by Whitney | Jun 10, 2009 | business, community, education
There’s nothing more frustrating than feeling powerless. But what’s more tragic is when people actually have the tools at hand to change their situation, but feel trapped or unable to act. Psychologists call this learned helplessness. One of the best...
by Whitney | Dec 14, 2008 | business, community, economics, new media, recommendations
My friend, Chris Brogan, has gotten some missiles lobbed his way because of a sponsored post he did recently over at his Dad-o-Matic blog regarding K-mart. Apparently, some people took offense at this, while others seemed to think it was fine (here, here, here, here,...
by Whitney | Nov 22, 2008 | business, community, economics
We want to have the news reported as soon as it can be; we have a 24 by 7 newscycle that makes it hard for anything to be quiet for very long. In fact, i am not sure what the test for “newsworthy” is anymore, but I would love to know. When I hear GM is in...
by Whitney | Oct 29, 2008 | business, community, new media, social media
“Business Relationships” used to sound like an oxymoron- there was business, and then there were relationships, friendships, you had outside of the business or work world. Companies classically (and probably still do in many places) discourage workplace...
by Whitney | Oct 16, 2008 | business, community, economics, finance, happiness, learning, new media, recommendations
I’m interviewing Marcus Buckingham for my podcast, and I got to thinking about a quote from an old book of his that can be best paraphrased as what’s common sense and obvious to you, isn’t always obvious to the next person. Your insights seem like...
by Whitney | Oct 15, 2008 | business, community, new media, podcamp, politics, social media
For those of you who may be new here, I’ve been “embedded” in social media now for almost three years. Not as long as some, longer than others. I never saw myself as doing anything radical, or against the tide. I always saw new media as a way to...
