Monthly Archives: June 2010

The Best Way to Combat Bad Press is Excellence

Posted on June 29, 2010 by Derek Neighbors

Watching leaders in Arizona run around like chickens with their heads cut off about boycotts and SB 1070 is almost comical. The Greater Phoenix Economic Council, Greater Phoenix Leadership, Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and Greater Phoenix Chamber of [...]

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The Future, It’s About People..

Posted on June 28, 2010 by Derek Neighbors

We have been talking about concepts in software development for the last few years at Integrum getting back to humanity. That the separation of goals and values between developers, product owners and users is out of control. We have executed [...]

Posted in Community, Creativity | Tagged Community, Creativity, Gangplank, Integrum, motivation, theory | 1 Comment

What is the Motivation of Making Gangplank Free?

Posted on June 28, 2010 by Derek Neighbors

A common question is “How does Gangplank work? Why is everything free?”. The common theory is that if you don’t charge people something they won’t see any value in it. Maybe if they are working on an assembly line, but [...]

Posted in Creativity, Productivity | Tagged creative class, creatives, excellence, incentives, motivation, theory | 1 Comment

SBR: Linchpin by Seth Godin

Posted on June 27, 2010 by Derek Neighbors

Linchpin: Are You Indispensable? by Seth Godin
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Seth is back. He really gets it right on this one. This is an excellent book to pair with Richard Florida’s Reset. The world and they [...]

Posted in Creativity, Sunday Book Review | Tagged Community, creative class, creatives, Creativity, discipline, economic development, Education, excellence, innovation, motivation, reading | Comments Off

Political Bites: Door to Door Solicitors

Posted on June 26, 2010 by Derek Neighbors

Should door-to-door solicitors be regulated more or less than they already are?
Do we really need more government regulation? Is this really an issue that should be taking the time of Phoenix’s leadership during one of the worst recessions the city [...]

Posted in Political Bites | Tagged arizona, phoenix, policy, politics, soliciting | 1 Comment

The World is Changing and so is our Economy

Posted on June 21, 2010 by Derek Neighbors

We might be in the midst of a recession, but I don’t think we have seen anything yet. Most of America is not willing to acknowledge a few key concepts.
1. Things won’t bounce back to where they were, expect recovery [...]

Posted in Community, Education, Personal | Tagged chandler, Community, creatives, Creativity, decay, detroit, economic development, innovation, motivation, phoenix, recession, theory, urban decay | 4 Comments

Sunday Book Review: The Great Reset by Richard Florida

Posted on June 20, 2010 by Derek Neighbors

The Great Reset: How New Ways of Living and Working Drive Post-Crash Prosperity by Richard Florida
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Richard Florida returns to form in this book. He is spot on in his assessments of our current [...]

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Political Bites: Mesa Graywater Decisions

Posted on June 19, 2010 by Derek Neighbors

Should cities require buildings to incorporate water-saving techniques, similar to what Tucson is doing?
Conservation of water is critical when building cities in the middle of a desert. I am curious if Mesa residents get a credit for helping Mesa fulfill [...]

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Coworking is a commodity. It is a race to the bottom.

Posted on June 14, 2010 by Derek Neighbors

I read “A case against ‘free trial coworking‘” by Alex Hillman from IndyHall and it reminded why I can’t relate to the coworking movement. I purposefully use the word collaborative workspace when talking about Gangplank because implying that there is [...]