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  "title": "Newsletter on John PHI⑊PIN",
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        "id": "http://johnphilpin.micro.blog/2022/12/30/the-in-between.html",
        
        "content_html": "<p><a href=\"https://open.substack.com/pub/johnphilpin/p/inbetweenus\">The In Between Newsletter - by John Philpin - People First</a></p>\n<p>It might be the first of a few ….</p>\n",
        "date_published": "2022-12-30T10:42:00+12:00",
        "url": "https://john.philpin.com/2022/12/30/the-in-between.html",
        "tags": ["? PeopleFirst","Newsletter"]
      },
      {
        "id": "http://johnphilpin.micro.blog/2021/08/10/the-creator-economy.html",
        
        "content_html": "<p><a href=\"https://li.substack.com/p/the-creator-economy-is-in-crisis?\">The creator economy is in crisis. Now let’s fix it.</a></p>\n<p>A great read that highlights the challenges of the much touted creator economy.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2529/2023/d5abc12962.jpg\" /> \n",
        "date_published": "2021-08-11T15:05:45+12:00",
        "url": "https://john.philpin.com/2021/08/10/the-creator-economy.html",
        "tags": ["? PeopleFirst","People First","Newsletter"]
      },
      {
        "id": "http://johnphilpin.micro.blog/2020/10/15/the-journey.html",
        "title": "The Journey",
        "content_html": "<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>People First has been a winding journey for the last four years. Most recently, I find it has been coming together in my mind <strong>very</strong> clearly and with that clarity I have been encouraged to talk about what is going on in a more open manner. The interesting thing is that as I have become more open about what I am doing, more questions are being asked.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":14655,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://peoplefirst.vision/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/clemens-van-lay-un1s8VOLRC0-unsplash-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14655\"/><figcaption>Photo by <a href=\"https://unsplash.com/@clemensvanlay?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Clemens van Lay</a> on <a href=\"https://unsplash.com/s/photos/the-journey?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash</a></figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A year ago, asking someone to sign up for the newsletter resulted in them either signing up for the newsletter - or not. No questions. No debate.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Today, I still have the newsletter , added a podcast, the book is coming out shortly and now we are beginning to create community - the questions are beginning to flow.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n<!-- wp:quote -->\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>I still don’t understand.  What is the mission/goal of the group(s)?</p><cite>a newsletter reader</cite></blockquote>\n<!-- /wp:quote -->\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>and</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n<!-- wp:quote -->\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>What would you say, in three or so sentences, is the hard objective of People First? Not the vague, all singing all dancing \"unleashing human potential\" nor the activity based \"bringing like minds together\" etc. What are you (and other participants) trying to tangibly accomplish? This isn't rhetorical. I am just trying to understand what will change/improve at the coal face as a result of your combined efforts.</p><cite>a newsletter reader</cite></blockquote>\n<!-- /wp:quote -->\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This post is not to answer the questions ... yet. I touched on it in this weeks newsletter - and was specific about that, but here’s the good news. One takeaway for the recurring question is that people are sitting up, listening, they are interested ... which from where I sit is all good news.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>As one reader wrote ...</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n<!-- wp:quote -->\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>I believe you are on the verge of an overnight success!!!</p></blockquote>\n<!-- /wp:quote -->\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I hope he's right!</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n",
        "date_published": "2020-10-16T07:56:40+12:00",
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        "content_html": "<p>This week’ newsletter : <a href=\"https://johnphilpin.substack.com/p/a-future-not-the-future\">’A’ Future - Not &lsquo;The&rsquo; Future</a></p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>”‘Expect the unexpected’ says the social media meme. When it happened. We froze.”</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>I seem to be on the same track as @GapingVoid</p>\n<p>Now you just need to recognize that it is your future. Nobody else’s. <strong>YOURS</strong>.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2529/2020/1d8f93fcbb.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" alt=\"\" />\n",
        "date_published": "2020-06-17T15:34:51+12:00",
        "url": "https://john.philpin.com/2020/06/17/this-week-newsletter.html",
        "tags": ["? Gaping Void","Newsletter"]
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      {
        "id": "http://johnphilpin.micro.blog/2020/06/09/roadblocks.html",
        "title": "Roadblocks",
        "content_html": "<!-- wp:image {\"id\":11102,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://peoplefirst.vision/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/https-bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-33063204-80a8-4133-a135-d3e36d78201a_1920x1080-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11102\"/><figcaption>Teseract</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n<!-- wp:more -->\n<!-- /wp:more -->\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Here are more things that don’t always help;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul><li>Looking through ‘different lenses’</li><li>Putting ‘new filters on the glasses’</li><li>Viewing things from a ‘different angle’ </li></ul>\n<!-- /wp:list -->\n<!-- wp:buttons {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons aligncenter\"><!-- wp:button {\"style\":{\"color\":{\"text\":\"#e5e5e7\",\"background\":\"#125993\"}}} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-color has-background\" href=\"https://johnphilpin.substack.com/p/roadblocks\" style=\"background-color:#125993;color:#e5e5e7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read The Whole Article.</a></div>\n<!-- /wp:button --></div>\n<!-- /wp:buttons -->\n<!-- wp:quote -->\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>“It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.”</p><cite>Upton Sinclair</cite></blockquote>\n<!-- /wp:quote -->\n<!-- wp:block {\"ref\":3237} /-->",
        "date_published": "2020-06-10T16:34:00+12:00",
        "url": "https://john.philpin.com/2020/06/09/roadblocks.html",
        "tags": ["? PeopleFirst","? LongForm","Newsletter"]
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        "id": "http://johnphilpin.micro.blog/2020/06/02/the-things-we.html",
        "title": "The Things We Say",
        "content_html": "<!-- wp:image {\"id\":11083,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://peoplefirst.vision/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/https-bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-f7dd6381-7992-4137-9f46-e5f088b9e086_1100x739.png-1024x688.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11083\"/><figcaption>Salvador Dali<br>The Persistence of Memory - 1931</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"textColor\":\"very-dark-gray\",\"style\":{\"color\":{\"background\":\"#e5e5e7\"}}} -->\n<p class=\"has-very-dark-gray-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"background-color:#e5e5e7\">Sometimes we get so caught up in working out how to communicate across national boundaries, we forget that we can barely communicate within them. That’s why language is one of the eight tenets of People First.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n<!-- wp:buttons {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons aligncenter\"><!-- wp:button {\"style\":{\"color\":{\"text\":\"#e5e5e7\",\"background\":\"#125993\"}}} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-color has-background\" href=\"https://johnphilpin.substack.com/p/the-things-we-say\" style=\"background-color:#125993;color:#e5e5e7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read The Whole Article.</a></div>\n<!-- /wp:button --></div>\n<!-- /wp:buttons -->\n<!-- wp:quote -->\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p><em><em><em>Our language slowly became invested with mechanical metaphors: We needed to&nbsp;<strong>grease the wheels</strong>,&nbsp;<strong>crank up the business</strong>,&nbsp;<strong>dig deeper</strong>, or turn a company into a&nbsp;<strong>well-oiled machine</strong>. Even everyday phrases, such as “<strong>fueling up</strong>” for eating lunch or “<strong>he has a screw loose</strong>” for thinking illogically, conveyed the acceptance of humans as mechanical devices.</em></em></em></p><cite>Douglas Rushkoff</cite></blockquote>\n<!-- /wp:quote -->\n<!-- wp:more -->\n<!-- /wp:more -->\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->",
        "date_published": "2020-06-03T14:16:00+12:00",
        "url": "https://john.philpin.com/2020/06/02/the-things-we.html",
        "tags": ["? PeopleFirst","? LongForm","Newsletter"]
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      {
        "id": "http://johnphilpin.micro.blog/2020/05/26/flying-high.html",
        "title": "Flying High",
        "content_html": "<!-- wp:image {\"id\":11081,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"className\":\"is-style-default\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img src=\"https://peoplefirst.vision/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/https-bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-2f99983c-1299-4ca6-92af-20b6c3e0c106_1200x800-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11081\"/><figcaption><em><em>Murray Foubister.</em></em><br><em><em>Iguassu Falls, Brazil/Argentina</em> </em></figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n<!-- wp:more -->\n<!-- /wp:more -->\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"style\":{\"color\":{\"background\":\"#e5e5e7\"}},\"textColor\":\"very-dark-gray\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-very-dark-gray-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"background-color:#e5e5e7\">Good practice for ‘COVID times’ I suspect.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n<!-- wp:buttons {\"layout\":{\"type\":\"flex\",\"justifyContent\":\"center\"}} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons\"><!-- wp:button {\"style\":{\"color\":{\"text\":\"#e5e5e7\",\"background\":\"#125993\"}}} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-color has-background\" href=\"https://johnphilpin.substack.com/p/flying-high\" style=\"background-color:#125993;color:#e5e5e7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read The Whole Article.</a></div>\n<!-- /wp:button --></div>\n<!-- /wp:buttons -->\n<!-- wp:quote -->\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p><em>I've never worked for a large company. Well, unless you call 30 people large. I’ve worked for myself and for others … in construction, emergency services, tourism, deliveries and seen the world while I was at it</em></p><cite>Will</cite></blockquote>\n<!-- /wp:quote -->",
        "date_published": "2020-05-27T14:22:00+12:00",
        "url": "https://john.philpin.com/2020/05/26/flying-high.html",
        "tags": ["? PeopleFirst","? LongForm","Newsletter"]
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      {
        "id": "http://johnphilpin.micro.blog/2020/05/20/always-stay-in.html",
        "title": "Always Stay In Your Own Movie",
        "content_html": "<!-- wp:image {\"id\":11028,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://peoplefirst.vision/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/KenKesey.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11028\"/><figcaption><em>Ken Kesey<br>One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest <strong>and</strong> Sometimes A Great Notion </em></figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n<!-- wp:more -->\n<!-- /wp:more -->\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"textColor\":\"very-dark-gray\",\"style\":{\"color\":{\"background\":\"#e5e5e7\"}}} -->\n<p class=\"has-very-dark-gray-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"background-color:#e5e5e7\">Just yesterday during our walk, my wife said (with no desire to insult or degrade my worth), “Well , you’ve had a good run up til now …”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n<!-- wp:buttons {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons aligncenter\"><!-- wp:button {\"style\":{\"color\":{\"text\":\"#e5e5e7\",\"background\":\"#125993\"}}} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-color has-background\" href=\"https://johnphilpin.substack.com/p/always-stay-in-your-own-movie\" style=\"background-color:#125993;color:#e5e5e7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read The Whole Article.</a></div>\n<!-- /wp:button --></div>\n<!-- /wp:buttons -->\n<!-- wp:quote -->\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p><em><em>Fuck the economy.&nbsp;</em></em><br><em><em>Fuck the mainstream music business.&nbsp;</em></em><br><em><em>Fuck the shallow music listening audience</em></em></p><cite>My friend the artist and musician</cite></blockquote>\n<!-- /wp:quote -->\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->",
        "date_published": "2020-05-20T19:47:27+12:00",
        "url": "https://john.philpin.com/2020/05/20/always-stay-in.html",
        "tags": ["? PeopleFirst","? LongForm","Newsletter"]
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        "id": "http://johnphilpin.micro.blog/2020/05/20/this-weeks-newsletter.html",
        
