Tag Archives: Influence

The Death of the Alpha Leader

by on May 18, 2011 in Creating Culture, Influence

We now live in an automagical world.  A world that is composed of not one future, but multiple futures. A world of self-chosen communities or tribes that are nodes in large, complex networks of such groups. A world in which hierarchal pyramids of control are crumbling and the Taylorism world of precise affluence has become [...]

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5 Steps To Creating a “Roar” By Utilizing Social Networks

by on November 3, 2010 in Creating Culture, Influence

This post is, at its core, about the power of linked people who, when acting together, can roar. “Obscure” social communities can exercise their influence in a powerful way by creating culture in their own space. This “linked” influence has the potential for effective change. “A linked group of users can also create a positive [...]

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The World’s Greatest Books Everybody Says They Have Read—And Haven’t—But Should

by on September 15, 2010 in Influence

When I was a skinny eager ten-year-old growing up in the poverty of the Appalachians, my mother somehow saved enough money to buy me 100 of the World’s Greatest Classics. I will never forget the day the first five volumes arrived, all in plain white paperback covers with stark black and white titles. But as [...]

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Three Days With My Father

by on March 3, 2010 in My Writings

The last road trip my Dad and I took was when I was fifteen. That would be over thirty-four years ago. To put the year 1973 into perspective – Nixon was President, Ms Billy Jean King defeated Bobby Riggs in a tennis match billed as the battle of the sexes, Linda Blair scared the hell [...]

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