by Rhett Smith | Jun 16, 2009 | Technology
Great TED video interview with Clay Shirky at the TED@State event. Clay has been super influential in my thinking, especially after I read his book Here Comes Everybody last year. I highly, highly recommend this book. It is a must read for anyone in a leadership...
by Rhett Smith | May 23, 2008 | Leadership
Clay Shirky in Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations (pp. 29-30) Running an organization is difficult in and of itself, no matter what its goals. Every transaction it undertakes—every contract, every agreement, every meeting—requires it...
by Rhett Smith | May 23, 2008 | Leadership
Ryan at Tilling the Soil asked me a couple of good questions related to my post below, so I want to give them proper attention in a post, and not just leave a comment for him. I had the chance to talk with Ryan by phone last week and I enjoyed our conversation, and...
by Rhett Smith | May 21, 2008 | Technology
Back on Wednesday, April 23 I wrote a post called This Isn’t Your Parent’s Prayer Chain. The post was about a young woman in our church, Katherine Wolf, who was one of the volunteer leaders in the Young Marrieds ministry, and who went through an...
