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Have you ever wondered how generalists thrive in a specialized world? I recently had a chance to sit down with David Epstein , author of Range, a fantastic book that covers this topic. Personally, I found the concepts of kind and wicked learning environments to be an interesting part of the book. David’s message: “In wicked learning environments, breadth is the hack.” Watch the clip below and leave us a comment about how you’ve found that having a breadth of experience or specialization has helped in your career or facilitated your learning! #Specialization #CrossFunctionality #Generalist #Range #Indistractable P.S. David’s book, Range, and my new book, Indistractable, were recently placed on the BookPal Longlist for the 2019 Outstanding Works of Literature (OWL) Award in the “Big Idea” category. The five books in each of the fifteen categories represent the top reading recommendations for individuals and teams to inspire new ideas, expand perspectives, and fall in love with reading. Congrats to all other authors and works on the Longlist! Check out the full release at the link in the comments below. …see more

I’ve been mulling the seeming “race toward the generic” happening with brands over the past few years. Companies are looking and sounding like each other more and more. And while this excellent piece by Tom Roach at BBH London is more skewed toward advertising, the same applies to brand. In fact, to me, the root cause of the advertising dilemma is due to companies not doing the brand work up front to understand what role they need to play in peoples’ lives. #brand #advertising #marketing #racingtowardthegeneric #sameness …see more

Oops Wrong Conclusion: This is Why Its Hard to Advance Medicine and Public Health Remember when “low-fat and high-carb” diets were all the rage, only to be proved (years later), to lead to weight gain, diabetes and heat disease—in part because of all the sugar added to processed foods? Or remember the buzz that oatmeal will stave-off heart disease? (Or eating only meat will not cause heart disease?!!) And I can’t keep up—is coffee good or bad for us?? Well now we can add the lowly and pure aspirin to the list of things that don’t actually help stave-off heart disease (assuming you are just fine). With so much hyping by the food industry, academic research centers and wanna-be food celebrities pushing ‘nutrition’ and wellness, it is almost impossible to figure out what’s actually ‘good for you’ (and I mean from a longitudinal, epidemiological, medical-evidentiary manner...). Selected Excerpt: “The message for the public is that healthy older people should not begin taking aspirin. “If you don’t need it, don’t start it,” Dr. McNeil said.” …see more

FREE Online - LinkedIn Experts Marketing Summit hashtag #linkedinexperts2019 Join 15 world class LinkedIn Experts as they share their secrets to help you build, grow and monetize your LinkedIn profile. Some of the masterclasses include: ✅ Personal Brand - How to Amplify your Authority Through your LinkedIn Presence ✅ Social Selling and LinkedIn - If they Reply, They Buy ✅ How to Become a LinkedIn Influencer ✅ LinkedIn Ads: How to Target Your Ideal Prospect Every Time ✅ How to Boost Your Company Profile Using LinkedIn Pages ✅ How to Build an Employee Advocacy Program Using LinkedIn ✅ How to Build a Powerful Network on LinkedIn And much, much more. Watch 💻 online between 8-12 April. If you are wanting to have more success on LinkedIn, this is a must. Do you know someone you knows wants to have more success on Linkedin? Please tag them in the comments below or share it with them. ➡️ To register for your FREE ticket, please click on the link in the first comment: …see more

What's the ROI of "Street Cred?" 👀 Why do most #b2b companies completely fail to understand this concept? Street Cred is just a simple way of saying how much clout a brand carries - and while B2C companies like Yeti and Supreme have created entire EMPIRES out of understanding how street cred works, most B2B companies simply struggle because they've lost the humanity in the technicality. But unless you are LITERALLY selling to robots, you can't afford to ignore your street cred. There is an absurd focus on ABM and "data" and not enough on earned media, courting influencers, creating brand partnerships. Let's dig deeper into Yeti as an example. They sell...thermal coolers. Not exactly the stuff dreams are made of...YET, Yeti has become cooler the way Dyson is a vacuum or Patagonia is simply a jacket. Sales went from $39 million to $469 million...in 3 years. A big part of their success has been due to developing street cred with everyone from pitmasters to outdoorsy types. They have over 130 contracted brand ambassadors. During the pandemic, when a company selling luxury coolers for $300 bucks should have tanked, they excelled. Why? Street Cred. Develop it before you start picking it apart for ROI. #b2bmarketing #b2bsales #b2bstrategy #b2btech #b2b …see more

Have you made your Women in Global Health committment yet? Submit a S.M.A.R.T. (specific, measurable, attainable, realistic and time-bound) commitment to advance women in global health leadership and achieve great gender equity in global health leadership at all levels. #WomeninGH #genderequality #globalhealth #WHA71 Click here to learn more---> https://lnkd.in/eAcU-Jf …see more

I recently had the privilege of hosting a fireside chat with the inspiring Arlan Hamilton of Backstage Capital . Our visit inspired my latest column for Inc. Here's to investors who decide to invest big into women founders and help create more female-founded unicorns. …see more

Congrats on our portfolio company Werk.co being featured in New York Times! Workplace flexibility is no longer a nice to have, for young and older generations alike! #SoGalBoss

