I just read Nancy Duarte’s analysis of Bill Gates’ TED presentation. The classic comparison of presentation styles between Steve Jobs and Bill Gates has been written about a lot before. What a contrast to the many comments of how boring Bill Gates’ presentations normally are.
This week at TED, Bill came through with flying colors.
What changed?
Gone [...]
As we approach the end of the year, we all think about New Year’s resolutions. Instead of making a whole bunch of new resolutions, I thought I’d share a 12 point checklist on leadership that I just discovered in an old journal of mine. I made this list for myself back in 2003 and think [...]
One year ago, I wrote a blog post entitled, “A Personal Crossroads : Choosing Light or Darkness:
We have been seduced by the “American Dream” for the past 20+ years, borrowed money we couldn’t afford, bought things we didn’t need and speculated wantonly in the pursuit of more and more. Avarice and stupidity at their respective [...]
We’ve all witnessed the crash-and-burn of Tiger Woods over the past few weeks.
At first his corporate sponsors stood behind him but then in the past few days both Gillette and Accenture have officially dumped him. Nike is still standing by him but that is understandable given that they are more than just sponsors — [...]
Starting on Friday night, December 11, I’ll spend 8 nights lighting candles for Chanukah. Every year, I’m reminded of why these days matter. Because by a miracle, oil enough for one day burned long enough to last eight days. As with our faith, and as with many things in life, a little proved to go [...]
There has been a lot of positive sentiment recently around the trend of releasing government data to the public. Some prime examples are Washington DC’s Apps for Democracy contest and Toronto’s OpenTO initiative. The noble intentions are to spark innovation, transparency and discovery.
However, here’s a scary tale from the New York Times Magazine’s Ninth Annual [...]
As we approach the end of another year and the end of the first decade of the 21st century, it is time to celebrate our successes, express our gratitude and share some festive time with our family and friends.
It’s also a time to reflect back and examine the challenges and obstacles that were offered to [...]
This past week we’ve witnessed a global celebration of the entrepreneurial spirit. I haven’t slept much all week as I’ve been busy networking, listening, learning and participating in a whole bunch of events in Ontario — Entrepreneurship Week in the Waterloo area, the Ivey Venture Forum in Toronto and SproutUp to name a few.
What a [...]
I’m at Entrepreneurship Week in Waterloo waiting to hear from one of the Facebook founders (Chris Hughes, not Mark Z) and thinking about evolution in the corporate world.
Microsoft has morphed to become the new IBM.
Google is morphing to become the new Microsoft.
Facebook is morphing to become the new Google.
Twitter has aspirations to become the new [...]
I was (pleasantly) surprised to receive this promo email from PayPal today:
It appears that La Senza is starting to apply some of the lessons learned by it’s US owner, Limited Brands, north of the border. The owner of Victoria’s Secret purchased La Senza for $628 million back in January 2007 and it has had huge [...]
