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Comment on The Apocalypse is bad for business by Uri Baruchin

Uri Baruchin — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:10:41 +0000

Cross-posting this recently published post on my blog.

Comment on It’s good to know by Nice Brand It photos | Brandett

Nice Brand It photos | Brandett — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 19:12:07 +0000

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Comment on The 10 habits of highly creative people, applied to creative companies by Uri B.

Uri B. — Wed, 16 May 2012 10:03:38 +0000

That’s so true.
Thanks for this comment.
As a bonus aside, just for you – have a look at his “flow” model and ask yourself in which “territory” the financial crisis is putting the average person. :-/

Comment on The 10 habits of highly creative people, applied to creative companies by Lisa Meekison

Lisa Meekison — Tue, 15 May 2012 20:58:34 +0000

Love the way you’ve taken Csikszentmihalyi’s work on creativity and applied it to companies: it makes a lot of sense. I was particularly struck by the idea of a creative company needing to combine energy and rest/focus. I think too many companies get stuck in a mad rush for innovation, which can seem to become a goal unto itself. Focus keeps it balanced: is it on strategy? Has one given an idea enough time to develop fully? Is it worth doing? Does it add something to the firm/the world? Also, rest – either literal, physical rest or a break from something – helps to give us the objectivity we need to balance our passion.

Comment on Marketing Plots: the search for meaning trap (and New Year’s resolutions) by Uri Baruchin

Uri Baruchin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:25:56 +0000

My point is that you need both “doing” and “being” to change. What I describe are organisations (and people) who’d rather reflect forever rather than do anything. Partly it’s fear of failure, partly it’s being too attached to the satisfying feeling pure reflection provides. (I have a longer article describing the causes and dynamic in full, but it’s currently held hostage…)

Incidentally, “The Learning Organisation” paradigm (how very 90′s), like branding, can also be used just as another matrix to stay within…

Comment on Marketing Plots: the search for meaning trap (and New Year’s resolutions) by Hanan Cohen

Hanan Cohen — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:18:23 +0000

What you describe are organizations that separate “doing” from self reflecting or “learning”.

Learning should be intentionally interwoven into the daily life of the organization.

Self reflecting should be intentional, insights that are collected from self reflection should be published and management should be open to accept feedback from all the stakeholders.

Comment on Focus groups – just not a predictive tool by Focus Group Fou-Fou « NEWLOGIC

Focus Group Fou-Fou « NEWLOGIC — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 04:25:47 +0000

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Comment on The hidden treasures of Amazon 1-Star reviews by Matt Woods

Matt Woods — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 10:23:21 +0000

Hilarious. The fine line between genuine stupidity and insightful sarcasm is a rich seam to mine for laughs!

Comment on 5 Principles for the Agency of the Future by Uri Baruchin

Uri Baruchin — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 12:36:38 +0000

Wouldn’t have it any other way. Thank you for making it CC, it’s perfect.

Comment on Marketing Plots: The ends/means fallacy. Bare assertion and the world’s most common strategic error. by Limor

Limor — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 18:33:57 +0000

Hilarious but sadly so true.