Bakkt is not kidding around what with a collection of heavy hitters appointed to its board. JPMorgan is not kidding around with its blockchain initiatives, coin and hiring crypto talent left and right. Facebook is not kidding around with its coin and also with hiring a deep blockchain bench. you hear that? that is the sound of enterprise blockchain inevitability. #blockchain #cryptoassets #cryptocurrencies …see more

🍗🍗🍗 A fried chicken triple hat win?!?!? LinkedIn Top Voice (not once, twice, but three times) 3-4 years ago, I hardly hanged out on LinkedIn, I thought it was a place to find jobs and put up your resume. It was hardly a place for a creative nor an entrepreneur. But... LinkedIn has changed... It changed to be a content creator's heaven. It changed to be a community. It changed to be a channel (for all). Being a LinkedIn channel has opened many doors for me, and I love to share this win with everyone. You can be a voice on LinkedIn. I spent many hours perfecting communication and video skills. Still, it's starts with your knowledge and personality. Your voice and experience is unique. Be a channel on LinkedIn. Be The-Go-To Channel. Be the voice. I've set up a #stringcomp I'm giving away a Blinkist subscription to help someone level up their content game. Enter here at bit.ly/stringcomp #stringtheory on #topvoice #read #startup #entrepreneur #linkedintopvoices #contentmarketing #channel #personalbranding …see more

our latest investment with Next Gate Tech a Luxembourg based fintech startup focused on smart automation in the fund services and asset management industries.

I'm very pleased to see Generation -- McKinsey Social Initiative’s youth employment program, featured in the Financial Times. In just over 2 years, 13,000 young people across 47 cities and 5 countries have been reached. Read on to learn how this program is tackling the skills gap and changing lives: …see more

SLC is getting its own #LinkedInLocal networking event, thanks to the great Caloni Michelle, MBA ! Come meet up with a ton of awesome people. Link to sign up for the event in the first comment.  I won't be able to make this one, but will definitely be supporting and will make the next one. …see more

Sam Horn has great, doable advice on how not to drop the presentation ball when you close things out. #fbf

I led a project years ago and Jessica, the most experienced member of my team, was struggling. She was actually performing brilliantly, but she felt burnt out. The client we were serving wasn’t an easy one.  "I can’t go on like this much longer," Jessica told me. I reassured her that I appreciated her work and that I would give her a break from assignments like this one. I then moved Jessica on to another project as we completed the last few days without her.  Upon wrapping up, we received stellar feedback from the client, and I knew who I wanted to call first. I told Jessica it was some of the best work we had ever done, thanked her specifically for her role, and told her I knew things wouldn’t have gone as well without her. You could “hear” the smile on the other line. She thanked me (twice) for taking the time to call. She finished by saying: “You don’t know how much this phone call means to me. I’d be happy to help out on a similar project in the future.” That’s the effect of sincere and specific praise. Read more in my new book, "EQ Applied: The Real-World Guide to Emotional Intelligence": https://amzn.to/2sxFLho #EQ #leadership #management #EmotionalIntelligence #PersonalDevelopment #Empathy #MakeEmotionsWorkForYouNotAgainstYou …see more

Simon Sinek shares the most powerful lesson he has ever learnt in a #MeetTheAuthor interview with Holly Branson : https://virg.in/5GV

When I was clinically obese, I wanted nothing more than to blame McDonald’s or other fast-food brands. I wanted to blame Mars, Coca-Cola, Nestle, and the entire unhealthy food industry. I wanted to blame them for my health. But as tempting as that was, the food these companies made was not the real reason I was overweight. I was obese because I was eating my feelings. When I was bored, I would eat. When I was lonely, I would eat. When I felt guilty for overeating, I would eat. Behind all of my overeating was a desire to escape. And this desire to escape is crucial to understanding the roots of distraction. Distraction is always about a desire to escape discomfort. Instead of thinking that we’re addicted to food or technology and thinking that there’s nothing to do about it, we can use these uncomfortable emotions to motivate ourselves toward traction rather than distraction. Only by being honest and open about our problems can we begin to address them. What’s one unhealthy habit you’re in the process of changing at the moment? #Indistractable #ProblemSolving #Behavior #Motivation #Growth …see more

‪My favorite quote on GameStop saga.‬ ‪“Waging war against Big Finance by becoming a day trader is like waging war against the casino industry by becoming a gambling addict.”‬ ‪- Derek Thompson …see more

I read this article titled, "5 Things Socially Intelligent People Consistently Do" just in time for LinkedInGlobal tomorrow! 1️⃣ Friendships are best shared. Socially intelligent people understand that the best problem-solver is a strong network. 2️⃣ Withhold judgment. Socially intelligent people acknowledge strangers and show them respect. 3️⃣ Who wins? Listeners do. Socially intelligent people listen more than they speak. 4️⃣ Practice the mindset of a student. Socially intelligent people approach every interaction as a learning opportunity. 5️⃣ Keeping score is for games, not friendships. Socially intelligent people give for the sake of giving. I can't wait to meet you in person tomorrow! Brian Wallace , Shaneé Moret , Hala Taha , Brad Leavitt , Brian Schulman , Zack Scriven , Mark Metry and more! Here is the link to the Medium article https://lnkd.in/enwYP7M #Networking #Sales #SocialSelling #DigitalMarketing #LinkedinGlobal #LinkedInTraining #LinkedInTips …see more