Matt Weilert's blog

We will advance our cause more when we help others figure out where they want to go—and help them get there.

In building out the vital intersections between the way we construct our physical world and how those buildings, those structures influence the way we treat each other, books can serve a . . . → Read More: A New View of Wayfinding

Penny wise, pound foolish has rarely had so direct a demonstration.

Let’s say that you’re a director at a large food products company. Imagine the chaos that ensues when deep within the bowels of the organization, an HR troll FIRED your right arm, your executive secretary, your “Man Friday” while you were . . . → Read More: The Risks of Not Learning, Part I

IMAGINE

if the One World Scheme anarchists (which some call Occupy Wall Street, OWS) had developed a coherent set of beliefs and a community-oriented strategy.

IMAGINE

if they had respectfully approached neighboring homeowners and businesses with a well-though-out and well-articulated proposition (run with me here):

We would . . . → Read More: O.c.c.u.p.y Hearts & Minds

After a busy week and a conference all weekend, the new faith-based blog (Enchiridion Texanae) is up-to-date, yet I was wondering what I was going to write about for the personal/tech blog. Thankfully, the talented, erudite and oh, so articulate Umair Haque solved that for me with a lovely burst of world-wide . . . → Read More: The Risk of Good PR

Dali’s Persistence of Memory provides a segue full of insight to the process of disciplining your vision, through increasing the clarity of Your Own Unique Resources. Are the problems you’re picking to solve in your business hard enough to be worth solving? . . . → Read More: Persistence of y.o.u.r. Vision

Lots of folks confuse activity with adding value. Billions in currencies vapourized in the dot-com meltdown because of that singular confusion. See my post on that. Or better yet, see Venessa’s. Because innovation is much more art than science, it ties in perfectly with the most effective approaches to reducing risk. If . . . → Read More: Celebrate your culture
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