        "content_html": "<p><a href=\"https://johnphilpin.substack.com/p/always-stay-in-your-own-movie\">This week&rsquo;s newsletter just went live.</a></p>\n<p>Coincidentally in the week of <a href=\"https://john.philpin.com/categories/microblog-books/\">Micro Blog Book Recommendations</a> - the sub title plays on Ken Kesey&rsquo;s greatest book - Sometimes A Great Notion. 📚</p>\n<p>It’s not about Ken, or his books - its about a musician and good friend of mine.</p>\n",
        "date_published": "2020-05-20T13:40:14+12:00",
        "url": "https://john.philpin.com/2020/05/20/this-weeks-newsletter.html",
        "tags": ["? Books","Newsletter"]
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      {
        "id": "http://johnphilpin.micro.blog/2020/04/24/not-scientific-but.html",
        "title": "Not Scientific - But Interesting",
        "content_html": "<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>You could be forgiven for thinking that all of the world's problems that were top of our collective mind as we celebrated the closing of 2019 are now solved.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":10956,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://people-first.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/after-covid-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10956\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n<!-- wp:more -->\n<!-- /wp:more -->\n<!-- wp:separator -->\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"/>\n<!-- /wp:separator -->\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>To be clear this is definitely not a scientific analysis, but 4 google searches where I search for the term 'front page news xxx 2020' and replaced 'xxx' with a month name and then looked at the image results. The four images below are the top two lines of the resultant search result.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\n<h4>In January</h4>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>No mention of COVID-19</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":10940,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://peoplefirst.vision/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/202001-1024x347.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10940\"/><figcaption>Results From Google Search : 'front page news january 2020'</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\n<h4>In February</h4>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>No mention of COVID-19</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":10943,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://peoplefirst.vision/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/202002-1-1-1024x363.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10943\"/><figcaption>Results From Google Search : 'front page news february 2020'</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\n<h4>In March</h4>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>COVID-19 dominates</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":10942,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://people-first.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/202003-1024x344.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10942\"/><figcaption>Results From Google Search : 'front page news march 2020'</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\n<h4>In April</h4>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>COVID-19 dominates</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":10944,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://peoplefirst.vision/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/202004-1-1024x369.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10944\"/><figcaption>Results From Google Search : 'front page news april 2020'</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Meanwhile what of Climate Change, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sustainable-development-goals/\" target=\"_blank\">The UN Sustainable Development Goals</a>, the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https://metoomvmt.org\" target=\"_blank\">#METOO movement</a>,</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For example a Google search for Greta Thunberg over the past year reveals that she has totally fallen off the radar.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":10954,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://people-first.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Greta-on-Google-1024x300.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10954\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Of course it hasn't all gone away. Once e have COVID-19 licked - we will all be back on pace - but hopefully this time it will be different. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https://johnphilpin.substack.com/p/whats-next\" target=\"_blank\">But that’s up to us.</a></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\n<h4>What kind of difference do you want to see?</h4>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->",
        "date_published": "2020-04-25T17:45:30+12:00",
        "url": "https://john.philpin.com/2020/04/24/not-scientific-but.html",
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      },
      {
        "id": "http://johnphilpin.micro.blog/2020/03/24/louis-daguerre-and.html",
        "title": "Louis Daguerre and Daguerreotypes",
        "content_html": "<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I asked a question about this image in <a href=\"https://johnphilpin.substack.com/p/people-first-6cf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"this newsletter (opens in a new tab)\">this newsletter</a>.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":10785,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://people-first.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/daguerrotype.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10785\"/><figcaption>The&nbsp;<em><strong>Boulevard du Temple</strong></em>&nbsp;photograph of 1838 (or possibly 1839) is one of the earliest&nbsp;daguerreotype&nbsp;plates produced by&nbsp;Louis Daguerre. Although the image seems to be of a deserted street, it is widely considered to be the first photograph to include an image of people. (Wikipedia)</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>More to come, but to recognize here that it was a stretch ... First Person ... People First!</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n",
        "date_published": "2020-03-25T09:17:21+12:00",
        "url": "https://john.philpin.com/2020/03/24/louis-daguerre-and.html",
        "tags": ["? PeopleFirst","? LongForm","Newsletter"]
      },
      {
        "id": "http://johnphilpin.micro.blog/2020/03/10/we-live-in.html",
        "title": "We Live In A Viral World.",
        "content_html": "<!-- wp:image {\"id\":10888,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://peoplefirst.vision/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/viralworld-1-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10888\"/><figcaption>We Live In A Viral World <br>There's A Perfect Storm On The Horizon</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n<!-- wp:more -->\n<!-- /wp:more -->\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"textColor\":\"very-dark-gray\",\"style\":{\"color\":{\"background\":\"#e5e5e7\"}}} -->\n<p class=\"has-very-dark-gray-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"background-color:#e5e5e7\">\nDon’t we all want our YouTube video or Instagram post to go viral? You know, where 24 hours after the post, there are millions of likes and shares and people all over the world are suddenly aware of you and your message? I wonder how many people think about the etymology of ‘going viral’? They are probably more aware today.\n</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n<!-- wp:buttons {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons aligncenter\"><!-- wp:button {\"style\":{\"color\":{\"text\":\"#e5e5e7\",\"background\":\"#125993\"}}} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-color has-background\" href=\"https://johnphilpin.substack.com/p/we-live-in-a-viral-world\" style=\"background-color:#125993;color:#e5e5e7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read The Whole Article.</a></div>\n<!-- /wp:button --></div>\n<!-- /wp:buttons -->\n<!-- wp:quote -->\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>“\nI don’t need to have the numbers (of confirmed U.S. coronavirus cases) double because of one ship that wasn’t our fault.\n”</p><cite>\nDonald J. Trump\n</cite></blockquote>\n<!-- /wp:quote -->",
        "date_published": "2020-03-11T17:39:00+12:00",
        "url": "https://john.philpin.com/2020/03/10/we-live-in.html",
        "tags": ["? PeopleFirst","? LongForm","Newsletter"]
      },
      {
        "id": "http://johnphilpin.micro.blog/2020/02/26/technology.html",
        "title": "Technology?",
        "content_html": "<!-- wp:image {\"id\":10896,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://people-first.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Technology-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10896\"/><figcaption>Technology!<br>O.M.G. Technology!</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"textColor\":\"very-dark-gray\",\"style\":{\"color\":{\"background\":\"#e5e5e7\"}}} -->\n<p class=\"has-very-dark-gray-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"background-color:#e5e5e7\">\nWe live in the thrall of technology. ‘Shiny Things’, that deliver 'squirrel’ interruptions into our daily lives. Nothing wrong with that, with all the usual caveats that we read about. BUT …\n</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n<!-- wp:buttons {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons aligncenter\"><!-- wp:button {\"style\":{\"color\":{\"text\":\"#e5e5e7\",\"background\":\"#125993\"}}} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-color has-background\" href=\"https://johnphilpin.substack.com/p/technology\" style=\"background-color:#125993;color:#e5e5e7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read The Whole Article.</a></div>\n<!-- /wp:button --></div>\n<!-- /wp:buttons -->\n<!-- wp:quote -->\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>“\nOMG - Technology … all</p><p>Owned</p><p>Managed and</p><p>Governed</p><p>Not by you - but by the very companies that 'sold' you the ‘bill of goods’ to begin with.\n”</p><cite>\nJohn Philpin\n</cite></blockquote>\n<!-- /wp:quote -->\n",
        "date_published": "2020-02-26T19:12:00+12:00",
        "url": "https://john.philpin.com/2020/02/26/technology.html",
        "tags": ["? PeopleFirst","? Quotes","? LongForm","People First","Newsletter"]
      },
      {
        "id": "http://johnphilpin.micro.blog/2020/02/22/reflections-on-reflections.html",
        "title": "Reflections on Reflections",
        "content_html": "<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":10743,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://peoplefirst.vision/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/IMG_3445.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10743\"/><figcaption>Reflecting On/Of Pillars</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I have been reflecting on the pillars of People First. Each pillar has at least one reflection that throws new light on something we might have thought we understood, but on reflection we might conclude that 'common wisdom' should be questioned.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Reflections of any subject aren't exactly true to the original. Sometimes distorted. Occasionally murky. Always the opposite of what we perceive as reality. Yet they are valid representations of reality. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Always <strong>revealing</strong> differences. Often <strong>adding</strong> new facets. To know the reflection is to understand the subject.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n<!-- wp:gallery {\"ids\":[10750,10749]} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img src=\"https://peoplefirst.vision/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Tenets-Quotes-Frameworks-Models-In-Progress.002-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"10750\" data-full-url=\"https://peoplefirst.vision/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Tenets-Quotes-Frameworks-Models-In-Progress.002-1.jpeg\" data-link=\"https://people-first.net/?attachment_id=10750\" class=\"wp-image-10750\"/></figure></li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img src=\"https://peoplefirst.vision/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Tenets-Quotes-Frameworks-Models-In-Progress.001-1-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"10749\" data-full-url=\"https://peoplefirst.vision/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Tenets-Quotes-Frameworks-Models-In-Progress.001-1-1.jpeg\" data-link=\"https://people-first.net/?attachment_id=10749\" class=\"wp-image-10749\"/></figure></li></ul></figure>\n<!-- /wp:gallery -->\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>This is a living post and will be updated as reflections are added to the canon.</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n<!-- wp:table {\"hasFixedLayout\":true,\"backgroundColor\":\"subtle-pale-blue\",\"className\":\"is-style-stripes\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table class=\"has-subtle-pale-blue-background-color has-fixed-layout has-background\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Pillar</strong></td><td><strong>Reflection</strong></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Identity</strong></td><td><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https://johnphilpin.substack.com/p/identity\" target=\"_blank\">ID - Entity</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Data</strong></td><td><a href=\"https://johnphilpin.substack.com/p/data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Data? Data Is Energy! (opens in a new tab)\">Data? Data Is Energy!</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Technology</strong></td><td><a href=\"https://johnphilpin.substack.com/p/technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Technology? OMG - Technology (opens in a new tab)\">Technology? OMG - Technology</a></td></tr></tbody></table></figure>\n<!-- /wp:table -->\n<!-- wp:embed /-->\n",
