Silico:)nLo>(ft & Solar Bells

We, all learned about the 7 Steps problem solving, boring, isn’t it? Maybe it worked well for some of us, here is more fun, more creativity, that is what we need nowdays, have a look at the Eight irresistible Principles of Fun from Michael Bungay Stanier, who is the Principal of Box of Crayons. He helps organizations, teams and individuals get unstuck and get going on the stuff that matters. He is a masterful facilitator and trainer, a certified coach and an experienced consultant. He is also the creator of Get Unstuck & Get Going™, a self-coaching program endorsed by leaders in the coaching, corporate and non-profit worlds.

I loved it for my side. Have Fun, and let’s me know what you think.

Yesterday Dilbert creator Scott Adams posted another wise article to his blog about “knowing when to quit“. His story about his failed TV show attempt really rings true. Why did it fail? Because everybody “liked” it.

The reason that a product “everyone likes” will fail is because no one “loves” it. The only thing that predicts success is passion, even if only 10% of the consumers have it. For example, I’m willing to bet that when the TV show Baywatch was tested, 90% of the people rolled their eyes and gave it a thumbs down. But I’ll bet 10% of the test audience had tents in their pants. Bingo.

That is so true. Have you noticed some of the products that go on to be massive have that “love it or hate it” thing going on? Now think about your blog, do people love it or just like it? How can you turn the passionometer up to 11? Well, that is the real trick isn’t it? Heh.

So with this in mind, our job with Partners is to create something people will not just like or accept but truly love with a passion. A tall order but for it to be successful, has to be done …

For my very first post, I just would say, that we’re now in this silicon industry for a while, It’s a pretty mature market , we’re struggling for life, every day is a challenge, this is how we perceive our life, but is this really true? How could this support comparizon with the car’s industry or the oil market? I’m not going to reply today, let’s see…