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Re: Daycare

Retail$mart — Thu, 28 Jun 2018 06:45:07 -0000

Brett- posts like these and countless others mark you as one of the few original thinkers in our current society. Cheers

Re: Open Letter to Peter Fitzsimons

Retail$mart — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 02:55:34 -0000

not wanting to do clickbait, but rather than long comment, my take here: https://veritasdeivincit.wo...

And well said sir.

Re: The Ad Contrarian: Subversive Thoughts About Marketing

Retail$mart — Mon, 28 Nov 2016 18:14:06 -0000

And the smart people are catching on
http://sloanreview.mit.edu/...

Re: Plot twist

Retail$mart — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 18:23:56 -0000

Well said

Re: Plot twist

Retail$mart — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 02:14:43 -0000

You wrote:
"Instead, their storytelling brains wove heroic narratives that explained away the collapse of their identities even as they were taking place. Their confabulations were so credible to them that they metamorphosed into different selves."

And, so what YOU did was write the 'narrative' about the narrative-writing brain because that is who you are?

A story teller telling a story about the brain as a story-telling machine is circular reasoning too, is that not right?

If so, we must also argue that there is no objective truth as a concomitant worldview?

Interesting :)

Re: Which Messages Go Viral and Which Ones Don’t

Retail$mart — Wed, 09 Apr 2014 02:49:55 -0000

Srini; the old heuristc about 'proof and pudding etc.' will be whether this article goes viral,right?

Re: Why I Am Not a Deist (No Offense to Deists)

Retail$mart — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 21:14:00 -0000

Roger you say your principal objection is:

"There is no evidence from nature and reason alone that God is good."

Surely Deists don't demand 'nature AND reason'?

In your own 'definition; you say that 'pure reason' is the basis of deism and I would argue that from a rational (philosophical) position that it IS reasonable to consider God good.

And that this would be sufficient for a deist - by your own definition.

Re: Reclaiming the Moral High Ground, Part 2: Why the Argument from Morality Fails

Retail$mart — Sat, 15 Mar 2014 22:04:25 -0000

Isn't the argument about OBJECTIVE morality? (Which kinda throws the whole argument on its head.)

Re: Anchorman 2 Changed What it Means to be a Movie

Retail$mart — Wed, 19 Feb 2014 18:46:44 -0000

Now THAT is a great case study Gary - now if we could only come up for a different term for 'content'

Re: Timeframes for the future of work: trends and uncertainties in this decade and beyond

Retail$mart — Mon, 09 Dec 2013 15:58:22 -0000

Ross
I can't fault any of the trends (not that that matters) but more importantly, I really like the actual framework (on a meta level) if you know what I mean :)

Re: Working for the Man is Risky | Big Think Edge | Big Think

Retail$mart — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 01:04:14 -0000

Working for yourself is ALSO putting your eggs in one basket.

The overall point is valid but for a different reason. NN Taleb describes it well in Antifragile. (Too long for comments section.)

Re: Fighting Your Business Battles: Six Lessons from Sun Tzu's Art of War

Retail$mart — Sat, 09 Nov 2013 15:26:43 -0000

Not saying this to be contrarian, but the 'war' mentality focuses the business on the competition. IMHO that is largely irrelevant. Especially in the modern era. The focus is and should be on the customer or the market. If you think about how the companies have gone who focus on beating the competion you will see that there is a sameness that creeps into that market only to make room for an innovator who doesn't give a damn about what abnyone else is doing.

At best it is worth keeping an eye on the competition as a means of 'researching' new developments.

Re: Gary Vee and the Empire of Favors

Retail$mart — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 23:31:27 -0000

Here is the exception that proves the rule:
My company is involved in training and reciprocity is one of the famous Cialdini principles we espouse.

The ONLY audience where there was no acceptance or adoption or understanding of this principle was amongst long-term unemployed. (The training is funded by the government in an attempt to boost employability)

These groups of (mostly) long-term welfare recipients do not believe or practice or recognise this principle - not even amongst friends. All I can think is that they have received so much for so long that the sense of entitlement overpowered their sense of reciprocity.

Re: Most People Won't

Retail$mart — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 01:31:27 -0000

@tannerc You really want to know why? (And I am not being facetious here.)
People who need to be told what to do, are the ones who won't...

And I can say this as a +50yo who consults, coaches and trains and have positioned myself as someone who is 'practical' and tell people why, how and what to do...

