Brand Autopsy: FC Now BlogJam Highlights

Heath Row over at Fast Company invited 75 impassioned readers to contribute musings all in celebration of the second anniversary of the Fast Company team blog. 125 entries were logged during the two-day FC Now BlogJam 2005 and there was some QUALITY in the quantity of posts. Standout posts for me included …

Wal*Mart vs. Costco | Tim Manners
Tim posits “Wal-Mart is the best friend a poor person could ever hope to have.” And. “Costco is the best friend a rich person could ever hope to have.” Good thinking in the comments section too.

Advice from a Small Business Wannabe | Jason Pettus
Very insightful advice from a entrepreneur on where he is finding inspiration and knowledge to help him turn his avocation into his vocation.

Go Ahead … Change the Word | johnmoore
In my first contribution, I asked the question … “how are you going to change the world with your next business?”

Why Market Share is the Most Important Metric | Mike Smock
Mike makes his argument for why marketers should focus on market share gains to measure the effectiveness of marketing campaigns. (I offered up a short rebutal to Mike’s market share stance in the comment section.)

What I Learned about Business at Pike Place Market | Evelyn Rodriguez
In her usual prophetic prose style, Evelyn uses a great experience she had while contemplating a handcrafted sandwich to share great business truisms.

Andy Warhol on Celebrity | Tom Asacker
Smart thinking from Tom on why being famous to fifteen people is wiser than being famous for fifteen minutes.

End Corporate Constipation | Mike Docherty
Mike defines Corporate Constipation as “lots of opportunities and ideas going into the funnel... but little coming out.” Good stuff.

Are You a Karaoke Leader? | Valeria Maltoni
Valeria outlines the 10 Commandment of Karaoke Leadership as written about in KARAOKE CAPITALISM. I absolutely love the “Leaders Minimize the Rules” commandment.

Improv and Project Management | johnmoore
In my second contribution, I recycled some ideas from Patricia Ryan Madson on how improv skills can benefit project managers.

Curiosity – Key to Personal Brilliance – 7 Tips | Jim Canterucci
Curiosity opens one up to the wonderful nuances of life. Jim offers seven simple tips on increasing one’s curiosity quotient.

The Time is Now for Action | Todd Sattersten
What is more important … the idea or the execution of the idea? Todd ponies up the interesting debate and Gautam Ghosh follows-up with more thoughts.

Those are just a few of the standout posts that stood out to me. I’m sure other posts will resonate with you so wander over to the FC Now BlogJam 2005 collection and let us know which ones connect with you.

2 Comments

Thanks for highlighting these posts from FC's BlogJam. It was really almost too much to take in and I ended up just skimming most of the entries. Now that you've done the hard part, I'll go back and make sure I read the posts you identified.

Posted by: Paughnee | August 11, 2005 at 11:12 AM