News Links for 05.29.08
by Derek KarchnerThis week’s recommended reading from your friends at Blogenberg:
- While American Airlines employees begin picketing, Southwest employees take out a full-page ad to thank their outgoing CEO. The employee experience counts for a lot too.
- Misunderstood? Try changing your words instead of shouting louder.
- An interesting look at the intersection of foreign policy and social media.
- Concerned about those pesky traffic cameras invading your privacy? Just start a band and use them to make a music video. Or… use this example to “think outside the crosswalk.”
- Marshall Goldsmith explores how successful people often struggle to change for the very reasons that made them successful in the first place.
- While you may not go to the same extremes, Paul Graham describes how he’s eliminated distractions to avoid procrastinating. (hint: turn your wi-fi off.)
- NPR’s Marketplace visits with United Talent Agency’s online division to talk to the “agents of YouTube.”
- Krishna De discusses “how to build a community around your brand.” (click on the podcast links)