I was going to blog today about "hidden agendas" in business, but unfortunately, my draft was brutally rejected by my young colleagues.  One was polite at least:  "The idea behind the blog is fine, but the way it's currently shaped is too morally based. I would instead frame the idea as an argument for transparency, rather than a discourse against hidden agendas".  The other (and I won't mention names but she's my director of operations) could barely conceal her frustration with my feeble efforts.

So ok, I admit it - I'm a neophyte blogger, I said it and it's out there for the world to know.  In spite of all I have learned about business, when it comes to social media I have to defer to youthful colleagues and friends.  But the truth is, they are always right.  They have grown up in a world, sharing, communicating and consuming information in a way that is sometimes hard for a "baby boomer" (my second admission of the day) to understand - we just grew up with less information exposure.  

Now here's the thing, there is so much information and so many great ideas available in real-time that it sometimes can seem overwhelming - but you have to make information work for you and not against you, meaning you need to connect, learn and adapt or....risk becoming  a business relic (personally I like the former rather than the latter).  While, for some time I've understood the power of social media and our extraordinary access to information, I have only recently begun to completely embrace all the possibilities and...... any day you can learn something new is a great one!

One of my favorite former bosses said that "business development was about connecting the dots".  His message had to do with taking the time to look at capabilities and ideas from a different perspective to see how they might be applied to provide a different or better solution for someone.  

While my business model allows for greater opportunity to explore new ideas, tools, processes and technologies (ideas, capabilities to help "connect the dots"), I can't help wishing that I had even more time to connect, learn, enjoy, and be amazed.  So many great ideas - so little time!

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