Bob Sutton A few years back, one of my closest friends at Stanford, Steve Barley, made a comment that I still think of often “If you are what you do, then I am a sociologist.” Steve was making a general point (drawn from sociological theory on identity) and a specific point about himself. The general point was that the behavior that people display – regardless of their intentions and the claims they make to others – are the best indicator of both their sense of self and of how others see them. The specific point was that, although Steve is an engineering professor and his doctorate is from MIT’s Sloan School of Management, because of the intellectual tools he uses day after day in his research – things like social network theory, ethnographic methods, and theories of the sociology of work and technology – he sees himself as a sociologist (and most other scholars do too). Another sign that my identity is as a writer is evident in what I read for fun.
OnStartups Creation entreprise, entrepreneur, créer son entreprise, auto entreprise... Difficile de passer à côté actuellement : ça parle de charge mentale dans tous les dîners, sur tous les réseaux sociaux. Et le concept est à la fois terriblement efficace (difficile de n’être pas d’accord, même si le trait est grossier) et diablement séduisant pour « marcher » en presse, en édition, en web. Un bon vieux sujet de fond à décliner sur tous les supports en tout cas. D’où évidemment l’inévitable portage du sujet dans d&rsq Lire la suite... PostSecret Blogstring Ask The VC February 2, 2010 1:11 PM Today, I learned that former classmate of mine at the University of Michigan has started a blog for startups dealing with intellectual property issues. Jill Bowman is a great person and her blog is not only informative, but is also written in her voice, not legalese. (Her husband says it’s too “girly” but I totally disagree).
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VentureBeat What You Really Need Is A Market, Not An Idea "A SaaS app for dog walkers? What about building another CRM app, but for auto shops? What could I build for caterers? Maybe I'll just build my own version of Basecamp, but with some new features. 33 HBR Blog Posts You Should Read Before 2013 - Katherine Bell - Our Editors by Katherine Bell | 8:00 AM December 28, 2012 HBR’s editors have compiled a list of some of our — and your — favorite of the nearly 2000 blog posts we published in 2012. As usual, the topics that most preoccupied our authors and readers reflected our shared anxieties: the pressures exerted on our businesses by technology and the global economy — no end to economic uncertainty, the need to make sense of vast amounts of data, the problem and opportunity of disruptive innovation; as well as perennial personal worries — finding work that matters, never getting enough done. We hope you’ll find some insights here you may have missed the first time around, and that they’ll help you make 2013 a productive and innovative year for your company and yourself.
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