        "date_published": "2020-02-23T16:23:59+12:00",
        "url": "https://john.philpin.com/2020/02/22/reflections-on-reflections.html",
        "tags": ["? PeopleFirst","? LongForm","Newsletter"]
      },
      {
        "id": "http://johnphilpin.micro.blog/2020/02/12/whos-responsible.html",
        "title": "Who's Responsible?",
        "content_html": "<!-- wp:image {\"id\":11013,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://peoplefirst.vision/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/YouProbably-1024x392.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11013\"/><figcaption>Just You.</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n<!-- wp:more -->\n<!-- /wp:more -->\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"textColor\":\"very-dark-gray\",\"style\":{\"color\":{\"background\":\"#e5e5e7\"}}} -->\n<p class=\"has-very-dark-gray-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"background-color:#e5e5e7\">Every single individual creates wealth for themselves through their labour, skills, information, knowledge, insights, wisdom, time and through their <strong>assets</strong>, thinking, analysis, compassion, agility, flexibility, street smarts, humanity …</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n<!-- wp:buttons {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons aligncenter\"><!-- wp:button {\"style\":{\"color\":{\"text\":\"#e5e5e7\",\"background\":\"#125993\"}}} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-color has-background\" href=\"https://johnphilpin.substack.com/p/whos-responsible\" style=\"background-color:#125993;color:#e5e5e7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read The Whole Article.</a></div>\n<!-- /wp:button --></div>\n<!-- /wp:buttons -->\n<!-- wp:quote -->\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p><em>\"There is no future of work - only a future of income.\"</em></p><cite>John Philpin</cite></blockquote>\n<!-- /wp:quote -->\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->",
        "date_published": "2020-02-13T15:53:38+12:00",
        "url": "https://john.philpin.com/2020/02/12/whos-responsible.html",
        "tags": ["? PeopleFirst","? LongForm","Newsletter"]
      },
      {
        "id": "http://johnphilpin.micro.blog/2020/02/04/when-you-connect.html",
        "title": "When You Connect The Dots",
        "content_html": "<!-- wp:image {\"id\":11015,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://peoplefirst.vision/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Connect-The-Dots.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11015\"/><figcaption><em>You Don’t Always Reach The Right Conclusion</em>.</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n<!-- wp:more -->\n<!-- /wp:more -->\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"textColor\":\"very-dark-gray\",\"style\":{\"color\":{\"background\":\"#e5e5e7\"}}} -->\n<p class=\"has-very-dark-gray-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"background-color:#e5e5e7\">This newsletter is a journey through a series of disparate - yet connected - dots. Each dot leading to the next with the final dot also being the first. An image of the journey is created. A mandala. An image of some ‘25 degrees of People First’.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n<!-- wp:buttons {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons aligncenter\"><!-- wp:button {\"style\":{\"color\":{\"text\":\"#e5e5e7\",\"background\":\"#125993\"}}} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-color has-background\" href=\"https://johnphilpin.substack.com/p/when-you-connect-the-dots\" style=\"background-color:#125993;color:#e5e5e7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read The Whole Article.</a></div>\n<!-- /wp:button --></div>\n<!-- /wp:buttons -->\n<!-- wp:quote -->\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p><em>“</em>Like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel within a wheel</p><p>Never ending or beginning on an ever spinning reel</p><p>As the images unwind, like the circles that you find&nbsp;</p><p>In the windmills of your mind!</p><cite> The Windmills Of Your Mind, Alan and Marilyn Bergman.</cite></blockquote>\n<!-- /wp:quote -->\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->",
        "date_published": "2020-02-05T16:01:00+12:00",
        "url": "https://john.philpin.com/2020/02/04/when-you-connect.html",
        "tags": ["? PeopleFirst","? LongForm","Newsletter"]
      },
      {
        "id": "http://johnphilpin.micro.blog/2020/01/27/postscript-climate-change.html",
        "title": "Postscript : Climate Change",
        "content_html": "<!-- wp:block {\"ref\":10672} /-->\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If you are old enough, you will remember that the <a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/sep/06/french-spy-who-sunk-greenpeace-ship-apologises-for-lethal-bombing\">French Government blew up a boat belonging to Greenpeace in the Auckland harbor, New Zealand</a>. (If you aren’t old enough - trust me - this is not a movie - this is history.) That was 35 years ago - 14 years after Greenpeace was founded to protest the detonation of a nuclear bomb. Since the early 90s Greenpeace has had a broader goal that puts Climate Change front and centre. They are but one organization fighting that particular battle.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n<!-- wp:more -->\n<!-- /wp:more -->\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It took until 2016 for <a href=\"https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/the-paris-agreement/what-is-the-paris-agreement\">The Paris Agreement</a> to come together and really is only the world’s united effort to start to fight climate change. The only countries recognized as ‘significant emitters’ that have not signed are Iran and Turkey.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Anyway - must be all going smoothly. Right?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Captain Peter Wilcox was the skipper and onboard the Rainbow Warrior in 1985. He still is the skipper of Rainbow Warrior (the third).</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n<!-- wp:quote -->\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>“I’m scared that we have lost the battle against climate change. But this stuff gets me up in the morning.....I say we’re losing, does that mean I’m gonna stop? No. Absolutely not. I’ll go down fighting. We’re not winning, we’re not succeeding. Global warming is getting worse, and worse, and worse and we haven’t even started to change the way we live on the planet”.</p><cite>Captain Peter Wilcox</cite></blockquote>\n<!-- /wp:quote -->\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If you feel helpless - imagine how Peter feels.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If I stop using plastic bags, recycle and am I ‘carbon neutral’? What good is that in the fight against climate change? What can a single person do? I don’t know … <strong>but don’t tell the mosquito in a tent that it is ineffective</strong>.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Moreover, <strong>The United States of America</strong> has pulled out of the Paris Agreement.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Meanwhile, climate activist Greta Thunberg has risen from relative obscurity to Time Person of the Year and nominated for the Nobel Peace prize in less than 18 months, all the while being made fun of by bullies like Donald Trump and Steve Mnuchin.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n<!-- wp:quote -->\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>\"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win”</p></blockquote>\n<!-- /wp:quote -->\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I think we are around stage two/three on ‘climate’.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->",
        "date_published": "2020-01-28T10:38:58+12:00",
        "url": "https://john.philpin.com/2020/01/27/postscript-climate-change.html",
        "tags": ["? PeopleFirst","? LongForm","Newsletter"]
      },
      {
        "id": "http://johnphilpin.micro.blog/2020/01/27/postscript-marketing.html",
        "title": "Postscript : Marketing",
        "content_html": "<!-- wp:block {\"ref\":10672} /-->\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIDA_(marketing)\">AIDA</a> is a marketing model that is well over 100 years old. It has gone through countless iterations, twists and turns. It has been cast out - only to reappear with different words. More stages. Less stages. The ‘Young Turks’ who run today’s corporate marketing department will be using some version of the AIDA model. It is a simple, timeless truth that goes something like this:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n<!-- wp:more -->\n<!-- /wp:more -->\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>For a product, service or idea to gain traction with an individual, that person needs to be attracted in a way that <strong>Attention</strong> is garnered. Once you have that attention, the person needs to become sufficiently <strong>Interested</strong> to learn more. To educate themselves. With that education, the person should then develop a <strong>Desire</strong> to adopt the service, product or thinking so that the <strong>Action</strong> of purchase of ‘adoption of idea’ can be completed.</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>There’s more. While it takes two to tango, it takes an army to change thinking, because the opposition to established ideas, general knowledge and 'plain common sense' is hard. But important and necessary.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>NO need to start a discussion here on civil rights. Is there?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Michael Porter published “<a href=\"https://amzn.to/2RtqQlW\">Competitive Strategy: Techniques for Analyzing Industries and Competitors</a>” in 1980 and introduced the world to The Five Forces Model</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul><li>Competition in the industry</li><li>Potential of new entrants into the industry</li><li>Power of suppliers</li><li>Power of customers</li><li>The threat of substitute products</li></ul>\n<!-- /wp:list -->\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It’s a longer discussion, and maybe not immediately obvious - but we can apply this thinking, with the AIDA model, to build a solid series of campaigns and programs to start to change the dialogue and remind everyone that </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Technology is a tool for people to use - not be used against them.</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->",
        "date_published": "2020-01-28T10:38:10+12:00",
        "url": "https://john.philpin.com/2020/01/27/postscript-marketing.html",
        "tags": ["? PeopleFirst","? LongForm","Newsletter"]
      },
      {
        "id": "http://johnphilpin.micro.blog/2019/12/10/this-weeks-newsletter.html",
        
