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Teams and Individuals
Tweet As most of you know I have a degree in sociology which I am very proud of – I find it fascinating how people work in society and how individuals operate in those environments. A few of my posts here have been a product of that interest and continued passion. I recently came across this article on Culturnicity about team vs. individual ethnographic studies and it got me thinking about the similarities to innovation in general. Before you go too much further, please go read the article so the rest of my analogy makes sense… Seriously – go have a read, it is short and worthwhile. The general idea in the article is comparing the pros and cons of using a team to accomplish the same goal of a longer individual … Read entire article »
Filed under: career, Entrepreneurship, Innovation
The Signals of Education and Reality
Tweet I find it interesting that there is so much focus on our society on higher education as a signal that a person is educated and therefore more employable. If you look at what education and higher education actually teach, there is a major gap in teaching people how to think through problems in a way that they can actually implement elsewhere and they lack an ability to teach people to prepare and organize their capabilities in a way that they can be extremely effective. These are both things that some individuals learn after getting their education and some… never learn at all. So why is the signal of an education from a university so desired in business? Thinking about the content that I learned in high school and at university, there … Read entire article »
Filed under: career, Economics, Entrepreneurship, Innovation
TechCafe Happy Hour @BlueBoxGroup
Tweet I must say that I am pretty excited to go check out the event on Friday – nearly sold out (10 spots left)… We have been planning this one for some time and can’t wait to see all the great people in the Seattle/Bellevue/Redmond tech community come out for Happy Hour. Last year was an awesome year for TechCafe events – so awesome we took a few months off from getting geeky with the best startups and technologists in the area – rest assured though we are back and planning a few awesome events. If you are interested in sponsoring or hosting one – let us know! First up is one of our personal favorites. Blue Box Group! We have been watching this team grow for a while now and it has … Read entire article »
Filed under: NW events, Seattle, seattlelunch20, Startups, TechCafe
Does The Mode of Communication Matter?
Tweet Communication is at the heart of all things in life… finding the love of your life, raising a round of financing, getting a promotion, or enjoying life with friends and family. Some of those communications are obviously more critical than others and some are more time sensative than others as well. Living in a world where corporate training dollars fuels the research and instruction that permeates our training attention we are all well aware of the communication styles that research such as Myers-Briggs brings us. This is good and we all make efforts to adjust what we are saying depending on the type of person we are talking to (more data/less data, small talk/straight to the point, etc.). All of this focus on communication style seems to skip the relevance of … Read entire article »
Filed under: career, Entrepreneurship, Investing, RealEstate, Technology
Are There Alternatives to Resumes?
Tweet If resumes didn’t exist anymore or if employers just stopped accepting them, how would you choose to convey your talents? I was recently reading this article on the Wall Street Journal about Union Square Ventures removal of resumes in their hiring process. Christina over at USV is sharing the progress they are making and discovering that people are behaving different then expected. Namely that despite a timeline for taking their online interview, candidates waited until the last minute to get in before the deadline… busy prepping or procrastinating? I think the latter. Interesting though, as I’m sure the fire and forget resume submission process that happens so frequently is a bit circumvented here as the candidate needs to think about the firm they are applying to, the skills they have, and the … Read entire article »
Filed under: career, Innovation
