Tag: Nicholas Carr

Innovation, Innovation Everywhere – and Not a Drop to Drink in so many companies/organizations

The jury came in long ago.  No change, no innovation = real trouble for any and every organization. From Gary Hamel, What Matters Now (notice the subtitle:  How to win in a world of relentless change, ferocious competition, and unstoppable innovation): Innovation isn’t a fad—it’s the real deal, the only deal. Right now, not everyone… Read More Innovation, Innovation Everywhere – and Not a Drop to Drink in so many companies/organizations

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The Never-Finished Book: Problems with Perpetual In-Progress Revising

  One of the most popular books for our CCN on-site presentations last year was The Shallows:  What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains” by Nicholas Carr (New York:  Norton, 2010).  In that book, he discusses how the Internet tinkers with the brain, reamps its neural circuitry, and reprograms the memory.  While the mind… Read More The Never-Finished Book: Problems with Perpetual In-Progress Revising

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Blah, Blah, Blah & Demand – December Choices for the First Friday Book Synopsis

We had a terrific session yesterday at the November, 2011 First Friday Book Synopsis.  Karl Krayer presented his synopsis of The Shallows, and I presented my synopsis of the new book by Jim Collins, Great by Choice.  It was a valuable session.  Both books were terrific, and I view Great by Choice as an important… Read More Blah, Blah, Blah & Demand – December Choices for the First Friday Book Synopsis

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Great by Choice; The Shallows – two good books for the November First Friday Book Synopsis

The new Jim Collins  and Morten Hansen book, Great by Choice:   Uncertainty, Chaos, and Luck – Why Some Thrive Despite Them All, and the significant “how is the internet affecting our brains” book, The Shallows, will be our two selections of the November 4 First Friday Book Synopsis. I will present the synopsis of the new… Read More Great by Choice; The Shallows – two good books for the November First Friday Book Synopsis

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The Productivity Challenge Of This Era

Important announcement from the Ministry of Gossip:  THE GOSPEL ON CELEBRITY AND POP CULTURE PREACH IT! Prince declares Internet ‘completely over,’ Web somehow continues to function ——- I’ve got a problem.  I can’t get my work done.  Or, at least, I’m not getting it done.  It’s not that I am not “at work.”  It is… Read More The Productivity Challenge Of This Era

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Is The Internet Taking Away Our Creativity? Our Very Ability To Pay Attention?

This could be a costly loss. There’s a lot being written about the way that our reading is changing due to the shorter-attention-span internet world we live in.  Now Nicholas Carr identifies two specific potential losses that could be costly. Robert Siegel of NPR’s All Things Considered interviewed Nicholas Carr, the man who wrote the… Read More Is The Internet Taking Away Our Creativity? Our Very Ability To Pay Attention?

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