March 28, 2007

Getting vernancular

Johnnie Moore

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Getting vernancular

One of our Co-Creation Rules is “Get Vernacular”. This means dumping some of the dinosaur speak and using language that the rest of us use.

Rik spotted a great example of someone who gets this – Warren Buffett in his letter to shareholders.

“Warning: It’s time to eat your broccoli – I am now going to talk about accounting matters. I owe this to those Berkshire shareholders who love reading about debits and credits. I hope both of you find this discussion helpful. All others can skip this section; there will be no quiz.”

Waterfalls and chaos

I linked to this paper on wicked problems the other day and Chris Corrigan commented “there’s a lot in that paper eh?”. Which is true.

Unhurried marketing

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Passion brands bring people together based on common interests and excitements. I’m particularly interested in ones created from the bottom up, as opposed to driven by producers concerned mainly with profit.

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The volatile chemistry of trust

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Getting vernancular

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