        "content_html": "<p>This week&rsquo;s <a href=\"https://johnphilpin.substack.com/p/value\">newsletter</a> introduces Value, plays off a Galloway proclamation and recalls an old Geoff Moore video.</p>\n<p>Enjoy.</p>\n",
        "date_published": "2019-12-11T11:18:09+12:00",
        "url": "https://john.philpin.com/2019/12/10/this-weeks-newsletter.html",
        "tags": ["Newsletter"]
      },
      {
        "id": "http://johnphilpin.micro.blog/2019/11/19/a-four-letter.html",
        
        "content_html": "<p><a href=\"https://johnphilpin.substack.com/p/a-four-letter-word-ending-in-k\">A Four Letter Word Ending In K</a> is Issue 26 of the People First Newsletter.</p>\n<p>Conclusion: <strong>There is no ‘Future of Work’</strong>, but there is <strong>Income 2.0</strong>. We need to really come to terms with what that might look like.</p>\n<p>(Not talking UBI, though that might be part of the equation.)</p>\n",
        "date_published": "2019-11-20T07:57:17+12:00",
        "url": "https://john.philpin.com/2019/11/19/a-four-letter.html",
        "tags": ["? PeopleFirst","People First","Newsletter"]
      },
      {
        "id": "http://johnphilpin.micro.blog/2019/10/15/your-id-isnt.html",
        
