dispatches from the new world of work

Whoops! Quoting Myself!

Always a little scary when one quotes oneself! But here was a Comment on a Post about New Slides (TechLearn, NYC, Monday) that led me to respond. And my response succinctly captures how I feel about Biz Life/Life Life. The correspondent said some nice things about my exchange with a handful of Chief Learning Officers from joints like IBM and HP. And I said: "Naomi, thanks! I had a great time yesterday, especially the CLO gig. I just love the issues we are all wrestling with! How cool that everything is screwed up—in a state of flux! What an opportunity to play with truly new forms of organizing, learning, connecting, growing, creating new careers and new forms of value!"

Indeed: HOW COOL!

Key words:

All screwed up!
State of flux!
Wrestle with!
Play with!

New forms of ...

Organizing!
Learning!
Connecting!
Growing!
Creating new careers!
Creating new forms of value!

Yes: HOW COOL!

Tom Peters posted this on 11/18/04.

Comments

They Key Words - connecting;Creating new forms of value!!!
Somehow, somewhere, we need to find that sweet spot which will be the intersection of creativity, innovations and the future !!

Posted by /pd at November 18, 2004 1:05 PM

Disagree with you on this one, Peter. Not "that" sweet spot ... but, given the "state of flux," MUTIPLE sweet spots. I see it as a time of T&E, trial and error ... let 100 flowers bloom,let 1000 schools contend, etc, etc. I think there is a helluva lot of Cool Stuff going on as a Wildly Diverse, Constantly Gyrating, Planetary Web-enabled set of people cruise around hunting for precisely the sweet spot/ssssss you suggest.

Posted by tom peters at November 18, 2004 1:42 PM

heheheh.. you got me there tom!! I conceed the point :)-

"MUTIPLE sweet spots." ..is better then 'that sweet spot'!!!

Posted by /pd at November 18, 2004 5:06 PM