I am seriously looking for a new name for digital transformation. It is not only outdated; it focuses people’s attention on the wrong problem. Got any ideas? I'd love to hear them.

Great #HBR read! Capitalizing on Diversity Means Highlighting — Not Hiding from — Differences The focus on the strengths that every individual brings to the collective thinking really is powerful! …see more

“You want to productize yourself into a business, and then you want to own that business.” If I could only follow one person on Twitter, it would be Naval Ravikant - catch more of his great thinking on latest Tim Ferriss podcast 🎧 “The hard parts are not the learning, it is the unlearning. It’s not the climbing up the mountain. It’s the going back down to the bottom of the mountain and starting over. It’s the beginner’s mind that every great artist, or every great business person has, which is: you have to be willing to start from scratch. You have to be willing to hit reset and go back to zero.” …see more

12 years ago today, Airbnb launched for the third time (apparently no one noticed the first two attempts says co-founder Brian Chesky ). The name Airbnb came from simple idea that they would rent out airbeds at night... ⁣ Shortly after moving to San Francisco in October 2007, roommates and former schoolmates Brian Chesky and Joe G. came up with the idea of putting an air mattress in their living room and turning it into a bed and breakfast. In February 2008, Nathan Blecharczyk , Chesky's former roommate, joined as the Chief Technology Officer and the third co-founder of the new venture, which they named AirBed & Breakfast. They put together a website that offered short-term living quarters, breakfast, and a business networking opportunity for those who were unable to book a hotel in the saturated market. The site Airbedandbreakfast.com officially launched on August 11, 2008. The founders had their first customers in town in the summer of 2008, during the Industrial Design Conference held by Industrial Designers Society of America, where travelers had a hard time finding available hotels in the city. ⁣ Airbnb is now worth $38 billion. …see more

From Concept to Launch: How this mother - Sophia Procter - launched a product during a global pandemic. #entrepreneurship #product #femalefounder #founders #startup #mondaymotivation …see more

“The reason you should care about the story of General Magic is that it involves something fundamental and that is: Failure isn’t the end, failure is actually the beginning… Did it fail? I mean, the company itself failed. The ideas didn’t fail. The people who worked there didn’t fail. So was it a failure?” Tom "Hersh" Hershenson ⠀⠀ Failure isn’t the end. Failure is actually the beginning. ⠀⠀ I loved this documentary so much, I wrote about it. 5 Startup Lessons from the General Magic Movie - Silicon Valley’s Most Important Failure. https://lnkd.in/gKU9Cua ⠀⠀ Sarah Kerruish Matt Maude Tony Fadell #startup #founder #entrepreneurship #stevejobs #innovation #success #failure …see more

Interested in what's next for #cloudsolutions ? Tune in tomorrow to #AlibabaCloudDay as it hosts its first online conference dedicated to the EMEA market. The all-day event marks a revolution in the cloud space and will include a number of talks which showcase its cutting-edge #tech solutions, as well as some live demos to help you get started. Not only that, you will also get a chance to exchange ideas with top tier experts in the fields of #AI and #computervision and hear from engineers at Alibaba's DAMO Academy and Ververica | Original creators of Apache Flink® Sign up now here: https://lnkd.in/gnnyg8Z to secure your FREE spot and learn how Alibaba Cloud can help you and your business during #covid19 and beyond. Date: Tuesday 28th April Time: 10:00-18:00 (UTC +2; GMT +1) There’s never been a better time to refresh your knowledge and embrace the new era of cloud computing. #Ad #artificialgeneralintelligence #machinelearning #cloudservices #cloudtechnology #alibabacloud #innovation #ecommerce #datainsights #AlibabaCloudDay …see more

When I was 11, we moved to India and I have a vivid memory of seeing a young girl my age with a baby on her hip, begging outside our hotel, whilst there I was with my two scoops of ice cream. I cried for ages, and my parents told me not to get upset, but to do something about it. So, I always knew, in the back of my mind, that I would return to India in some way to do something about it. Anisah Osman Britton https://lnkd.in/g969mrd ? #founder #tech #femalefounder #code #entrepreneur …see more

The United States $2 trillion CARES Act expands unemployment benefits to cover more workers, including self-employed and independent contractors, like gig workers, who do not usually qualify for unemployment. #stimuluspackage #economicimpact …see more

We've known since the Great Depression that significant government intervention during an economic crisis can stop a disastrous downward spiral. But, stimulus packages vary widely in their intended targets and effects. What are governments doing specifically for workers? https://lnkd.in/evGsZSH #apprenticeships #caronavirus #stimuluspackage #workers #governments …see more

In retail settings, pharmacy technicians must demonstrate strong consumer service skills, keep track of inventory, and achieve 100% accuracy in filling and recording prescriptions. There are some 400,000 pharmacy technicians are currently working in the United States. Interested, read on .. #pharmacytechnicians #apprenticeship …see more

In a highly polarized US #election2016 cycle, it is hard to find a topic on which presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump agree. But there is at least one area of common ground: both candidates know that the strength of the economy depends on getting more people into good jobs. …see more

Reading how in the US - college isn't what it used to be. Carrie Sheffield says that on average, millennials are paying more than double what our parents did for tuition and fees - read more ........

