They say 70% of strategic initiatives fail, and of those that succeed are only 60% effective. In an environment of uncertaintly, chaos theory presents a likely explanation. My question to you is: will you 1) pretend it does not exist; 2) attempt to conform it to your will; or 3) accept and embrace it with open arms?
What is the most important thing you can be doing right now? We asked ourselves that question in the studio as we munched Cocoa Pops during our recent studio breakfast session reviewing Covey’s Habit 3: Putting First Things First.
What would you consider your centre? Where are your values focused and from where do you draw your security, guidance, wisdom, and power? These are questions Covey asks and we ask ourselves in the studio we work through in the second part of Habit 2: Keeping the End in Mind.
I posted a while back about the complexities of our self-worship of the consumer god. Looking into our deific motivations a bit more for some recent research, this consumer god is a pretty complex creature. Just have a look at the diagram below* for some of the explanations that we have come up with to explain and “simplify” the purchasing process…
If you have dealt with anyone you have considered a “client” or “customer”, you join millions who have followed a fairly typical five-step approach. You 1) define objectives, 2) work out how (or if) you can meet those objectives, 3) apply effort towards meeting those objectives, 4) deliver against those objectives, and 5) look back to see how you did. As we continue our studio journey through Covey’s 7 Habits with “Habit 2: keeping the end in mind”, we ask ourselves what it would look like to do step 5 on both ends.
We recently started a morning “breakfast club” in the studio, and first topic is the desktop reading of Covey’s .Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. His first principle of being proactive has unique application to a digital studio such as ours. …read more »
A bit of investigation for an upcoming research project provides an opportunity for bloggable show-and-tell. Our industry is one with a colorful past and a bright future, despite the direction on the graph. …read more »
I often hear or say, “If only I had time to do nothing! I would get so much done”. My four week plan to do just that is near an end, and I am approaching my launch back into the commercial game with confidence and caution. ...read more »
I control god.
I say this statement not as some may think from my awareness as a self-important American, and it is most assuredly not related to my mono-theist worldview. This statement instead comes from my humbled position in the online marketing and technology industry. …read more »
