A question put to me by my 4 yo son the other day …

Harrison Owen‘s latest book (Wave Rider – Leadership for High Performance in a Self Organising World) has a great title and I, being a novice surfer, was drawn to the title. Here’s some quotes from Chapter 1 … “Wave Riders are curious people possessed of an innate capacity to go with the flow, constantly seizing upon opportunity when others see no possibility, or even disaster. Their level of performance is consistently high, and projects are often completed in breathtakingly short periods of time, with a degree of excellence that may seem unbelievable.” “The times have changed. The anomalous behavior of …

Every now and then, someone posts something on Twitter that captures your attention and ends up being the highlight of your week. Holger Nauheimer lives in Tehran (over at the Change Management Blog) and posted this Tweet … “A must see video (60 min.) on world change effected by social media: http://watch.usnowfilm.com/ #usnow (via @acwagner)“ Well I’ve watched ‘watchUsNow‘ and it communicates the ideas that I’ve been trying to get out to the world over the past 2 years. As I was listening this sketch fell out in the first 15 minutes … Here’s watchUsNow … Us Now from Banyak …

I am on a Melbourne bound train and just watched another TED presentation – seems to be my favorite commuter activity these days 🙂 In this TEDcast, Clay Shirky (author of Here Comes Everybody) reinforces my belief that we are living through a revolution in the way people interact and collaborate with each other. I’d love to hear what Clay has to say about the impact that Twitterers within Iran are having right now. Like in his original TED talk, new social media is changing the media landscape and giving the man/woman/child on the street a voice to the world …

This post is for all those people who have heard me talk about the benefits of Twitter lately. Lee and Sachi at Commoncraft have created another great video that captures the potential ‘power’ of Twitter to bring people together around topics that they are passionate about. When you make it easier for people to connect and communicate … great things can happen. Enjoy! And here’s a few interesting articles about Twitter … and yes, I picked these up directly from Twitter: Tweet Dreams are made of this How Twitter, CellPhones and Facebook can make history – TED Video of Clay …