Less than 4 hours to Zoom Book Launch of: Trauma Doesn't Stop at the School Door @TCPress. Details below. Launch time: 5:00 pm EST. Panel discussion; giveaways. Ebook discounted https://lnkd.in/eCgEc8J ; peruse illustrations before launch! See you there. Book 4 our time - sadly. …see more

My first bilingual children's book is out and available. Yippee. It is thrilling because while my children's stories have been translated, a bilingual book serves many purposes: helping with language learning, enabling families to participate in reading, use in schools for developing a second language and showing respect for another language and culture. This book is English/Spanish. And, it has other key features: it is on indestructible paper so it can be used by several classes and wiped clean and with very young children (sort of like cloth books in my era or board books but better); it is a book that can and should be read and re-read and it works in a circle in a sense, playing hide and seek again and again. It has tips for adult readers to enable them to enhance the reading with their children/students/ friends/relatives. Finally, it deals with object constancy, something of critical importance to children who struggle with trauma. It is a book for the holidays and thereafter. Enjoy and learn and play. …see more

Here’s what I don’t get.... if high school grads are declining, why not look to serve other student populations? Stop outs, drop outs, high school grads that never went to college, Veterans, workers retooling it improving, seniors, women with children — non trads of all sorts who are becoming trads..... A small non-elite college needs to reframe who its students are and how to serve them well — very well. Why would non-elite colleges try to get “better” high school grads when that will never work near or longer term?. Think boldly, innovatively about new populations to serve. Goodness, bring anchored in old ways is doomed. Realize that way ahead of 2026; realize it three years ago and had this been done successfully, more than a handful of small colleges would not have closed. And if stuck in past, don’t lead in US. Go to another nation that has different demographics and do more of same. Of course, absence of innovation anywhere in the globe is fatal. Demographics aren’t only driver for education!!! …see more

Recently, at a child care center in Okinawa, the art therapy teacher asked, “What makes you qualified as a trauma expert?” Not the 1st time I’ve been asked that question. The question is really a surrogate for: “Why should we trust you?” Stated another way, “Are you authentic?” Very legitimate. I often answer 1st (sometimes only) w/ my academic bona fides: I’ve been an educator for 4 decades. I’ve studied, written and spoken about student success and how trauma impedes positive outcomes. I’ve developed trauma responsive programs. I’ve guided schools thru and after crises. I’m a certified psychological first aid provider.I’m in a trauma program at Rutgers Grad School of Social Work. I have a new book emerging titled: Gen Tt Goes to School. What I sometimes share and I suspect is better preparation: I was part of an effort to reopen a school post 9/11. I was president of a college w/ more than 1 traumatic moment, including suicide of the CFO. But there’s more. I’ve personally experienced trauma. I have an ACE score of 7. My mother abused me; I witnessed her abusing 1 of my brothers. My husband developed Alzheimer’s and was physically and psychologically threatening. Bottom line: personal experience, well processed, trumps academic learning any day. Can’t beat real life. …see more

Mini pop-up kid’s bookstores: here’s an idea! As you may know, I write children’s books. For me, it’s a concrete way of trying to close the equity divide. Reading, vocabulary, a love of words, creativity and imagination are key to educational success. I’ve puzzled over how to get books into the hands of kids that need them most. I do readings in all sorts of venues but that doesn’t give kids books to take (except in exceptional situations where organizations/schools have placed large orders). I’ve been reflecting on offering books in unusual, unexpected settings like doctors’ offices. Physicians could give them to patients free or subsidize their purchase. Pediatricians, OBs. I also think bodegas are options—at counters like candy, gum or magazines in supermarkets. See photo below of the “mini pop-up kid bookstore” I created for a small market in DC. If it works there, I’ll expand to other bodegas. I supply the stand/books (books are reasonably priced to vendor) and they can sell them at wholesale, retail or give them away. Perhaps the effort could be underwritten by some organizations, communities, merchants or churches. Look at the image, share ideas and reactions and if you want a “mini pop-up bookstore” in your office, let me know. I can make that happen! …see more

So, first, silence for a few days does not mean I am not pursuing approaches to try to save SVC (and other small colleges that serve students — nursing, Rad tech, cj, social services, business.) The articles today in Chronicle of Higher Ed are telling about the price students pay when their college closes. Can we do better? Can we help these institutions? Surely we can try. Without trying, we get nowhere. So I’m trying on several fronts - legal and fundraising and gov. On a somewhat related topic, watch for a new post on colleges issuing certificates of failure to show students it is ok to fail. Not sure what psychologist or professor dreamt up this idea and I appreciate that learning involves risk taking. But, certificates of failure? To hang on a wall? To acknowledge competition? To make bad grades acceptable? I see vastly different ways to help students other than issuing failure certificates. Piece to appear shortly. At small non-elite colleges, can you imagine certificates of failure? Wait til you see them — look like degrees except for failure. Yipes. Another Yipes. I believe in real degrees and real support. Not diplomas of failure. …see more

It makes me sick.  First someone gleefully kills a rare giraffe. Then we imprison (detain) kids and/or families. Then a golfer loses his clubs and refuses to play. He quits.  How many of us have lost things (or people) and had to plow ahead.  Win or lose. How can a golfer simply step it up -- borrow clubs, learn about his game from the bottom up, show kids effort, try and try again.  What a pathetic role model when we need one.  I get winning. I get getting a spot. But gee, life dealt you a bad hand and lost your luggage. Don't wimp out for goodness sake.  Your character could have been an exemplar. Now you look like a spoiled sport.  Give me a break. You quit?  I get specialty clubs and sponsorships. I get import of getting a spot.  But, many real people lose things and manage -- with grace and humor and effort.  McDowell, you paint yourself as a poor sport and a poor exemplar for your sport.  Really.  For real. Sad. …see more