Off Course–On Target

Where unexpected paths lead to great discoveries

What Matters to YOU?

If you have not yet stumbled upon "What Matters Now", the most recent project from Seth Godin, I can highly recommend that you spend a few minutes looking it over now. You can download the full PDF or read it right here via Scribd ... Read More

~ posted by Wayne Hodgins on 16 Dec 09
   

Snowflake Minds! Uniqueness Not Unanimity!

Here is a quote I came across from Christopher Morley that nicely captures the spirit of my ranting and raving about all of us being snowflakes: Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. ... Read More

~ posted by Wayne Hodgins on 16 Dec 09
   tagged as :change, Quotes, snowflake, zen quality

List with a Twist: my Best Learning Books in 2009?

I am always looking for the next great book to read and thought I’d tap into the collective intelligence, the annual end-of-the-calendar-year trend for lists, and the power of new tools such as Twitter to find the next great book to read. Below is some of the why, ... Read More

~ posted by Wayne Hodgins on 12 Dec 09
   tagged as :books, change, discovery, learning, mashups, new technology, personal development, personalization, perspectives, recommended reading

Oxymorons of the Day: Common Uniqueness, Similar Differences, and Different Similarities

NOTE:  This post is partly inspired by and is in memory of one of the world’s greatest ... Read More

~ posted by Wayne Hodgins on 10 Dec 09
   

What if the Impossible Isn’t?

As I mentioned in my recent post “Reflective Reduction Sauce”, returning to my work universe after months at sea has led me to reflect upon some themes I encountered as a result of my attending the Learning 2009 conference. One theme I’m delighted to see more attention on is ... Read More

~ posted by Wayne Hodgins on 2 Dec 09
   tagged as :change, competencies, conferences, design, discovery, learning, other blogs, personal development, personalization

Reflective Reduction Sauce

As many of you know, I am privileged to live in two parallel universes: one where I am the strategic futurist at Velocity Made Good Inc. (VMG), ... Read More

~ posted by Wayne Hodgins on 23 Nov 09
   

Write You Are!

For many years now, I’ve more often than not taken great exception to those traits and characteristics which  the “experts” and pundits say are the norm ... Read More

~ posted by Wayne Hodgins on 17 Nov 09
   

I Did It My Way!

One of the main tenets of the Snowflake Effect is that of mass customization and ultimately, personalization. As such, I try to follow trends that would indicate if things like mass customization are actually starting to happen and if William Gibson’s great line that “The future is already ... Read More

~ posted by Wayne Hodgins on 12 Nov 09
   tagged as :snowflake

Infinite Learning: The Ultimate in Life’s Frustrations or Gifts?

When I was a young boy I remember spending days on end pondering the question “If you take one step forward towards an end point, and each step is exactly one half the distance between you and that end point, how many steps will it take you to get there?” ... Read More

~ posted by Wayne Hodgins on 5 Nov 09
   

The Land That Never Was…Or Is It?

You know that fun question most of us have pondered at some point that asks “If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it, does it make a noise?” Or the version my kids preferred when they were young, "If a bear poops in ... Read More

~ posted by Wayne Hodgins on 28 Oct 09