Safe to say that these are extremely turbulent times. The mixture of wars, financial crisis and meta-crisis, election cycles, and a looming global recession have combined to form enough angst and fear that it makes emo seem like Elmo. And it is in these times that one could easly just pull the covers over your head and go back to bed. But in doing so, you’d miss some amazing opportunities.
They say that necessity is the mother of invention, but I think that the “oh crap” moments are far more inspiring and lead to better, more useful innovations.
- Oh crap! There’s more information about everything available in ways I cannot even begin to count. How do I get to the good stuff?
- Oh crap! To compete, I’ve got to get more out of the bright people working for me. How do can I take their creative efforts and merge them into our core business?
- Oh crap! I thought I knew how to start a company but between all of this web 2.0 mumbo-jumbo, VC scare tactics, and the financial crisis, I’m just not sure anymore. What can I do?
It is a real “ah ha” moment that can break you out of the paralysis that an “oh crap” world so easily create. These moments come from seemingly unrelated conversations and random thoughts. These moments come from things like Defrag.
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