Archive for the ‘Marketing’ Category

Monday, February 6th, 2006

Learning and Learned

Are you Learned? Or are you Learning? You know what I mean. Are you…

Learned? Have you found your niche? Do you own and use great technology? Can you talk about it, wax eloquent? Are you comfortable with all the change around you? Are you confident in your beliefs and practices? Do you project that sureness? Or, are you…

Learning? A seeker? (No, not the Quidditch kind…) Are you a seeker of knowledge, of ideas and experiences? A hunter of new thinking of new skill sets of new truth and paradigms? Are you a little uncomfortable or not as confident (outside of therapy) with sharing your need to explore and experiment?

Read on...>>
Posted by David on 02/06 at 09:47 PM
  • to Martin : I guess we should not be wondering this, or at least this should not be more important for you than "I know where I am and I know where I'm taking my client to". Because if you ask the question you position yourself in the "learning" part. Which is good, of course, because it demands putting yourself ...
    Read more >
    Posted by Ningre Alexandre on 2006-02-09 13:31:23
  • yes yes yes - you all are right. but this reminds me of one of the first sayings we learned in school: "non scolae sed vitae discimus". for all you non-latin speakers: this means we do not learn for school but for life. the truth, nevertheless, was that if I got too much of a 6 (english: E), my teachers ...
    Read more >
    Posted by Martin Steinhausen on 2006-02-09 09:44:45
  • People are afraid of learning, because inevtitably learning means making mistakes. Not all culture are so open and willing to accept or more importantly admit to mistakes. The art is to turn those mistakes into positives and learnings, beacause that, in the end is what they are. A poorly performimg campaign can't be brushed under the carpet, it must be analysed ...
    Read more >
    Posted by Nick Annetts on 2006-02-08 03:02:27
Monday, January 30th, 2006

Simplicity

Funny how simplicity seems to resonate through the ages. Try this – do a search on simplicity and look for quotes using a variety of variables. You will be amazed at how many scientists, philosophers, designers, thinkers, and doers – you name it – believe that simplicity is a powerful advantage for getting things done.

Think on this – as complicated as the world might seem at times and as convoluted as it gets, most of the so-called “laws of the Universe” are pretty simple. It’s funny how the best creative ideas seem to mirror the simplicity theme too. You know what I mean – those completely obvious solutions that make you slap your forehead and say, “why didn’t I think of that?” But you didn’t…

Read on...>>
Posted by David on 01/30 at 06:08 PM
  • "Simplify, simplify."
    Read more >
    Posted by David on 2006-01-31 18:30:47
  • Could 'simple' (as we are discussing here) be a quality or concept that we, as humans, can all eventually grasp? A lowest common denominator perhaps and something that we can't truly understand why we relate to? - like Kant's Transcendental Idealism, if we want to continue the Philosophical theme. It may take us years to reach (i.e. laws of the universe ...
    Read more >
    Posted by Sarah Mason on 2006-01-31 17:39:38
  • I agree with your view 'keep it simple, stupid', however I don't agree with your view that if you have to explain an idea it has failed. Think back to 'Plato's Cave' - the point that every individual/organisation is different and has a different 'Plato's Cave' life experience. Baring this in mind, communicating an idea has to be adjusted ...
    Read more >
    Posted by Lisa Cook on 2006-01-31 10:04:44
Tuesday, January 24th, 2006

Ben Franklin

One of my favourite historical figures of all time – ranking right up there with Leonardo, Michelangelo, Beethoven and the Beatles – is Benjamin Franklin. This month was his 300th birthday. Bummer I wasn’t invited to the party…

Much like my other heroes, Franklin was a renaissance man. A poor boy, the youngest son of a youngest son (he was number 10) he arrived in the city of Philadelphia poor, and died an icon.

Read on...>>
Posted by David on 01/24 at 04:51 PM
Tags: ,
  • to lisa's comment: I agree that even changing needs (not: takes) it's time. unfortunately, I have the feeling that today "in this modern world" change often is seen as a means to an end. the ability to step back and think things over - at least for a while - has been amputated by all the blessing of modern communication. if ...
    Read more >
    Posted by Martin Steinhausen on 2006-01-30 08:28:52
  • Weigh in and win....I guess I could have written Free Sex and seen the results -- seems to work on the web.....but that wasnt the point -- my expectation for this blog as outlined in the first posting was that it be a place to build on thinking; ideas; concepts and that folks who took the time would do so ...
    Read more >
    Posted by David Sable on 2006-01-26 03:30:40
  • so,where is the prize? I come cause your subject also, don't tell it's a unfulfilled promise ^0^
    Read more >
    Posted by olive on 2006-01-25 01:57:57