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Monthly Archives: June 2010
The Best Way to Combat Bad Press is Excellence
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 [...]
The Future, It’s About People..
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
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What is the Motivation of Making Gangplank Free?
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
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SBR: Linchpin by Seth Godin
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
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Political Bites: Door to Door Solicitors
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 [...]
The World is Changing and so is our Economy
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
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Sunday Book Review: The Great Reset by Richard Florida
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 [...]
Posted in Community, Creativity, Education, Sunday Book Review
Tagged creative class, creatives, downtown, economic development, Education, innovation, planning, reading, reset
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Political Bites: Mesa Graywater Decisions
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 [...]
Posted in AZ, Political Bites
Tagged arizona, Community, mesa, policy, water conservation
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Coworking is a commodity. It is a race to the bottom.
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 [...]
Posted in Gangplank
Tagged chandler, Community, Gangplank, innovation, motivation, phoenix, theory
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Sunday Review: Things I Overheard While Talking To Myself by Alan Alda
Take Away: Great words of wisdom. I grew up watching MASH and always liked Alda, but I had no idea how brilliant he really is, well worth the read.
Posted in Sunday Book Review
Tagged alan alda, commencement speeches, Education, excellence, mash, motivation, reading, wisdom
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