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You don’t have to carpool to soccer practice with employee #2 of the next big thing to get, and stay, on the cutting edge of what’s possible. It just takes a little more work.
OK, so the title may be a bit melodramatic, but the experience has been intense (and insightful) so I figured I'd share. TippingBucket is in what's known in aviation as a departure stall.
Corporate America spends millions each year chasing employee "empowerment." These concrete tips take little time, even less money...and actually work.
Women simply don't fit most people's schema of the entrepreneur--so when they look around for entrepreneurs, they see men.
How granting others permission, authority and even incentive to fail can lead to quicker, deeper, more lasting success.
Approaching a high-stakes negotiation can feel like preparing for battle. But, though the impulse to approach the table clinging ferociously to your piece of the pie is strong, experts claim it’s often unnecessary, and even counter productive.
Perhaps the problem is not so much that we fail, that our efforts fall short of our goals (and the needs of the people we work with). Perhaps the problem is with how we fail.
Does everyone who's thrown themselves behind an idea develop a competitive advantage blind-spot!? Some days I think I have.
Apparently, the consensus among the “adults” at the school is that I am a revolutionary, inciting the proletariat to various acts of sedition and generally upsetting the delicate balance of their system. Oops.
Some of the best social media advice I've heard came from David Jay at SoCAP09: "Don't just talk about yourself, talk about the world and show that you're listening." Here are 4 simple ways to start:
Talk to people. Share with them, ask for feedback, let your idea have a life. The chance of someone actually stealing it is a tiny price to pay for what you’ll gain by talking to people about it.
