Do you remember the game show “Let’s Make a Deal” from the ’70s? Basically contestants had to choose between the “deal” that was presented to them by the emcee and what was behind “curtain #1,” or #2 or #3… Now even though they knew they could end up with 150 jars of peanut butter or a […]
A world without boredom
I can still feel the boredom of riding in “the middle” of the back seat of my parents’ 1974 orange Datsun–without a car seat or even seat belt because they weren’t yet the law, let alone, safety features–and whining, “are we there yet?” and 30-seconds later, “when are we going to be there!” “In a little while,” my parents […]
Retrobuilding Part 2: Impact on Relationships
Today I attended a seminar that Shel Holtz did on using social media to communicate with your customers. He quoted from a recent study that for 62% of content consumed by Digital Natives is created by someone they know personally. It got me thinking again about how we–Digital Immigrants–will be the last generation to retrobuild our social […]
Walking the Walk: 5 Learnings From Observing Digital Natives
Life and Learning are Not Linear: in the digital era life and learning are unexpected, chaotic, and random; be open, and you will be successful at both You Have a Single Persona: the professional and personal are cohesive so don’t waste your time and energy trying to separate them Learning is Doing: don’t […]
