by Daria Steigman on November 2, 2010
Can you keep a secret, or are you indiscriminately telling all?
Whether you’re a full-time workshifter or you just take the occasional business call while watching your son’s t-ball game or standing in line waiting for a latte, you need to be mindful of not sharing your life with strangers. There’s been a lot of discussion about privacy in a personal context–but what about the business context?
From client strategy to personnel changes to office gossip, people all too often are sharing competitive intelligence without any regard as to whether you just might know who or what they’re talking about or can track it down with a few clicks of a mouse. Check out my latest Workshifting.com post for things to think about the next time you’re working outside the office.
I also have a new post on BOLD Business, the Entrepreneurs’ Organization’s new blog. If you haven’t read Mitch Joel‘s Six Pixels of Separation but are thinking about it, here’s my book review.
Photo by Anna Gutermuth (Flickr).
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by Daria Steigman on August 26, 2009
Each week I’m highlighting 3 or 4 posts, surveys, and other news that I have read and/or tweeted about that you may not have seen. As the name implies, I think they deserve a second look.
Here’s your second look for this week:
- Ask Why, Not What. Strategy rules. Mitch Joel, author of the upcoming Six Pixels of Separation, points out that too many people ask “what are we doing…?” (a tactical question) when they should be asking “why are we doing…?”
- Blogging Drives Business. Hubspot looked at small businesses with and without blogs. Those with blogs had 55 percent more visitors. Some good food for thought here.
- Perfect Pushup. A profile of Alden Mills, who talks about how being a Navy SEAL prepared him for business and entrepreneurship.
- Empowering Women to End Poverty. This New York Times Magazine piece on the linkages between women’s rights, empowerment, and fighting poverty offers a look at what’s possible and how much is left to do. One big question I’d ask the authors: Why is microfinance so much more successful in Asia than in Africa?
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