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06/12/2020

Fill in the blanks..

~ Seth Godin

150 years ago, the periodic table of the elements was published.

It’s a truly stunning achievement because it predates the electron microscope. It’s a bit like labeling all the colors in a box of crayons in a world with nothing but very dim light.

Once the structure of the table was understood, its creator Dmitri Mendeleyev had a problem. Some of the elements that needed to be on it hadn’t been discovered yet. He knew that something needed to fill a slot, but he wasn’t exactly sure what.

And so he left the square blank.

Which inspired other scientists to go looking for what needed to fill in that empty slot.

Much of the innovation of the internet has worked this way. As well as developments in urban planning, civil society and small business as well.

Once you see the grid, you can see the empty boxes. And then go fill them.

09/29/2019

Learn. UnLearn. ReLearn.

It’s worth remembering that if someone knows how to do something, that means, with sufficient effort, you could probably learn it too. You might not be willing to put in the time and effort, …

07/02/2019

Seth Godin
Horizontal leadership
The first week of business school was pretty miserable for me. I had no idea if the others were feeling as underwater as I was, because I was focused on my own challenges.

And then, a few days into the semester, Chip Conley, a fellow student, put a note in my campus mailbox. To paraphrase, “I’m organizing a five-person brainstorming group, and I’m hoping you can join us.”

Chip wasn’t in charge of anything. Like me, he was one of the youngest students in the class. But he realized that the best way forward was together, so he reached out and changed the lives of four fellow travelers. By assembling a few others, he created magic, possibility and connection.

What can you organize today?

09/26/2015

The Dream Begins..