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EFF FAQs about CISPA – The Disturbing Privacy Dangers in CISPA and How To Stop It | Electronic Frontier Foundation

sradmin — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:43:11 +0000

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EFF is a renowned organization that monitors and protects rights to privacy and freedom on the internet. In this article they present a number of FAQs so that non-lawyers can make up their own minds about the proposed law.

Please read them all, and decide for yourself.

See on www.eff.org

Steve Denning calls it: Why Customers Must Come First: The Case of Goldman Sachs – Forbes

sradmin — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 15:44:29 +0000

Via Scoop.it – Intuitive Business

Why Customers Must Come First: The Case of Goldman Sachs… Steve Denning uses today’s Op-Ed in the New York Times, in which a (now former) Executive at Goldman Sachs writes about why he left the firm. It seems that the culture there is one that is “all for GS and none for the customers”. Denning then argues that this comes from putting employees first and not customers. I’m not so sure that I would agree with that – while he certainly has a point, and a focus on customers might alleviate some of the worst excesses, I believe that it’s also a culture of greed that is at play here. But, read the article, form your own opinion!
Via www.forbes.com

Slow down, ideas are fragile things: Give it five minutes – (37signals)

sradmin — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 06:35:41 +0000

Via Scoop.it – Leading Lightly – Managing Mindfully

Ideas are often shot down an killed before they are even fully born. So often someone comes up with a thought, a glimmer, which, with a bit of massaging, could turn into something worth consideration, but is not even considered because someone else immediately sees a potential flaw. We are all so used to being fast, and not only having the answer, but having it FIRST: “It’s like I had to be first with an opinion – as if being first meant something. But what it really meant was that I wasn’t thinking hard enough about the problem. The faster you react, the less you think. Not always, but often.” So, next time someone offers an idea, or even the start of what could be an idea – give it a minute.
Via 37signals.com

There is no Symbol that we can’t use: Five Leadership Lessons From James T. Kirk – Forbes

sradmin — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 14:15:54 +0000

Via Scoop.it – Leading Lightly – Managing Mindfully

Through his example, Starfleet’s finest Captain has something to teach us about leadership. Here are five lessons to take on your own voyages. FORBES gets ever more creative with their presentation of leadership characteristics – this time with Captain Kirk. The (unsurprising lessons) are: 1. Never stop learning 2. Have advisors with different world views 3. Be part or the away team (get in the middle of things) 4. Play Poker, not Chess (it’s not always the rules that define the game) 5. Blow up the Enterprise – read the article to find out The whole thing is a bit Tongue-in-cheek, but worth a read, especially for all Strar Trek Fans (guilty)
Via www.forbes.com

There is no Symbol that we can’t use: Five Leadership Lessons From James T. Kirk – Forbes

sradmin — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 14:15:41 +0000

A journey through ideas: The Arts, Sciences and Medicine: INTUITION

sradmin — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 06:56:43 +0000

Via Scoop.it – Intuitive Business

INTUITION. Cognitive Science and Acquired Intelligence. It was a cold day, I remember that vividly. The wind carried the cold in waves and crashed it upon the exposed skin like tiny little needle pricks. So starts this interesting and very creative journey. It begins with a very common story, someone attends their first board meeting, is warned to “just listen”, but speaks up (and is eventually ignored). But the journey is not about being ignored, it is about intuitive versus rational decisions. The path takes a number of interesting detours, and is well worth taking.
Via jedismedicine.blogspot.com

Info über Demos am 25.2 – Stopp ACTA! Österreich

sradmin — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 07:15:10 +0000

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Am 25.02. weiter gegen ACTA protestieren! Hier sind Informationen über die heute stattfindenden Demos in Österreich.
Via www.stopp-acta.at

Choose your lies wisely: Why We Don’t Always Tell the Truth

sradmin — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:56:55 +0000

Via Scoop.it – Intuitive Business

When I was growing up, one of the principles in our house was that we had to tell the truth, no matter how painful it might be. Lying, we were taught, wasn’t something you could get away with. Like Pinocchio’s nose, it would be apparent to others. Ron Ashkeans identifies 3 main reasons that people or organizations do not tell the truth: 1. to escape consequences of the truth being known 2. to protect the person being lied to, and 3. to protect business success. The most important thing, according to Ron Ashkeans is to be honest with yourself: if you have to lie, admit that you are streching, bending or even breaking the truth, and be aware of why you are doing it. I would add to that: make sure that the expected gain is really worth the potential reprisal.
Via blogs.hbr.org

All you need to know: Bertrand Russell’s Ten Commandments

sradmin — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 06:37:44 +0000

Via Scoop.it – Offene Gesellschaft – Open Society

The philosopher Bertrand Russell wrote his own personal set of ten commandments. They were published under the title “My Ten Commandments” in Everyman magazine in 1930.
They ran as follows: -
1. … They still apply, but years later he wrote another set for teachers – this set should be part of any course on leadership or managment: 1. Do not feel absolutely certain of anything. 2. Do not think it worthwhile to proceed by concealing evidence, for the evidence is sure to come to light. 3. Never try to discourage thinking for you are sure to succeed. 4. When you meet with opposition, even if it should be from your husband or your children, endeavor to overcome it by argument and not by authority, for a victory dependent upon authority is unreal and illusory. 5. Have no respect for the authority of others, for there are always contrary authorities to be found. 6. Do not use power to suppress opinions you think pernicious, for if you do the opinions will suppress you. 7. Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric. 8. Find more pleasure in intelligent dissent than in passive agreement, for, if you value intelligence as you should, the former implies a deeper agreement than the latter. 9. Be scrupulously truthful, even if the truth is inconvenient, for it is more inconvenient when you try to conceal it. 10. Do not feel envious of the happiness of those who live in a fool’s paradise, for only a fool will think that is happiness.
Via philebersole.wordpress.com

You cant fix what you won’t admit is wrong: Old Dogs New Tricks and Crappy Newspaper Executives

sradmin — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 07:06:16 +0000

Via Scoop.it – Postmodern Leadership and Organizations

(Speaking notes for an address to the Canadian Journalism Foundation Toronto, Canada, 2/16/2012 “You’re gonna miss us when we’re gone” is not a valid business model. How true! Newspapers are one of those industries most clearly affected by the developments of Web 2.0, Social Media, etc. Their decline in readers and thus income as well as the number of papers going out of business are signs that cannot be overlooked. Here, John Paton speaks about the industry, what has changed and what still needs to change for survival. He is direct, focused and ready to embrace changes. How refreshing. Read the whole thing, it is worth it!
Via jxpaton.wordpress.com