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The internet is a copy machine. So why should we pay for something which is no cost ? An illuminating post from Kevin Kelly‘s blog, enriched by plenty of comments by the readers… The power of the network.

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Very nice.

Some days ago my team faced an issue with some incentive letters to be distributed to a number of salesmen. These letters had to be deleted from a system, and than re-issued.

Easy: at 8:00 PM I was dealing with a manager in Slovakia who was calling Madrid where someone was leading operations in India…

The world is so small.

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Funny: one of the most interesting articles in these months is by David Byrne, the founder of Talking Heads (link).

Journalism in 21st century, information and technology, markets and business models. our daily life in the very next future: all of that keep me on the web – and after eight years still hold me.

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Ma pensa te se doveva essere un giornalista ‘improvvisato’ – David Byrne, il fondatore dei Talking Heads – a scrivere uno degli articoli piu’ interessanti degli ultimi anni (link).

Il giornalismo nel 21° secolo, informazione e tecnologia, mercati e modelli di business, la nostra vita quotidiana prossima ventura: un condensato di tutto quello che mi tiene sul web – e dopo otto anni non mi ha ancora mollato.

L’articolo originale – sul blog dell’autore naturalmente ! – e’ in inglese, ma una bella traduzione si trova su Internazionale #730 in edicola questa settimana.

In alternativa si puo’ continuare a frequentare queste pagine

Today I was on vacation.

Just a brief visit to my colleagues: you know, these are the last days of the year…

Just in time to refine some numbers for 2008 plans (how much business we plan to generate through non conventional sales channels ?), to verify if all the actions to maximize year-end results are in place (has the customer signed the contract ? and are we ready to deliver – so to bill and get money ?), to check if the latest costs assessment for the month is ok (what about the news on variable payments ? will they hit december costs ?), to have a call with the European headquarter about our 2007 forecasts (“do you confirm your commitment ?”), to find out an unrehearsed backup for a girl out of office, to have a one to one meeting with an executive to discuss my next possible job assignment, to have another one to one meeting with another executive to discuss the career of my young top talents, and finally to talk with one top performers of mine about the status of his tasks …

Yeah, I was on vacation today.

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In the first ten years of my working life I spent most of the time playing ‘staff’ roles.

It was easy. After my bachelor, companies were at my eyes network of persons, processes and information – with technology bringing all together of course.

This was more than an attitude: my studies put it in my professional DNA, but i think there was also some kind of personal predisposition… In a simpler way, I like seeing how things fit together.

Yes, when I was a child I loved Lego’s toys.

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More about work-life balance (see for example March, 2007).

The Corriere della Sera yesterday in the newsstands showed some interesting data – source Osce: the average of worked hours per year in each country of the organization.

Sure, these are only averages, include both public and private sector, and it’s clear that can count only reported hours …

I think I work 2050 – 2100 hours per year. And you ?

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