Exclusive interview with Seth Godin from GiANT Impact on Vimeo for the Chick-Fil-A Leadercast. There is practical, everyday management. I am not interested in that. Leadership is not practical and it is not everyday. Management and Leadership are totally different…
Seth Godin's new book, Poke the Box, is a passionate manifesto to begin something and carry it through. It builds on his earlier work Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?–his guide to committing to making a difference–and the The ShipIt Journal–a workbook for getting a…
One of my projects as a Peace Corps volunteer was to build a 12m long bridge in the mountains around Kara, Togo. We worked a couple of days a week with just volunteer labor. Some days the work went…
I had this article published today in the Miami Herald: Haiti's reconstruction lessons are found on the other side of the world As published in the Miami Herald BY DANIEL O'NEIL WWW.IMUNITEDFORHAITI.ORG As I rushed relief supplies from the Pan…
My workload changed dramatically on January 12th when I stepped in to take over the earthquake response in Haiti. Although I have always felt that I was productive—I set goals based on the The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People…
My kids class I recently reread Jared Diamond's excellent book, Guns, Germs, and Steel. It is an excellent overview of how a variety of factors gave some geographic regions the natural advantages that allowed them to dominate the rest of the world.…
Seth wrote a strong post today highlighting how non-profits are failing to embrace the new social media technologies that seem perfectly designed to help them to fullfill their missions. He says that we should be agents of change and yet…