http://www.rebelinabusinesssuit.com A business book on the current \'trasitional\' or \'bridging\' generation and the significant change in business values. Sat, 07 Jun 2008 16:53:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Things have been busy on other sites. With the launch of my personal business site, the Noble Souls site and the work being going on at Rebel Island things are progressing. As far as the book is concerned it has been gestating- that's probably the best way to put it. I ... http://www.rebelinabusinesssuit.com/2008/06/07/updates/ There has been some significant movement within the r'evolution and alliances continue to be formed. What is becoming clearer is that Generation X are indeed the 'bridge' generation between the 'Baby Boomers' and Gen Y and much work is being done in this area as we truly live in a r'evolutionary ... http://www.rebelinabusinesssuit.com/2008/05/06/new-events/ I'm conscious that it's been a while since I posted some new material on the chapters so I have put two more chapters up for your edification recently. I'm not focusing on them being 'just right', 'just yet', but comments are welcome. This book is becoming an exploration in thought and ... http://www.rebelinabusinesssuit.com/2008/04/20/new-chapters/ I had a meeting this week with a literary agent in London with a view to help with getting the book published eventually. Always useful to get third-party feedback on one's ideas. While I'm not a big fan of the publisher route - having had a bad experience the first ... http://www.rebelinabusinesssuit.com/2008/04/06/riabs-news/ I've been asked what is the difference between leadership and selling. How are they different? The reality is that, in my view, they are not. I was interested to learn once that the word for selling derives from a Scandinavian word - 'selje'. This word is meant to mean service. Selling ... http://www.rebelinabusinesssuit.com/2008/03/10/leadership-v-selling/ So far so good - the book is continuing apace. Only about 3 chapters left to write now and we'll be all set. Of course, there is extensive revision to be done on what is there at present but we are working according to plan and should make the April ... http://www.rebelinabusinesssuit.com/2008/02/27/tehran-the-review/ I’ve borrowed this term from the book : Edgewalkers: People and Organizations that Take Risks, Build Bridges, and Break New Ground by Judi Neal, Judi is the founder of the Spirit at Work network and defines these Edgewalkers as someone who walks between worlds, builds bridges between different ... http://www.rebelinabusinesssuit.com/2008/02/22/rebels-are-%e2%80%9cedge-walkers%e2%80%9d/ Rebels are not afraid to take on responsibility. They understand that this may mean additional challenges, more work and effort, it might upset a comfortable position they may have and it might mean that they stand out from others and attract unwanted or unpleasant attention - but they do it anyway. They ... http://www.rebelinabusinesssuit.com/2008/02/05/rebels-do-the-tough-stuff/ R-Evolutionaries are compelling people. They are compelling because they are driven by their vision - by passion and purpose. They are enthused with the venture that they have undertaken, they are committed to its successful outcome and they are clear about the benefits and value that it's success will bring for ... http://www.rebelinabusinesssuit.com/2008/01/30/rebels-are-compelling-2/ It seems to me that the world is driven by the least of expectations - by LCD - Lowest Common Denominator. I'm not talking about the need to make things accessible to people who might be disabled in some way - in fact, they are the people who will ... http://www.rebelinabusinesssuit.com/2008/01/21/rebels-r-evolutionaries-do-hcd-not-lcd/