Interrelativity

Category: Organizations

  • Radical Transparency: Revelation, Reputation and Reciprocity

    The current issue of Wired has a great feature on radical transparency, highlighting the benefits that accrue to CEOs who are open to revealing their shadows, and exposing the risks to the reputations of those who continue to embrace secrecy and/or duplicity in their self representations. As with many Wired features, it is provocative ……

  • Fino, Finis, Finnish: Jukka Soikkeli’s Farewell Party (and the Power of Passion)

    We celebrated Jukka Soikkeli’s 20+ years at Nokia Research Center at Cafe Fino in Palo Alto last night. Besides learning about Jukka’s penchant for Corvettes, and some of his tangible and intangible contributions to (and through) Nokia, it was noted that Jukka is a prototypical Finn: a man of few words, the wisdom of which…

  • Anything or anyone that does not bring you alive is too small for you

    David Whyte's poetry and narratives in the 6-CD collection, Clear Mind, Wild Heart: Finding Courage and Clarity through Poetry, continue to inspire me. The title of this post is taken from his poem, Sweet Darkness, in which he writes about darkness, tiredness, belonging, freedom and coming alive.  This past week, I recognized that I have…

  • Notes from Florida: Reviews of Tampa Area Attractions, Detractions and Distractions

    We went to Florida for a family vacation last week, visiting my mom and stepfather in Clearwater, and engaging in [more common] tourist and consumerist activities. Although I didn’t take a vacation from email during the trip, I did take a full vacation from blogging (and I still feel backlogged in both dimensions … not…

  • Working at Nokia on Context, Content and Community

    We recently posted an external web page for the Context, Content and Community project I’m working on (and playing with) in collaboration with some of my new colleagues here at Nokia Research Center, Palo Alto. This is, by definition (or at least by name), a rather broad and ambitious undertaking. As we summarize it on…

  • Nokia Research Center’s 20th Anniversary: Cultivating Freedom, Accountability and Risk

    Last week marked the 20th anniversary of the founding of Nokia Research Center. I happened to be in Helsinki to attend a strategy workshop on Thursday, and arriving a day early enabled me to attend the festivities at the main office of NRC. Antti-Jussi Suominen was the master of ceremonies in an event that featured…

  • Great Customer Care from United Airlines and Enterprise Rent-A-Car

    Yesterday morning, I was dismayed to hear the voicemail of the United Airlines‘ automated flight change notification service telling me my flight to San Francisco was cancelled. The message said I’d been rerouted, and would not arrive until much later in the day. I called United Reservations, but the human operator I finally got through…

  • Joining Nokia: Connecting People … and Helping People Relate

    On Monday, I embark on a new chapter in my career, as a Principal Scientist at Nokia Research Center, Palo Alto [Update: I rather prefer Principle Scientist, the title ascribed to me by Anne Galloway]. I'm excited about the opportunities to contribute to a number of strategic initiatives NRC is exploring, and to help this…

  • The Dance of Leadership

    A healthy community is like a dance, with different dancers stepping forward to take the lead at different times, and others following those leads.  Even followers are leaders, as we lead ourselves along paths or sequences illuminated by those who we consciously or unconsciously agree to allow lead us.  A leader creates a safe space…

  • Hearts and Minds, Us and Them, War and Peace

    Curtis Johnson shares some insightful — and potentially inciteful — views on new ways of thinking about — and acting on — the issue of terrorism in an article entitled "Towards Effective Global Influence".  After starting off with a quote from Marine Lt. Gen. Wallace Gregson "Hearts and minds are more important than capturing and…