And the ones who want the steps are the ones who won't. I don't know why, it just is...

Re: What To Think About When You Choose A Blog Tool

Retail$mart — Tue, 06 Aug 2013 18:05:14 -0000

Can I add - as a squarespace user - that their support is LEGENDARY - the best I have experienced on the net anywhere, no exception, period.

Re: Would You Wear That Company's T-Shirt in Public?

Retail$mart — Wed, 10 Jul 2013 22:29:57 -0000

On Quora there is a thread asking people to relate personal interaction with Steve Jobs. One told the story of Steve asking mates question: "Who is the most powerful person in the world?"
Being mind-90s 'Mandela' was one answer.
Steve Jobs replied that they are all wrong.
"The one who controls the story has the power"

Nice, hey?

Re: Post | Moments of Genius | My Account | Big Think | Big Think

Retail$mart — Wed, 10 Jul 2013 18:23:54 -0000

Well said Sam. On a personal level I suppose this manifests as a 'confirmation bias' - we see what we want to see.

Re: How to compete and win against millennials in today’s economy (Seeking and obtaining employment past the age of 50)

Retail$mart — Wed, 26 Jun 2013 03:23:13 -0000

Gabriel.
I, on the other hand would jump at a candidate that is first to differ from mainstream opinion. (I am not employing BTW.) What I am saying is horses for courses and all that. However, the person that wrote the comments in ALL CAPS below (Francis) wouldn't be considered. (I did not read the comment and I probably would not read a CV like that.)

The point I am making here is not personal - again just to illustrate that us humans are all biased one way or another and we filter the stimuli based on those biases to reinforce what we already believe.

Recruiters are all humans too. (Mostly.)

Re: Chief Rabbi: atheism has failed. Only religion can defeat the new barbarians

Retail$mart — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 03:27:32 -0000

I did add that - maybe a bad assumption that we are talking about all of creation, which might mean universal is not even the right word.

I don't understand physics well enough to argue the point but I did not think that 'laws' like that were limited?

Re: Chief Rabbi: atheism has failed. Only religion can defeat the new barbarians

Retail$mart — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 02:42:39 -0000

I must not understand kiwi humour - sorry - but if you are referring to the sun, then it is certainly not outside the universal ecological system. Unless of course Australia and NZ are in parallel universes ;)

Re: Chief Rabbi: atheism has failed. Only religion can defeat the new barbarians

Retail$mart — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:20:16 -0000

Lotta ifs and buts in that :) But just a quick follow up if I may be allowed:
Where is 'outside'?

Re: Chief Rabbi: atheism has failed. Only religion can defeat the new barbarians

Retail$mart — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 23:32:08 -0000

For what it is worth; the 2nd law of thermodynamics means that there is continual change from order to disorder = argument against the existence of a highly organised and interconnected ecological system

Re: If You’re Into Sales, You HAVE TO See How This Inspiring Guy Sold Knives. Yup, Knives. – with Hal Elrod

Retail$mart — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 21:22:39 -0000

Andrew
Learning aside, congrats on doing a great job with the interview. You did a great job every so often along the way to synthesize the insights really well.

Re: Online training launched at Discount Drug Stores

Retail$mart — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 21:01:45 -0000

Sarah - in every part of the economy we see collaborative consumption and co-creation as fundamental requirements - some even call it the sharing economy, In training it is no different: learners want to create their own learnings. The truth is the collective wisdom of the 'crowd' in most cases exceed that of a singel 'teacher/trainer' anyway. Social learning is the manifestation of learning that taps into this wealth of knowledge that exists or that the group is willing to find out for itself .

(Same force that drives Wikepedia to be better and more accurate than top-down Encyclopedia Brittanica)

Smart companies tap into this because it already happens. (when a worker leans over the desk of a colleague to ask them how they do something - that is social learning.)
The challenge is for compnaies to make sure this learning is 'right' and what is required and not unacceptable shortcuts that may compromise safety or brand.

The tools now exist to do this, but somehow companies still belive talk-and-chalk is the way to go when it is less than 10% of learning.

Re: Online training launched at Discount Drug Stores

Retail$mart — Thu, 30 May 2013 23:23:14 -0000

It is absolutely the right way to go - congratulations. In my experience your thinking is ahead of the pack despite the obvious benefits. With one proviso: if it is ONLY top-down/ one-way training, then it may become a portal to a graveyard.