COMRADITYtag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-17834302011-12-30T10:51:21-05:00How does camaraderie happen?TypePadDisrupt the Creative Blocktag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a0105364b9091970c01675f6a60be970b2011-12-30T10:51:21-05:002012-01-18T08:45:05-05:00Internet Guru, Clay Shirky, wrote a book entitled "Here Comes Everybody" in 2009. He predicted that the free "social web" would unearth new ideas which galvanize people more efficiently and more authentically than top down organizations ever could. As welcome...Katherine Warman Kernhttp://www.comradity.com/comradity/2011/12/disrupt-the-creative-block.htmlThe Next Big Thingtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a0105364b9091970c015435cce0f6970c2011-09-30T11:28:34-04:002011-09-30T11:28:34-04:00Music can be a leading indicator of many trends. Maybe that's because almost everyone has made music at some point in their lives. You could say that it is the first form of communication when you listen to a parent...Katherine Warman Kernhttp://www.comradity.com/comradity/2011/09/the-next-big-thing.htmlThis economy will resist even the irresistible.tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a0105364b9091970c014e8bb895ee970d2011-09-21T08:32:28-04:002011-09-21T09:24:07-04:00There's a lot of hand-wringing going on right now about an economy that doesn't respond. The economy is us. And we are not responding. We don't respond to more advertising on the TV at home nor on our computers at...Katherine Warman Kernhttp://www.comradity.com/comradity/2011/09/this-economy-will-resist-even-the-irresistible.htmlConfidencetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a0105364b9091970c014e8b6291d0970d2011-09-08T13:30:40-04:002011-09-08T13:53:04-04:00The one thing most analysts, pundits, politicians agree on is our economy suffers from low confidence. Low consumer confidence. Low business confidence. They all disagree on what it will take to restore confidence. But that’s because they disagree on whether...Katherine Warman Kernhttp://www.comradity.com/comradity/2011/09/confidence.htmlLaughing at Yourself May Resolve Conflict Better than Anything Elsetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a0105364b9091970c014e897f4afd970d2011-06-30T11:26:57-04:002011-07-27T16:57:42-04:00Political grandstanding, corporate siloes, the "revenge of the nerds" aren't resolving conflicts. Operating in a vacuum, isolated from each other, they don't question themselves even secretly. What will provoke each side to face the other? I recently saw a special...Katherine Warman Kernhttp://www.comradity.com/comradity/2011/06/laughing-at-self-resolves-conflict.htmlCapital Ideatag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a0105364b9091970c014e893d455b970d2011-06-19T09:22:28-04:002011-06-19T10:03:00-04:00Just finished reading "The PayPal Wars" by Eric M. Jackson. It is a riveting story about the rise of a start-up from the point of view of the trenches. PayPal founder Peter Thiel saw an opportunity to capitalize on the...Katherine Warman Kernhttp://www.comradity.com/comradity/2011/06/capital-idea.htmlInnovation doesn't always grow the Economytag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a0105364b9091970c0154330d5e97970c2011-06-16T08:35:04-04:002011-06-16T09:00:06-04:00This morning's news raises fear of a double dip recession. Specifically, although corporate profits are at all time highs, they are not "trickling down" to more employing more. One explanation is automation. In other words, jobs are being replaced by...Katherine Warman Kernhttp://www.comradity.com/comradity/2011/06/innovation-doesnt-always-grow-the-economy.htmlBreakthrough the Filter Bubbletag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a0105364b9091970c01538f0b3d72970b2011-06-08T10:24:22-04:002011-06-16T07:42:57-04:00The Filter Bubble Eli Pariser reveals is alarming for many reasons. Among them is the redundancy of people one connects with through Social Media. If you only meet people who know people you already know, the world just keeps getting...Katherine Warman Kernhttp://www.comradity.com/comradity/2011/06/breakthrough-the-filter-bubble.htmlHow Six Inches May Disrupt the Internet (aka Post Weiner)tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a0105364b9091970c014e88f6e400970d2011-06-07T09:29:00-04:002011-06-07T09:29:00-04:00Unwittingly, Congressman Weiner exposed more than himself on Twitter. He exposed Social Media's underbelly. When a person who pledges to represent the best interests of the common good as a Representative in Congress, thinks Social Media - which is open...Katherine Warman Kernhttp://www.comradity.com/comradity/2011/06/how-six-inches-may-disrupt-the-internet-aka-post-weiner.htmlFreedom to Choosetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a0105364b9091970c01538eea697a970b2011-06-03T11:01:59-04:002011-06-08T09:55:29-04:00The concept of "Freedom of Choice" was born, in the Western world, at a time when individual's socio-economic fate was only determined by birth. The choice was binary. Stay in your hometown and be defined by your family name, or...Katherine Warman Kernhttp://www.comradity.com/comradity/2011/06/freedom-to-choose.html