Had the hugely enjoyable experience of lunch with Dina Mehta, Flemming Funch and Julie Solheim-Roe. I can report another positive example of the transfer of blog-affinity into energy-filled real-life conversations – we ploughed straight in to a whole range of topics, including:
* Do the bloggers we gravitate to have similar values?
* The importance of “abundance” thinking in stimulating the open sharing of ideas
* The way in which young Indians are completely immersed in SMS and IM, email isn’t relevant
* Online journals and the growing emotional openness of young men
* Different approaches to blog writing
* Blog writing as meditation
* Paradigm shifts in the way people inter-relate, including the growth of EBay based businesses
* How do we get senior generalist managers to engage with online /community software in large organisations?
In summary – a hugely enjoyable and stimulating couple of hours!
November 13th, 2003 at 21:09
Julian,
Wonderful list of topics! The blogs, meetups, and SkypeMe’s etc… are creating new community and definitely enhancing networking. We had a similarly good session with Joi on tuesday night. Look forward to getting back to London for the next one!
Cheers,
November 14th, 2003 at 17:37
Julian, you did it! Not only did you scan the pict, but you did it in record time! When Euan turned up for dinner, he was already reporting the highlights of lunch topics! Bravo! MingMan and I really loved meeting all of you. Paradigm shifters unite! C U!
November 15th, 2003 at 00:13
Oieee Julian – you beat me to it !! What a lovely summary of our lunch – i thoroughly enjoyed meeting you, and Julie and Flemming – thanks so much for making it posssible. Hopefully i’ll get to meet Euan on my next trip !
Here’s to more ‘abundance’, and more conversations.
November 13th, 2003 at 16:19
Damn, damn, damn …
….damn, damn….. …..I was meant to be having lunch with Dinah Mehta, Julian Elve and Flemming Funch today but life conspired to prevent me ….. damn, damn ……