Doctoral Student, Management, Harvard Business School; Co-founder, The Self-Management Institute at The Morning Star Company

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3 years 5 months ago
Hi Michele, I agree completely. For me, this has nothing to do with a project management platform--in fact, I would resist including project management utilities in anything you develop; it'll onl... More
3 years 6 months ago
Invite-only might not be exactly the correct approach, but it needs to be a more "committed" relationship than the "leave a comment" approach that I've seen in many hackathons. I think participants n... More
3 years 6 months ago
TEDx is a good model; leverages and strengthens the TED brand, but doesn't require a whole lot of centralized planning on your part (Michele, Gary, Polly, Chris, et al). I think a more interactiv... More
3 years 6 months ago
Agree re. long-term not equalling long-hours. It's more about extended engagement than it is a significant time commitment. More
3 years 6 months ago
The MiX has cultivated this impressive group of Mavericks--all pretty big names, and impressive management thinkers. But there's not really any mechanism for MiX-ers to leverage those Mavericks. H... More
3 years 6 months ago
Taylor: Great idea. I agree wholeheartedly. Didn't see this before I posted a similar response in another area--but this is the best way to leverage the MiX community. More
3 years 6 months ago
I think that a MiX Catalog is the best way to put this idea into play. To be quite honest, I'm skeptical that the tools that I need to revolutionize my organization are going to come in Twitter-len... More
3 years 6 months ago
I think this makes a lot of sense. Like the idea a lot. I'd extend it, to some degree, as mentioned in my admittedly related proposal. http://www.mixhackathon.org/content/experimentationproject-p... More
3 years 6 months ago
My experience as a MiX contributor, as well as a practitioner who has perused the MiX for answers to some of my pressing, practical issues, is that there are a great number of great ideas on the MiX, ... More
4 years 1 month ago
Thanks, Julian, for your comments. You've hit the nail on the head: responsibility is really the key. I appreciate the insight. More
4 years 4 months ago
Frank:Thanks for the comment.  My attempt to respond to your questions:1.  Great question, and the short answer is no, not really.  We have a whole philosophy around this--that perhaps ... More
4 years 11 months ago
Jordan: Thanks for the note. Great question. We have around 350 year round and 2500 partial year employees. I think that if we were to roll this out on a larger scale, there would be a few changes... More
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The MiX has cultivated this impressive group of Mavericks--all pretty big names, and impressive management thinkers. But there's not really any mechanism for MiX-ers to leverage those Mavericks. Honestly, it almost seems like they are token names (who each have a few videos, and perhaps a blog post or two)...

By Paul Green, Jr. on February 18, 2022
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My experience as a MiX contributor, as well as a practitioner who has perused the MiX for answers to some of my pressing, practical issues, is that there are a great number of great ideas on the MiX, but very few real, practical tools or solutions that I can leverage...

By Paul Green, Jr. on February 18, 2022