Friends of Dave #51: The Pursuit Of Happiness?
As you look ahead to 2018, time to think about what truly makes you happy.
Sorry, no rants this week folks. Quick intro for you as I am sure you have errands to run, holiday shopping to do, Jedis to go watch and in some places, snow to shovel.
The most interesting thing I saw since the last issue of the newsletter was something that I saw posted on social media shortly after the last issue arrived in your inbox. I invite you to click on the image immediately below to check out a compelling, and somewhat dystopian, animated short that comments on our never ending race to achieve happiness. Thank you to Friend of Dave Kathleen Haley for sharing -- I've watched it at least 4 times and find something new with each viewing.
And to counterbalance that somewhat sober viewpoint, you may want to click on the image of the wine chugging guy toward the end of the selections. Nice little gem there that shows how governing "for the people, and by the people" works in LA County in 2017. America needs more of this bonding. Consider it a holiday gift from me to you.
Finally, the Friends of Dave newsletter will march on throughout the holiday season, so keep on the look out. I promise we'll keep it light -- will probably do some sort of recap of most read stories throughout the year in case you missed any.
In the meantime, enjoy the latest compilation. I'm hoping to at least double the subscribers to Friends of Dave in 2018, so forwarding this opt-in link to your own friends and colleagues and inviting them to subscribe would help out a lot! Have a great weekend.
XOXO
Dave
2 to Think on...
Social media is ripping apart society — www.theverge.com
‘No civil discourse, no cooperation; misinformation, mistruth.’
Chamath Palihapitiya, an early employee at Facebook, has some very interesting observations and views on how social media (particularly Facebook) is destroying how we communicate with each other. Worth watching the first 5 minutes of the accompanying video as well.
In Defense of Laziness — betterhumans.coach.me
We want to believe that great things come from hard work, from careful planning, from directed action. But we underestimate how much of life is truly driven by luck.
4 For The Day Job...
12 Reasons Why Most Innovation Labs are Failing
Great break down here by Richard Turin highlighting twelve simple, universal, aspects to what is wrong with the growing concept of corporate innovation labs.
Crossing the Internal Chasm in Corporate Innovation — innovationexcellence.com
Like the previous "12 Reasons" article, some provocative thoughts on how to turn the ideas coming from corporate innovation into real businesses.
This Is What The ‘CX Of The Future’ Looks Like — www.cmo.com
Intelligent technologies stole the spotlight in 2017, and they remain a big part of the customer experience picture in the year ahead. Check out this compilation of the thoughts of global marketing heads on how they believe CX will evolve in 2018 and beyond.
Data, Power, And War — shift.newco.co
I think it all comes down to how our society manages its most crucial new resource: Data.
Check out this thought provoking post by John Battelle, regarding how data is going to be a growing weapon in the future and how companies and governments need to commit to sharing it for the common good.
2 Fun Ones to Cap it Off....
Wine glasses are 7X bigger than 300 years ago
I think the most appropriate thing to say about this is: dilly dilly!
What Bikini Atoll Looks Like Today — medium.com
Sixty years later and the coconuts are still radioactive....says it all....
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