Comments on: Passion Flight http://www.attentionmax.com/passion_flight Max Kalehoff On Marketing, Media and Being A Dad Sun, 20 May 2012 22:44:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: maxkalehoff http://www.attentionmax.com/passion_flight#comment-5842 maxkalehoff Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:10:57 +0000 http://www.attentionmax.com/?p=2733#comment-5842 Thanks for your thoughts, Sandra. Your comparison to creativity is a good one, because they're both important yet ephemeral. Being that entrepreneurs and the self-employed are among the most passionate business people, I would imagine that the organizations who do harness passion will be those with entrepreneurial cultures. Thanks for your thoughts, Sandra. Your comparison to creativity is a good one, because they're both important yet ephemeral. Being that entrepreneurs and the self-employed are among the most passionate business people, I would imagine that the organizations who do harness passion will be those with entrepreneurial cultures.

]]> By: Sandra Hanchard http://www.attentionmax.com/passion_flight#comment-5841 Sandra Hanchard Mon, 14 Dec 2009 06:38:10 +0000 http://www.attentionmax.com/?p=2733#comment-5841 Anecdotally, I'm sure a lot of people would agree that 'passion' can get sucked out of a large bureaucratic institution. Proving it is the thing. It's a similar problem to quantifying the value of 'creativity' to a productive society (Richard Florida wrote a book on it..). <br><br>There are some ways I think organisations are tackling it - including 'opinion markets' (ala User Voice) that bring visibility to knowledge sources from the grass-roots level; a good mechanism for cultivating the "care factor" of each employee. Anecdotally, I'm sure a lot of people would agree that 'passion' can get sucked out of a large bureaucratic institution. Proving it is the thing. It's a similar problem to quantifying the value of 'creativity' to a productive society (Richard Florida wrote a book on it..).

There are some ways I think organisations are tackling it – including 'opinion markets' (ala User Voice) that bring visibility to knowledge sources from the grass-roots level; a good mechanism for cultivating the “care factor” of each employee.

]]> By: maxkalehoff http://www.attentionmax.com/passion_flight#comment-5536 maxkalehoff Sun, 13 Dec 2009 23:10:57 +0000 http://www.attentionmax.com/?p=2733#comment-5536 Thanks for your thoughts, Sandra. Your comparison to creativity is a good one, because they're both important yet ephemeral. Being that entrepreneurs and the self-employed are among the most passionate business people, I would imagine that the organizations who do harness passion will be those with entrepreneurial cultures. Thanks for your thoughts, Sandra. Your comparison to creativity is a good one, because they're both important yet ephemeral. Being that entrepreneurs and the self-employed are among the most passionate business people, I would imagine that the organizations who do harness passion will be those with entrepreneurial cultures.

]]> By: Sandra Hanchard http://www.attentionmax.com/passion_flight#comment-5535 Sandra Hanchard Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:38:10 +0000 http://www.attentionmax.com/?p=2733#comment-5535 Anecdotally, I'm sure a lot of people would agree that 'passion' can get sucked out of a large bureaucratic institution. Proving it is the thing. It's a similar problem to quantifying the value of 'creativity' to a productive society (Richard Florida wrote a book on it..). <br><br>There are some ways I think organisations are tackling it - including 'opinion markets' (ala User Voice) that bring visibility to knowledge sources from the grass-roots level; a good mechanism for cultivating the "care factor" of each employee. Anecdotally, I'm sure a lot of people would agree that 'passion' can get sucked out of a large bureaucratic institution. Proving it is the thing. It's a similar problem to quantifying the value of 'creativity' to a productive society (Richard Florida wrote a book on it..).

There are some ways I think organisations are tackling it – including 'opinion markets' (ala User Voice) that bring visibility to knowledge sources from the grass-roots level; a good mechanism for cultivating the “care factor” of each employee.

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