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The Me in Team

Posted by Gavin Baker - January 31, 2008 - career, change, collaboration
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Anyone remember that LL Cool J commercial from a few years ago for the Gap where the key phrase was “fall into the gap”? Well I ran across an post on Penelope Trunk’s blog, the Brazen Careerist recently that talked about the rising generation gap between baby boomer, X and Y at work.  I’m part [...]

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Read More baby boomer, Barack Obama, brazen careerist, company culture, Generation gap, generation x, generation y, Generations and Age Groups, hierarchy, penelope trunk, People, team work, Work

Ikea and Facebook share more then just blue in their logo

Posted by Gavin Baker - January 22, 2008 - collaboration, companies, facebook
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I just saw an article on Slate.com comparing how Facebook is similar to Ikea. I’ll admit that the similarities are not apparent at first sight. But a defining idea behind Wikipedia, Facebook, and blogging platforms such as WordPress is that if you give people the right tools, they’ll use them to create wonderful things in [...]

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Read More collaboration, content, ebay, facebook, Facebook Platform, field of dreams, ikea, Microsoft, Online Communities, platforms, Slate, slate.com, Wikipedia, WordPress

juxtaposition

Posted by Gavin Baker - January 21, 2008 - advertising
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I picked up an older Creativy mag off my desk this past weekend and I was flipping through and found the ad above for BBC World. The ad is part of a series run in the United States to pitch BBC World as a news source. I just love these creatives, they are so poignant [...]

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Read More ad, BBC, bbc world, BBC World News, billboard, cannes 2007, Greenwich Mean Time, Julian Assange, London, Television, United States

In the beginning…

Posted by Gavin Baker - January 3, 2008 - books
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I love reading. As one of lifes little ironies, I work for book company and I STILL got books for Christmas gifts! One of those gifts was The Forbes Book of Business Quotations: 14,173 Thoughts on the Business of Life. I’m pretty excited about it, so I thought I’d share the following quote with you [...]

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Read More ambition, Book, business, Forbes, forbes book of quotes, george matthew adams, Health, quotes, Religion and Spirituality, Shopping, venture capital, venturing

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