I don’t know if you watched the 60 minutes story last night on endless memory. You can see the first part of the story here and there’s a link to the second part on the player. In a nutshell, the story shows 5 folks – including a famous actress – who have complete recall of every moment of their lives since they were kids. You pick a date, they tell you what happened. A lot of people think it’s some kind of parlor trick but the research clearly demonstrates that it’s real. I thought it was fascinating and I’d love to hear your thoughts. Of course, as I was watching, I had a business thought which I’d like to share with you as well. Continue reading
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Built To Last
Suppose it’s just not even 20 years ago and you’ve built Prodigy. You and Compuserve pretty much dominate the on-line world through your dial-in walled gardens. There’s this new kid on the block – America On Line – who is off on the horizon and the three of you are all running what I like to call the “peep show” model: the longer users stay connected, the longer the meter runs and the more you take in. Great business. Until it wasn’t. Continue reading
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Beyond The Canonical Perspective
Let’s have some fun. Grab a pen and some paper and draw a cup or a car or a house. Done? Great. There’s this term – canonical perspective. It comes out of some research first presented in 1981 by a guy named Palmer. The short version of what he did was to ask folks to draw him something and he found that most people drew the object from the same perspective – slightly above, looking down, and a bit off to either the left or right. Is that sort of what your drawing looks like? Well, this point of view has been dubbed the “canonical perspective” and it’s today’s business thought. Continue reading
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