Especially for those of you who suspect that you may be harbouring an inner Einstein, or perhaps like me, you’re intrigued by what makes individuals reach above the ordinary and whether we can develop those qualities in ourselves.
This is a 10 part unfolding checklist that should have been called Developing Genius (because I believe it’s entirely possible - though the pathways may relate less to cause and effect than our traditionally schooled minds may feel comfortable with. Crisis; playful probability; character and will; count for more in eliciting our best selves than can be predicted by an IQ test.
- COURAGE
- CURIOSITY
- CHARACTER
- CLARITY
- TENACITY
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Saturday night is the first of the 27dinners in Jo’burg and the lineup looks epic.. friends Paul (he of chilibean fame) Dave (the 
marvellous marketing geek) & MsRitz are on the speakers roll…& the guest list is throbbing with some fine form! I know Mike’s organising the whole shebang & maybe a little busy on the night but I’m sure he’ll get up there too & reveal a little of his legendary energy & insight into the wild opportunities abounding for South Africa in tech & marketing.
.. AND no doubt he & Dave will be celebrating Cerebra’s launch (at long last!!)
Really almost sad that I’m staying in midsummer’s paradise, on the beach in Cape Town & not heading to the big bad city for the fun. I’ll have to wait for a whole month till 27 rocks the MotherCity.. so heads up to those not going to Jozi for the premier edition because you’ve got a month to make plans to combine business & pleasure on the 27th of Feb. Go to your diary NOW >>
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Online, most of us are so exposed (of our own volition): emotionally, professionally, even physically (what would the porn industry be without the avalanche of happy amateurs). Yet, without basic trust protocols protecting us very little of what the web has evolved into, particularly social media, would EVER have spawned. You may love taking your clothes off - but odds are, you’re not going to do it while strolling down the main road.
We WANT to share what we’re good at, to give freely of our best. Sometimes - wow - we’ll even do it for free! All safely contained within the abundant bounty of CAPITALISM. (Opensource being the pinnacle of sophisticated economic structure.. the best extreme of applied capitalism). What is participation culture & crowdsourcing if not this potent force in action.
We all have a fundamental need for unique expression (identity) coupled with a need for recognition & belonging. Characterful & creative people have to be naked to some degree when sharing their ideas/concepts/efforts: it’s not always a safe space, but the risk:reward ratio is balanced by TRUST.
Continue reading ‘Rules of Engagement & the real speed of TRUST’
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..”before we resume our regular programming: a word from our sponsors”..
AAAARGH!!! I swear I can hear an audible click as my brain defocusses and searches for an alt.activity to fill a few minutes. Oh I know there are those who remain placidly cow-eyed and obediently absorb, but increasingly our human immune response to, shall we say oldskool bacterial bombardment of ads thrown at us unbidden, is on high alert.
Though we are still very prone to viral campaigns it seems :-P
Like some frenzied biological warfare campaign from the labs of a nefarious evil genius - media companies and ad agencies from every corner of the globe are striving to sequence the freshest viral DNA code to unleash upon the masses, in a bid for world domination of the attention kind of course. It may last only a few days.. but those feverish few days can pay off handsomely. Continue reading ‘Too 007 : Bond.ing & innovating against the clock’
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