambercadabra for insisting. And others for prodding me on.

Now, how is it the air is the very first social media? Or rather why do people talk about social media as if it was ... [fill in the blank your way] and more?

 

8 Workplace Operation System Upgrades

(Originally promised at Important Upgrade for Workplace Operation System)

Dissatisfied with something about your workplace? Here is an upgrade you can install... if it only were this easy.

Unless we know what your values and people platforms are, it would not make sense to recommend any specific operation system. So I pull together a few approaches instead, from a wide range, hoping you may find routines and systems that fit your operations and values context.   What follows are mostly snippets, not my own words, but my own filter-focus-amplify. Take what suits your needs, ignore the rest or pass it on to a friend.

 

Nuclear marketing - view from Japan

Looking into the future, as we do here, is a dance with uncertainty. We mourn the earthquake and tsunami victims and many pray for those evacuated or currently working under a real nuclear threat. Seth Godin pointed out actual deaths from nuclear are rather low, per TWh (large unit of energy) produced. The Triumph of Coal Marketing

Here is a current nuclear industry association assessment of the damage in Fukushima, for all those who want to verify how safe nuclear is. http://www.jaif.or.jp/english/