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Sometimes the task in front of me seems to be so large and never-ending that I get despondent. And then I read something like this and I just tell myself to shut up and get on with it.

John …

At Booming Toptal, No Stock for Employees or Investors

I mean none - 100% owned by Taso Du Val and I assume none by all the rest on this page.

As Toptal’s Chief Executive Officer, Taso manages …

It a little more political than the usual People First fayre - but the fact is everything ... everything ... is becoming political in these times. So, why not.

How much poison are you willing …

It’s easy enough to carry a Legal and General umbrella in a sea of ‘bankers black umbrellas’, it’s a very different proposition to take a more meaningful stand against the status quo.

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Leading US bosses drop shareholder-first principle.

As the article opens ...

"The real test will be in deeds not words."

Have to say until action - and I mean real action - this jury is out!

Read the opinion by Larry Elliott in The Guardian

Watching. I don’t think People First has won just yet!


I have a schedule of material that I am working on, but what would you like to read about next? What drives you to read this weekly missive? What topics are you most interested in reading about. Learning about?

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Content is a horrible, generic, cheap, ‘anything will do’ kind of word. Which is why it has no value.

STOP using their words to describe OUR work. OUR soul. OUR beliefs. Our passion. OUR effort.

START using our words to describe OUR work. OUR soul. OUR beliefs. Our passion. OUR effort.

The Recap


Though this Newsletter has been around intermittently for a few years now, I only harnessed it as a vehicle to share People First thinking in May of this year, Issue One going out on May 31st. …

Albert-László Barabási

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Alberto Laszlo Barabasi @ LinkedIN

Alberto is a pioneer in network science, Albert-László Barabási uncovers the hidden order behind complex systems.

My Thoughts …

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Friends Don't Let Friends Write Content

I have had versions of this article on a number of different blogs and publications for years. The time has come to formalize it, since content, its ownership and how we think about it, is central to …

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