http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2008/do-we-suck-at-the-basics/ Management and Creative Thinking Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:40:08 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2008/do-we-suck-at-the-basics/comment-page-1/#comment-612910 Therapy and innovation hype! « Scott Berkun Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:16:37 +0000 http://www.scottberkun.com/?p=1198#comment-612910 [...] a buzzword or take off as a trend. I still believe the big movement should be about fundamentals: often we suck at the basics and failing companies or teams have a basic, fundamental problem that a leader needs to own and [...] [...] a buzzword or take off as a trend. I still believe the big movement should be about fundamentals: often we suck at the basics and failing companies or teams have a basic, fundamental problem that a leader needs to own and [...]

]]> http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2008/do-we-suck-at-the-basics/comment-page-1/#comment-610963 Dave Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:11:15 +0000 http://www.scottberkun.com/?p=1198#comment-610963 The world sucks because people suck -- clean your own house (yourself) and be better than you were yesterday. That's what i am striving for -- good luck to us all. The world sucks because people suck — clean your own house (yourself) and be better than you were yesterday. That’s what i am striving for — good luck to us all.

]]> http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2008/do-we-suck-at-the-basics/comment-page-1/#comment-544390 The paradoxes of lectures | Speaker Confessions Wed, 13 May 2009 15:14:21 +0000 http://www.scottberkun.com/?p=1198#comment-544390 [...] Lectures are popular but most speakers aren’t very good.  Despite the pervasiveness of lectures in universities and at professional conferences, most speakers are not very good. Somehow despite the universal nature of lectures, and the key role they play in some professions (teachers / professors) good speakers are still rare. How can something be so old, and so important, but generally done so badly? (See do we suck at the basics?). [...] [...] Lectures are popular but most speakers aren’t very good.  Despite the pervasiveness of lectures in universities and at professional conferences, most speakers are not very good. Somehow despite the universal nature of lectures, and the key role they play in some professions (teachers / professors) good speakers are still rare. How can something be so old, and so important, but generally done so badly? (See do we suck at the basics?). [...]

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