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Six Links Worthy Of Your Attention #375

Is there one link, story, picture or thought that you saw online this week that you think somebody you know must see?

My friends: Alistair Croll (Solve for Interesting, Tilt the Windmill, HBS; chair of Strata, Startupfest, Pandemonio, and ResolveTO; Author of Lean Analytics and some other books), Hugh McGuire (PressBooks, LibriVox, iambik and co-author of Book: A Futurist’s Manifesto) and I decided that every week the three of us are going to share one link for one another (for a total of six links) that each individual feels the other person “must see”.

Check out these six links that we’re recommending to one another:

Branding Matters In Local Government, And Atlanta Is Leading The Way – Fast Company. “I’m launching a conference on digital government, which happens in November in Ottawa. So, I’ve been devouring all things government lately, which increasingly sees a resurgence of ‘design thinking.’ Here’s a great study of how getting the branding right allows consistent, trusted communications with citizens.” (Alistair for Hugh).
78rpm Records Digitized by George Blood, L.P. – George Blood. “The Internet archive has the sum total of humanity’s knowledge — or at least aspires to. It keeps a copy of everything it can (even my old company, Networkshop, has a site there circa 1997. Shudder.) Well, now it has 26,000 78RPM records and counting, as part of the Great 78 Project. It’s like a timewarp.” (Alistair for Mitch).
Look to the food world to understand America’s white supremacy problem – San Francisco Chronicle. “A look at the problems of black and white in the US, through the lens of trendy restos.” (Hugh for Alistair).
Against All Odds, Mayweather Versus McGregor Was A Good Fight – The New Yorker. “Did you know Mitch used to do some MMA stuff? I always forget that, but it makes sense: you have to be disciplined and unrelenting even to be involved in MMA in a cursory way. Well, this past weekend there was a circus, which turned into a pretty compelling boxing match. I got a little bit obsessed with this fight, partly for the sporting spectacle that it was, but also because of the insanity of how the fight (how all big fights, usually on a smaller scale) are marketed. To be successful these days, fighters can’t just be fighters: they need to be personas. I didn’t know much about McGregor or Mayweather a few months ago — but it was fascinating to see how they built this thing up, the over the top, shocking way they marketed this thing. Money is in attention, and they sure got it.” (Hugh for Mitch).
The real problem – Aeon. “Here is a very deep and long read about how we – as human beings – deal with our true selves. Is consciousness as mysterious as we believe it to be? This is a truly fascinating look at how new research raises new intellectual, scientific and ethical challenges about our lives. Are we truly who we think that we are? Seriously… read on…” (Mitch for Alistair).
Eliminating the Human – MIT Technology Review. “Best known for his work with Talking Heads, David Byrne actually spends a lot of time talking about what creativity and the arts means to humans. In this thought-piece, Byrne wonders just what, exactly, technology wants from us. He thinks it’s (mostly) about reducing the truly meaningful interactions we have with one another. That’s not a good thing.” (Mitch for Hugh).

Feel free to share these links and add your picks on Twitter, Facebook, in the comments below or wherever you play.

Mitch Joel

Mitch Joel lives at the intersection of technology, business transformation and consumer culture. He is the Executive Director of Next Era Institute, a strategic intelligence platform helping leaders understand the forces reshaping business, technology, culture and society. The Institute identifies which shifts matter, explores their wider significance and translates them into strategic direction and momentum. Mitch is also a globally recognized keynote speaker. He has delivered thousands of presentations across both B2B and B2C industries to organizations including Google, Walmart, LEGO, Shopify, Microsoft, Procter & Gamble and Unilever. Strategy Magazine has called him “one of North America’s leading visionaries.” Mitch built his career by working directly inside the waves of change that reshaped modern business. He founded and built a digital marketing agency that worked with some of the world’s largest brands and was later acquired by WPP, where he served as President of a firm operating in 25 countries with almost 3,000 employees. Mitch is the bestselling author of Six Pixels of Separation and CTRL ALT Delete, and the host of Thinking With Mitch Joel, one of the longest-running business podcasts in the world. His writing and commentary appear in outlets including Harvard Business Review, Fast Company and Inc. Magazine. He is a member of Dr. Marshall Goldsmith’s 100 Coaches and was named to the Thinkers50 Radar. Mitch also hosts Groove – The No Treble Podcast, documenting the oral history of electric bass players. Mitch is also Co-Founder of ThinkersOne, a platform that enables companies to bring personalized thought leadership from world-class experts into meetings, events and off-sites in focused 15-minute bursts.