Today I had the opportunity to talk with Goldwin McEwen, an award winning communications writer and a developer of communications and public relations strategies. He motivates and organizes groups and has successfully managed both internal and external communications in private for-profit and not-for-profit organizations, government agencies, and academia. Mr. McEwen is currently the CEO of […]
The Hyperthinker by Philip Weiss
New thinking for the Internet age
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Hyperthinking in the healthcare sector: Day 5
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The Hyperthinker is becoming a Hypertraveler
As a traveler and Hyperthinker I have recently addressed the need for a new mindset within the sector and while today’s post is about travel, my objective this week takes me to a new audience. This week, I’ll be speaking and networking with University students on my book and the concept of Hyperthinking, a mindset […]
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Hyperthinking in the Smart City
In many places around the world, we urbanites already see the ‘city of the future’ unveiling right before our eyes a bit more every day. There are many integrated parts to a ‘Smart City’ enabling ourselves and the lives of ‘Others’ to be better connected to our surroundings. However, technology is only a part of […]
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On hyperlearning, Massive Online Open Courses & the power of collaboration
Following my recent lecture on hyperacting at Solvay Brussels School, I was invited back by professor Antonio Nieto Rodríguez, to talk about hyperlearning, one of the dimensions of HyperThinking. At this moment in my life, hyperlearning is proving to be especially fascinating to me; it is no exaggeration to say that day by day I […]
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Freedom Fighters and CEOs
The recently closed International Association of Business Communicators’ EuroComm 2013 in Brussels has been, by all accounts, a hugely successful event. Months of preparation led up to three days of intense engagement, lively discussion, friendly disagreement, and – in the best possible sense – disruption. In fact, so successful was the event that debriefing in […]
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A Flock of Black Swans and IABC EuroComm 2013
The modern world is in constant flux, perhaps never more so than in recent times: professional communicators are facing an ever-changing landscape. Recently, the Dow posted the highest level for the past five years; the Euro soars and plummets to near collapse after Cyprus hits the news; the economy flirts with recession; and a feeling […]
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“Making things happen”. Guest lecture at Solvay MBA
Last month I was invited to give a guest lecture on hyperacting, one of the four dimensions of HyperThinking, by Solvay MBA Professor, Antonio Nieto Rodriguez. Professor Nieto Rodriguez is the author of the book The Focused Organisation, and as we share the same publisher (Gower) it was perhaps inevitable that we would start to […]
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Going boldly where no European politician has gone before…
On February 19, I attended a meeting at the European Parliament, hosted by the European Internet Foundation, where the subject was US Presidential Elections 2012 – Lessons for Online Campaigning. The focus was on the Obama election campaign and its use of social media, and how that might have an impact on the upcoming European […]
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Networks, IABC and How to Excel in Disruptive Times
Networking has become a very important skill in our work as communicators. For many year, I have been personally involved with many organisations and networks, one of them has been the focus of a great deal of work. It is IABC, the International Association of Business Communicators, of which I am now Chair for the […]
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Failure is the only option
Right from the start of the meeting Fadi Bishara @Fbishara, a Silicon Valley veteran, hit the nail right on the head with this one liner. The secret to the Valley’s success is that people have ‘permission’ to fail. This was at a networking event in Brussels organised by the Cluster “Software In Brussels” to bring […]
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Founder, Chairman and Chief Hyperthinker of ZN, studied at the University of Oxford, where he read Philosophy, Politics and Economics.
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