        "content_html": "<p><a href=\"https://johnphilpin.substack.com/p/your-id-isnt-your-id\">Your Id Isn&rsquo;t Your ID and don’t let them suggest otherwise</a> is the 21st newsletter from People First.</p>\n<p>Let me know what you think and <strong>BIG</strong> shout out to <a href=\"https://micro.blog/colinwalker\">@colinwalker</a> inside of it who unknowingly planted the dynamite under me to get this written and published.</p>\n",
        "date_published": "2019-10-16T12:21:21+12:00",
        "url": "https://john.philpin.com/2019/10/15/your-id-isnt.html",
        "tags": ["? PeopleFirst","Newsletter"]
      },
      {
        "id": "http://johnphilpin.micro.blog/2019/10/15/140638.html",
        "title": "Your Id Isn't Your ID",
        "content_html": "<!-- wp:image {\"id\":8391} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://people-first.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/https-bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-22737916-2c5f-4c56-b70b-4a6215ed51d1_1920x1483-1024x791.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8391\"/><figcaption><em>[ Image by&nbsp;<a href=\"https://pixabay.com/users/johnhain-352999/?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=image&amp;utm_content=795295\">John Hain</a>&nbsp;from&nbsp;<a href=\"https://pixabay.com/\">Pixabay</a>&nbsp;]</em></figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Delighted to report that this one - FINALLY - hit a chord. Not just a small chord - put a very large sonorous one. Ok - some of the chords were - well - <g class=\"gr_ gr_11 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_disable_anim_appear ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"11\" data-gr-id=\"11\">dischordant</g> ... if you will pardon the extension of the musical metaphor. But really - isn't that what it is all about. Dialogue! It's just great to see responses. it means people are really reading and taking things to heart.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Click through, read on and comment back. I want to hear. And once the excitement has died down I wil be sure to do a follow up.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n<!-- wp:html -->\n<p><a href=\"https://johnphilpin.substack.com/p/your-id-isnt-your-id\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"The Recap (opens in a new tab)\">Read More</a></p>\n<!-- /wp:html -->\n<!-- wp:separator -->\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"/>\n<!-- /wp:separator -->\n<!-- wp:block {\"ref\":4121} /-->\n<!-- wp:block {\"ref\":3237} /-->\n",
        "date_published": "2019-10-16T09:06:38+12:00",
        "url": "https://john.philpin.com/2019/10/15/140638.html",
        "tags": ["? PeopleFirst","? LongForm","Newsletter"]
      },
      {
        "id": "http://johnphilpin.micro.blog/2019/10/08/humanit.html",
        "title": "Human-IT",
        "content_html": "<!-- wp:image {\"id\":7737} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://people-first.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/https-bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-1ab4d3ec-5b58-4030-ac6a-4ea5a87e5fe9_3423x2723-1024x815.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7737\"/><figcaption>Human 2 Human - photo credit - Doc Searls</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Human-IT, Human 2 Human, Team Human, Stay Human ... they are all connected and all came up in the last few days</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n<!-- wp:html -->\n<p><a href=\"https://johnphilpin.substack.com/p/human-it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"The Recap (opens in a new tab)\">Read More</a></p>\n<!-- /wp:html -->\n<!-- wp:separator -->\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"/>\n<!-- /wp:separator -->\n<!-- wp:block {\"ref\":4121} /-->\n<!-- wp:block {\"ref\":3237} /-->\n",
        "date_published": "2019-10-09T10:33:09+12:00",
        "url": "https://john.philpin.com/2019/10/08/humanit.html",
        "tags": ["? PeopleFirst","? LongForm","Newsletter"]
      },
      {
        "id": "http://johnphilpin.micro.blog/2019/10/01/dates.html",
        "title": "Dates",
        "content_html": "<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":6377} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2529/2023/10f493f00a.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6377\"/><figcaption><a href=\"https://people-first.net/download/what-is-data/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"What Is Data - A People First ebook (opens in a new tab)\">What Is Data - A People First ebook</a></figcaption></figure></div>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Not the ones you eat.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Not the ones you go on.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The ones you <strong>try</strong> to plan your life around,.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n<!-- wp:html -->\n<p><a href=\"https://johnphilpin.substack.com/p/dates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"The Recap (opens in a new tab)\">Read More</a></p>\n<!-- /wp:html -->\n<!-- wp:separator -->\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"/>\n<!-- /wp:separator -->\n<!-- wp:block {\"ref\":4121} /-->\n<!-- wp:block {\"ref\":3237} /-->\n",
        "date_published": "2019-10-02T10:32:49+12:00",
        "url": "https://john.philpin.com/2019/10/01/dates.html",
        "tags": ["? PeopleFirst","? LongForm","Newsletter"]
      },
      {
        "id": "http://johnphilpin.micro.blog/2019/09/24/if-you-arent.html",
        
