Tim will always have a special place in my heart. I still remember the first meeting with him – probably in 2000. It was at the Yahoo! cafeteria and we had lunch. Tim spoke about building relationships and of course, left a lasting impression on me. Since then we have met a number of times and the feeling never changes. There is so much to learn from him.
I had an opportunity to read the pre-release copy of his new book “Saving the World at Work” and it is simply awesome.
The topic, as Tim says, is about the “Responsibility Revolution” – how individuals and organizations can take more responsibility (with a slant on sustainability) and make a difference. What is VERY interesting is that the case studies prove beyond doubt that by taking more responsibility, you are not sacrificing anything – in fact, you can improve the bottom line by being more responsible.
Whether you have a small business or you are part of a large organization, you will totally enjoy the book and probably find something that you can apply immediately at work and start making a difference.
Thanks Tim for writng the book and special THANKS for being such an inspiration!
PS: My photo is here only to show support for the book (wearing the saving the world at work t-shirt). I got an email saying why I have put my photo there and not Tim’s photo
* There are about 40 million charts online.
* If that seems a lot, compare that to 900 Billion charts that gets printed worldwide in a year.
Why the discrepancy? I think the reason is that there is no simple way to create and publish high-quality charts.
The most popular tool for creating charts is Microsoft Excel. However, Excel is not the best tool to create charts. Here are a few basic problems:
1. It is cumbersome to create charts on Excel
2. Excel created charts are not the best looking charts
3. There is no interactivity in the resulting charts. In fact, the resulting chart is an image.
4. Putting up an excel created chart online is similar to posting an image online.
5. Excel charts are not searchable (yet)
iCharts is a web-based service that makes creating and publishing interactive charts simple.
Here is a sample interactive chart created using iCharts. It took a fraction of the time it would have taken to create the same (but lower quality with no interactivity) chart using Excel. This iChart shows the medal tally from the recently concluded Olympics event.
You can see the expanded version of the iChart here.
The Invitation
iCharts is a free service. However, there is a premium version where you can download iCharts to embed them into office applications or in PDF documents
For a limited time (until we reach our target premium beta accounts) you can use the following code to get a premium beta account on iCharts
It is a book that has been in the works for close to 3 years. I almost thought I had completed the book. However, upon discussion three people who are helping me with my book (Peter Winick, Bill Sherman and Arun Nithyanandam) I realized that I need more Personal Branding stories.
That’s where I need your help.
If you have a great personal branding story, please share it with me. Or if you are amazed by the personal brand of someone that’s close to you, please ask them to share their story.
I will use a few of them in the upcoming book and in turn help you or them extend their personal brand!
You can send an email to “explore at foresightplus dot com”
Mohan from Infosys sent me an email a few minutes ago about his personal tragedy. Reading through what they had to go through recently brought tears to my eyes.
Mohan and his wife were traveling on Jet Airways Flight 9W 229 from Brussels to New Delhi with their 4.5 month old baby Aditya Mohan. For reasons unknown, the baby stopped breathing and long story short – was pronounced dead on arrival. Reason given – “death by Asphyxiation by choking”
Mohan has written a detailed version of the story here.
It is a long journey to India and I know that there are a lot of parents who travel to India with infants. Like Mohan says, I hope no other parent has to face the kind of tragedy they faced. Our family offers our deepest condolences to Mohan and his family.
Please support Mohan and his family by signing an online petition to request authorities to conduct a full investigation.
It is sad to hear this and may GOD give all the strength to Mohan and his wife in this time.
I was first introduced to the concept of Mini Saga by Dan Pink. It’s been a couple of years and I have written 26 mini sagas.
For starters, a mini saga is a story in exactly 50 words. Not 49 or 51 but in exactly 50 words.
My new manifesto published on ChangeThis is based on these Mini Sagas.
I also partnered with my a close friend Suresh Gundappa (who is a celebrated photographer) to combine a photo with each mini saga.
There are 15 mini sagas in the manifesto and for me, it is an attempt to present a thought, insight or a lesson in just 50 words. I have put my heart and soul into this project. However, I know that the verdict is in your hands
I want to thank the following people who made this happen:
1. My cool friends at 800-CEO-READ (especially Dylan Schleicher)
Anyone with reasonably good credit will get a lot of unsolicited credit card offers in their mail. I am sure your mailboxes are filled with them. There is a simple way to stop them. You can stop accumulating junk and also do your small part by reducing waste.
You need to call the following number and ask them to register your name to opt-out of these offers.
Pre-screen & Opt-out Notice
1-888-567-8688
Note: You have to register every name in the household separately.
Corp-Corp.com is organizing a networking event for executives in the staffing industry in Santa Clara, California on April 19. I will be speaking there on the topic “Rainmaking During Times of Recession“. Here are the details:
Date: April 19, 2008
Time: 11 AM to 3 PM
Location: TiE – Silicon Valley Conference Center
2903 Bunker Hill Lane, Suite 108
Santa Clara, CA 95054
Link: Corp-Corp CA Event
Fee: $50
If you are in the staffing business, you might want to look at attending the event to network with other executives in the same business.
I am very excited that Jiffle has been selected as a finalist in the 2008 Webware 100 Awards by the editors of CNET Webware.com in the Productivity category. The 300 finalists were selected by editors from more than 4,600 qualifying Web 2.0 services nominated by Webware readers and company representatives. The users will decide which services are the Webware 100 winners by voting for their favorite service. The winners will be announced on April 21, the day before the Web 2.0 Expo opens.
Please make Jiffle a “Webware 100″ winner by clicking here
Tim will always have a special place in my heart. I still remember the first meeting with him – probably in 2000. It was at the Yahoo! cafeteria and we had lunch. Tim spoke about building relationships and of course, left a lasting impression on me. Since then we have met a number of times and the feeling never changes. There is so much to learn from him.
organizations can take more responsibility (with a slant on sustainability) and make a difference. What is VERY interesting is that the case studies prove beyond doubt that by taking more responsibility, you are not sacrificing anything – in fact, you can improve the bottom line by being more responsible.
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