Wednesday, March 10, 2010

How to Become a Culture Hacker (in 5 min.)

I gave a talk at Ignite Montreal last week. The slides in Ignite talks are set to auto-advance every 15 seconds, no more, no less, and every talk must last exactly five minutes.

For the occasion, I challenged myself to pack a high-level view of everything I've learned so far about how our actions make culture evolve into that constrained 5-minute format.

Let's just say there was a lot of meat to remove, but I think I've kept the essence intact, and I'm pretty sure the culture hackers in the room recognized themselves. At any rate, the talk landed me a memorable lunch with avant-garde composer (and programmer) Andrew Culver, a fascinating man who now lives in Montreal and was also speaking that night.

2 comments:

  1. Seb,

    We just connected on Twitter today and I have just enjoyed a few minutes discovering your work.

    When I was presenting Social Capital Value Add at a competition at the University of Miami, I received one of the best observations about the idea ever. A fellow passing by, who had actually read the idea, called it a "corporate hack".

    I would love to get together if you ever come through toronto or perhaps arrange a call.

    I am interested in your point of view on both Social Capital Value Add and the idea that I have forwarded to at www.cdling.com.

    You can reach me at michael at socialcapitalvalueadd dot com.

    Best Regards,
    Michael

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  2. I am interested in your point of view on both Social Capital Value Add and the idea that I have forwarded to https://www.fiverr.com/seoxjoy_

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