        "content_html": "<p>If you aren’t signed up to receive the <a href=\"https://johnphilpin.substack.com/\">People First Newsletter</a> &hellip; today&rsquo;s just dropped &hellip;</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://johnphilpin.substack.com/p/your-identity-your-data-its-personal\">Your Identity. Your Data. It&rsquo;s Personal.</a></p>\n",
        "date_published": "2019-09-25T13:16:50+12:00",
        "url": "https://john.philpin.com/2019/09/24/if-you-arent.html",
        "tags": ["? PeopleFirst","People First","Newsletter"]
      },
      {
        "id": "http://johnphilpin.micro.blog/2019/09/24/your-identity-your.html",
        "title": "Your Identity. Your Data. It's Personal.",
        "content_html": "<!-- wp:image {\"id\":7204} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://people-first.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/The-Business-Equation.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7204\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Exploring 'Data' in the context of 'The People First Business Equation'.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n<!-- wp:html -->\n<p><a href=\"https://johnphilpin.substack.com/p/your-identity-your-data-its-personal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"The Recap (opens in a new tab)\">Read More</a></p>\n<!-- /wp:html -->\n<!-- wp:separator -->\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"/>\n<!-- /wp:separator -->\n<!-- wp:block {\"ref\":4121} /-->\n<!-- wp:block {\"ref\":3237} /-->\n",
        "date_published": "2019-09-25T09:32:09+12:00",
        "url": "https://john.philpin.com/2019/09/24/your-identity-your.html",
        "tags": ["? PeopleFirst","? LongForm","Newsletter"]
      },
      {
        "id": "http://johnphilpin.micro.blog/2019/09/17/dirty-secrets.html",
        "title": "Dirty Secrets",
        "content_html": "<!-- wp:image {\"id\":7730} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://people-first.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/https-bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-f105a7b6-7f01-4886-9d61-4f1b50abcb3a_2880x1620-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7730\"/><figcaption>Nick Hanauer - Rebel VC?</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A Ted Talk from Nick Hanauer - rebel VC ... if that isn't an oxymoron!</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Interesting that he concludes his talk with 5 rules of thumb behind 'the new economics' that answers the question. Interesting because all 5 are some of the building bricks (tenets) of the Pillars of the People First Business Equation.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n<!-- wp:html -->\n<p><a href=\"https://johnphilpin.substack.com/p/dirty-secrets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"The Recap (opens in a new tab)\">Read More</a></p>\n<!-- /wp:html -->\n<!-- wp:separator -->\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"/>\n<!-- /wp:separator -->\n<!-- wp:block {\"ref\":4121} /-->\n<!-- wp:block {\"ref\":3237} /-->\n",
        "date_published": "2019-09-18T10:31:31+12:00",
        "url": "https://john.philpin.com/2019/09/17/dirty-secrets.html",
        "tags": ["? PeopleFirst","? LongForm","Newsletter"]
      },
      {
        "id": "http://johnphilpin.micro.blog/2019/09/17/number-just-hit.html",
        
