There's A Gap

Over here I share a lot of Gaping Void's work. Hugh Macleod more often than not nails it. But this one needed a comment.

Boom! That’s the way it works, for anyone in the innovation or creative business. History decides what is 'art', history decides what is 'important' ...

Meanwhile, you’re just doing your job, you’re just showing up, trying to be a pro, you’re just trying to be a grownup, you’re just trying to get paid.

Hugh Mcleod - Gaping Void

Whilst I don’t disagree that 'history' decides what is important - Hugh of all people knows that 'history' is not neutral. An example would be that 'History' for the longest time did not recognize art that came from (say) Africa, because we 'superior' Westerners were writing off thousands and thousands of years of 'art' - because it didn't fit into our Western sensibilities and so classified the art into Natural History Museums.

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Four Leadership Mindsets Driving the New Economy : Producers. Investors. Connectors. Explorers.

I think Gladwell’s Mavens, Connectors and Sellers is still better.

What do you think? Which are you?


Trust and reputation have been on my mind a lot recently.

Both are increasingly important to people, yet the logic, measures and metrics behind the corporate owned, isolated and anonymous silos are driven by secret algorithms.

Open protocols need to replace closed platforms.

More Gaping Void


Can’t argue with that 


More Gaping Void


Meaning?

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Truthiness

More Gaping Void


Tell Me About It

More Gaping Void




All too common

More Gaping Void



How many times though?

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I know - right?



NO. I do not want to see ‘Chief Experience Officers’ 
 but I do like where he’s headed.


Thoughts

News is a commodity because it is ‘just’ data.

E.g. News: ‘The DOW fell by x’

**Charge for **

  • When last
  • When next
  • How to
  • What it means to who
  • Why

Information, knowledge, insights, wisdom - that surround news can be charged for and will be bought if any good.