Most of us don’t think about our water supply beyond the fact that we need and use it every day to survive. But my awareness of what it takes to provide communities with potable water has increased over the past few months, thanks to our Open Assembly Collective member Yorkshire Water.
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6 Things To Learn About Innovating In The Gig Economy From The Disruptive Power Of An Avalanche
Recently, I was in Alaska skiing in the Tordrillos with the good folks from Inkwell including Jimmy Chin and Mark Healey. On several of the runs I was haunted by the memories of an avalanche I was in several years ago.
Embrace And Learn From Disruption
My life, over the past several years, has been shaken up, multiple times. Anyone who knows me, knows this. I live with the results of this disruption every day. I haven’t forgotten it, but that’s not what I want to write about here. Right now, I want to write about where I’m at today.
The Gig Lifestyle Offers Even The Most Skilled Among Us The Chance To Live Their Dream
I just returned from skiing in Alaska at the Tordrillo Mountain Lodge with Jimmy Chin, Travis Rice, Mark Healey and a bunch of other folks. You could say all of us are gig workers, but I was especially impressed with our guide, Wes Wylie, who’s designed an unconventional life for himself.
Sometimes, Companies Are Tapping The Gig Economy Without C-Suite Awareness
A couple of weeks ago I let you know about the launch of the Open Assembly Collective which, essentially is a community of CEOs, Harvard Scholars, and executive level leaders who are passionate about and share the common goal of changing the paradigm and mindset of how people work. Our focus is to co-create and build the foundation for the future of work.
Does Your Company’s Plan Include The Gig Economy? If Not, You’ll Miss Out On The Best Talent
The other day my team was trying to find images for the launch of our new website and we were falling short. It’s easy to find images online that are free and good enough. It’s much harder to find higher quality images that are amazing and inspire and leave viewers feeling exactly the way you want your brand to leave them feeling.
Now You Can Make Perfect Toast, Thanks To A Global Network of Math Whizzes
A friend of mine tells me that her teenage daughter always rejects the toast she prepares. Every morning, no matter how hard she tries, the bread is either under-toasted or over-toasted, but never just right. Does some version of this sound familiar to those of you with teens or picky eaters?
Don’t Retrain Your Team—Instead, Tap The Expertise Of Gig Workers On Demand
I do a lot of work with Mike Morris, the CEO of Topcoder, which is a talent network and crowdsourcing platform. Morris told me about an awesome and fun competition they ran last week inspired by quantum computing to solve the world’s most difficult Sudoku.
Will Passionate Community Replace Influencers? They Already Have.
My friend and Open Assembly (OA) Advisor Steve Rader was furloughed during the recent government shutdown. Steve is the Deputy Director of NASA’s Center of Excellence for Collaborative Innovation (CoECI), a founding member of our Collective, and a guy who’s helped bring open tools like crowdsourcing and a gig mindset to government organizations.