        "content_html": "<p>Number 17 just hit the decks …</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://johnphilpin.substack.com/p/dirty-secrets\">Dirty Secrets - But can they really be secrets if everyone knows?</a></p>\n",
        "date_published": "2019-09-18T03:00:11+12:00",
        "url": "https://john.philpin.com/2019/09/17/number-just-hit.html",
        "tags": ["People First","Newsletter"]
      },
      {
        "id": "http://johnphilpin.micro.blog/2019/09/13/did-i-mention.html",
        
        "content_html": "<p>🎵 Did I mention that this week&rsquo;s newsletter is out &hellip; it dropped on Tuesday.</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://johnphilpin.substack.com/p/rewriting-history\">Exploring Punk Floyd (no typos)</a> and the rewriting of history.</p>\n",
        "date_published": "2019-09-14T04:20:59+12:00",
        "url": "https://john.philpin.com/2019/09/13/did-i-mention.html",
        "tags": ["? Music","People First","Newsletter"]
      },
      {
        "id": "http://johnphilpin.micro.blog/2019/09/03/stop.html",
        "title": "STOP",
        "content_html": "<!-- wp:image {\"id\":7303} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://people-first.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/https-bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-9fac4174-06cd-418f-836a-921c460d2878_960x640.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7303\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Not much more to say ... sometime we just have to .... stop.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n<!-- wp:html -->\n<p><a href=\"https://johnphilpin.substack.com/p/stop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"The Recap (opens in a new tab)\">Read More</a></p>\n<!-- /wp:html -->\n<!-- wp:separator -->\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"/>\n<!-- /wp:separator -->\n<!-- wp:block {\"ref\":4121} /-->\n<!-- wp:block {\"ref\":3237} /-->\n",
        "date_published": "2019-09-04T10:09:23+12:00",
        "url": "https://john.philpin.com/2019/09/03/stop.html",
        "tags": ["? PeopleFirst","? LongForm","Newsletter"]
      },
      {
        "id": "http://johnphilpin.micro.blog/2019/08/20/fitting-in-might.html",
        
        "content_html": "<p><a href=\"https://johnphilpin.substack.com/p/fitting-in-might-be-all-bullshit\">Fitting In Might Be All Bullshit</a> &hellip; the latest newsletter from People First has just been published. Enjoy.</p>\n",
        "date_published": "2019-08-21T11:20:46+12:00",
        "url": "https://john.philpin.com/2019/08/20/fitting-in-might.html",
        "tags": ["? PeopleFirst","Newsletter"]
      },
      {
        "id": "http://johnphilpin.micro.blog/2019/08/13/just-published-this.html",
        
        "content_html": "<p><a href=\"https://johnphilpin.substack.com/p/people-first\">Just published this week’s People First Newsletter …</a> &hellip; are you subscribed?</p>\n",
        "date_published": "2019-08-14T04:21:46+12:00",
        "url": "https://john.philpin.com/2019/08/13/just-published-this.html",
        "tags": ["? PeopleFirst","Newsletter"]
      },
      {
        "id": "http://johnphilpin.micro.blog/2019/06/11/newsletter-from-people.html",
        
