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A person using a computer experiences “cognitive drift” if more than one second elapses between clicking the mouse and seeing new data on the screen.  If ten seconds pass, the person’s mind is somewhere else entirely.  That’s how medical errors are made.
Levitt and Dubner, Superfreakonomics

Randy Mayeux wrote a good post about the topic already so I won’t reinvent the wheel, but take a look.  There have also been good articles in the WSJ and in Wired magazine on related topics.  A friend recommended this article to me and I pass it along to you.

Are any of you working on focusing and “uni-tasking”?  Any success stories out there?

image sourced from creativecommons

While we may be at different levels of social media awareness, no one has a lock on “what to do” – things are moving too fast.  Social media continues to morph and we’re all in catch up mode – always.  New technology keeps popping up and we continue to evaluate and make go/no-go decisions.  For example, how many people have figured out how to leverage Foursquare/Gowalla/Yelp for their brand?

Don’t freak.  Don’t fear. Do…

1. Define your social media goals focusing on listening and message
2. Put together your social media team
3. Define your strategy
4. Try, test and measure
5. Keep adapting

How many times do we try new things only to find ourselves in a marginally better situation?   To be clear the new situation is better, but often not dramatically so.  Myself, I’ve dedicated mounds of cash and thousands of hours in the last two years furthering my education.  As a result, I’ve gotten a new job (which I love!) but I’m still propelled and anchored by who I am.  No better, no worse. 

We aim high, perhaps fall a little short.  Then we take our sights and aim high again.  It’s the American way.  Is this a profound truth?  Or an excuse for a fourth place finish?

Through these confusing thoughts, an image started to come into mind.  Those of us who are motivated to change, to be something new and better, are climbing a spiral staircase.  We’re taking these steps looking to find our way upward to the new and the better.  As we climb, we sometimes rest and take stock of our progress.  We look back down we see that we’re still really not much farther than we were.  In fact we may have walked in a circle, but it’s not a circle – it’s a spiral.  Our fantastic flights often don’t take us to new places but to new and better versions of today. 

So I’ll continue reading books like this and this and I’ll keep climbing.  As for n*, you should eat his food – it’s damn fine cuisine.

You’re welcome to follow my tweets live.

If the mood strikes, I may also ustream.

If you’re there too let’s collaborate on a pint of beer.

On organizational change, ‘help the wounded, but shoot the stragglers‘ – classmate, Doug McElhaney 

“If you’re not in the jungle, you’re not going to know the tiger.” – from the Art Of Innovation 

On finding innvoation, “If I had asked my customers what they wanted, they’d have said a faster horse” – Henry Ford

On commitment to innovation, “I have not failed.  I have merely found ten thousand ways that won’t work” – Thomas Edison

On defeating devil’s advocates – “focus on promise, not imperfections” – from Ten Faces of Innovation

What are your favorite quotes?