1 - Wrote about Sean Rehder over at TuSK. Yes, TuSK is still alive. Actually, a fair number of people on TuSK have moved on to bigger and better things. Michele Macready is now over at Q with Lance, and Tom Cullen is now CIO of Peet's. Michele and Tom couldn't be happier, and when I see somebody get the job of their dreams, it puts a smile on my face.
2 - Ever start a writing project and have it turn into Godzilla? This was one of those experiences. Started out as a little post about Brand Talent and turned into this monster about the "New World of Recruiting." I was hesitant to start the series because everybody who is in the midst of change believes that their experience is unique, but I do believe that recruiting is structurally changing.
3 - Having a really great time writing with the people at SimplyHired. One of the really fun parts about it is finding people who haven't written before and dragging them kicking and screaming to the page. Working with Mike Bacher was a warm-up for Phil Gee - the guy is almost allergic to the fame that his intelligence and experience should bring to him. Maybe I'll do a TuSK post on Phil and really bum him out.
4 - I really liked C.M.'s post on the SimplyHired blog. Quick, to the point, actionable. Nicely done.
5 - Still getting my start-up fix on the side. The team tell me that Dashnote will be launching soon (yeah, sure - I said here that we would be announcing in February!). We have one super-genius working on it full-time and assorted other smart people burning the midnight oil once their day jobs are done. Showing VCs and angels, and the response is pretty exciting. The whole Dashnote experience reminds me of that Gary Larson panel where the two spiders have woven a web at the bottom of a children's playground slide. The caption reads "If we pull this off we are going to eat like kings!"
6 - In addition to TuSK, Talentism and SimplyHired, I have been doing some blogging inside of EA. For one of my posts on the EA blog I took the "10 Rules for Innovators" piece and reprinted. It is getting some of the same numbers inside that it did outside. This has consistently been my most popular post (now translated into several languages if you can believe it). Funny. Maybe I should give up everything else and become an "Innovation Guru". Hello Hawaiian shirts, goodbye personal hygiene!
7 - Mentioned the global launch of our "Universal Sourcing Platform" back in May. It launched, was successful, and now we are on to our Next Gen solution. It is a real thrill to work with masters like Kristi and Sean. All that stuff that you hear about that you think "Yeah, sure, it would be nice, but who is really doing it?" Kristi and Sean are. Really. I'd tell you more but then I would have to... (you know the rest).
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