        "content_html": "<p>Newsletter 3 from People First just when live&hellip;</p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https://johnphilpin.substack.com/p/people-first-issue-3\">Humanity</a></strong></p>\n",
        "date_published": "2019-06-12T09:27:00+12:00",
        "url": "https://john.philpin.com/2019/06/11/newsletter-from-people.html",
        "tags": ["? PeopleFirst","People First","Newsletter"]
      },
      {
        "id": "http://johnphilpin.micro.blog/2019/06/04/supply-and-demand.html",
        "title": "Supply and Demand",
        "content_html": "<!-- wp:gallery {\"ids\":[3240]} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img src=\"https://people-first.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/https-bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-505740e2-6d69-4b44-9ab4-fde8c59eacc5_960x599.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3240\" data-link=\"https://people-first.net/?attachment_id=3240\" class=\"wp-image-3240\"/></figure></li></ul></figure>\n<!-- /wp:gallery -->\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>We have been trained to think that;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul><li>The ‘<strong>supply chain</strong>’ is where businesses buy what they need to produce the products and services they sell to other businesses and people.</li><li>The ‘<strong>market place</strong>’ is where businesses sell their wares to other businesses and people.</li></ul>\n<!-- /wp:list -->\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>But we've been thinking about it all wrong (<a href=\"https://johnphilpin.substack.com/p/people-first-supply-and-demand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"more (opens in a new tab)\">more</a>)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n<!-- wp:separator -->\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"/>\n<!-- /wp:separator -->\n<!-- wp:block {\"ref\":4121} /-->\n<!-- wp:block {\"ref\":3237} /-->\n",
        "date_published": "2019-06-05T08:27:05+12:00",
        "url": "https://john.philpin.com/2019/06/04/supply-and-demand.html",
        "tags": ["? PeopleFirst","? LongForm","Newsletter"]
      },
      {
        "id": "http://johnphilpin.micro.blog/2019/06/01/an-introduction.html",
        "title": "An Introduction",
        "content_html": "<!-- wp:gallery {\"ids\":[3211]} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img src=\"https://people-first.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/https-bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-a4143372-bd08-462b-b73b-df8127f425b7_1728x1100-1024x652.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3211\" data-link=\"https://people-first.net/https-bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984-s3-amazonaws-com-public-images-a4143372-bd08-462b-b73b-df8127f425b7_1728x1100-jpeg/\" class=\"wp-image-3211\"/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Cogs In The Machine</figcaption></figure></li></ul></figure>\n<!-- /wp:gallery -->\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2>In Brief</h2>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>People make their money through ‘business’.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>People save or spend their money with a ‘business’.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>People are thus central to any business.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>So why does it seem that People are an afterthought<g class=\"gr_ gr_13 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_disable_anim_appear Style replaceWithoutSep\" id=\"13\" data-gr-id=\"13\">?</g></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>People First is focussed on a new way for People and Business to engage<g class=\"gr_ gr_12 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_disable_anim_appear Style replaceWithoutSep\" id=\"12\" data-gr-id=\"12\">.</g></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>We put people at the </strong><g class=\"gr_ gr_5 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_disable_anim_appear ContextualSpelling multiReplace\" id=\"5\" data-gr-id=\"5\"><strong>center</strong></g><strong> of ‘The Business Equation’ because ‘The Future Of Work’ is only part of the problem, the bigger problem is ‘The Future of Business’.</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><a href=\"https://johnphilpin.substack.com/p/people-first-an-introduction\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Read The Whole Newsletter Here (opens in a new tab)\">Read The Rest.</a></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n<!-- wp:separator -->\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"/>\n<!-- /wp:separator -->\n<!-- wp:block {\"ref\":4121} /-->\n<!-- wp:block {\"ref\":3237} /-->\n",
        "date_published": "2019-06-02T04:42:18+12:00",
        "url": "https://john.philpin.com/2019/06/01/an-introduction.html",
        "tags": ["? PeopleFirst","? LongForm","Newsletter"]
      },
      {
        "id": "http://johnphilpin.micro.blog/2019/05/31/my-new-people.html",
        
        "content_html": "<p>My New <strong><a href=\"https://johnphilpin.substack.com/p/people-first-an-introduction\">People First Newsletter</a></strong> formally launched this morning.</p>\n<p>Any and all comments welcome - not to mention <a href=\"https://johnphilpin.substack.com/subscribe\">subscribes</a> 😊</p>\n",
        "date_published": "2019-06-01T02:06:14+12:00",
        "url": "https://john.philpin.com/2019/05/31/my-new-people.html",
        "tags": ["? PeopleFirst","People First","Newsletter"]
      },
      {
        "id": "http://johnphilpin.micro.blog/2019/05/29/newsletter-link-added.html",
        
        "content_html": "<p>Newsletter link added to my <a href=\"https://john.philpin.com\">site</a> in anticipation of the formal launch of the People First Newsletter on Friday.</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://john.philpin.com/newsletter/\">Sign up to keep up with People First</a></p>\n",
        "date_published": "2019-05-30T11:59:16+12:00",
        "url": "https://john.philpin.com/2019/05/29/newsletter-link-added.html",
        "tags": ["? PeopleFirst","People First","Newsletter"]
      },
      {
        "id": "http://johnphilpin.micro.blog/2019/05/20/and-substack-it.html",
        
        "content_html": "<p><strong>And Substack It Is.</strong></p>\n<p>Just in the process of culling ‘The Chimp' and <strong>Killing</strong> TinyLetter (thankyou <a href=\"https://micro.blog/simonwoods\">@simonwoods</a> )</p>\n<p>If you want to subscribe …. <a href=\"https://johnphilpin.substack.com/subscribe\">Sign Up For The People First Newsletter</a></p>\n",
        "date_published": "2019-05-21T11:11:53+12:00",
        "url": "https://john.philpin.com/2019/05/20/and-substack-it.html",
        "tags": ["? PeopleFirst","People First","Newsletter"]
      }
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