LinkedIn Metrics for Larry - 2013 May 27

Getting more invitations than I can process right now so I'm being very picky. They say it's good for someone in brand development and marketing to be popular! I'm still deciding.

653Connections link you to 7,847,371+ professionals

45,891New people in your Network since May 22

Intel's Eric Dishman Demonstrates a New Approach to HealthCare

In March 2013, Eric Dishman, general manager of Intel's Health Strategy & Solutions Group, gave an impassioned TED talk about his personal experiences with the current Health Care System. His understanding of the basis of current health care, his personal exposure to missed diagnosis and his knowledge of smart devices has caused him to re-imagine health care featuring in-home delivery from teams of relevant health care providers.

His work has been featured in The New York Times, Washington Post and Businessweek. The Wall Street Journal named him one of “12 People Who Are Changing Your Retirement.” He has delivered keynotes on independent living for events such as the annual Consumer Electronics Show, the IAHSA International Conference and the National Governors Association.

Fast Company said:

"'All of health care is based on one idea from the 1850s,' says social scientist Eric Dishman, Intel's director of health innovation. 'That it has to be delivered in a face-to-face setting.' His research on aging is behind evolving systems to provide more effective home care. His goal is to enable 50% of care in the U.S. to be delivered in the home by 2020."

This TED talk is worth every one of the 15 minutes it runs:

ERIC DISHMAN TED TALK

Branducation:

• What are the pillars that Eric Dishman identifies as the foundation for a new approach to health care?
• What is likely to be the impact on service providers and people requiring health care services?
• Will there be a similar impact on the integration of smart devices in your sector?
• How can you move to embrace this paradigm shift?

Rainbow @ Thunder Ridge

Perspectives - This is Water by David Foster Wallace

A brilliant, ironic writer, David Foster Wallace, was asked to give the commencement address to the 2005 graduating class of Kenyon College. However, the resulting speech didn't become widely known until 3 years later, after his tragic death. 

The good people at The Glossary made his address into a video saying, '(this speech) is, without a doubt, some of the best life advice we've ever come across, and perhaps the most simple and elegant explanation of the real value of education'.

Wallace committed suicide by hanging himself on September 12, 2008.

Branducation:

1. In brand we work hard to understand perspective. Identify one element in your environment that is so obvious it may require re-framing (a new perspective).
2. What role does tedium, boredom or frustration play in the experience consumers of your product or service brand deal with?
3. What strategy or tactic would take these negative elements and move them toward something positive in the consumer experience?

Perspective at Thunder Ridge

LinkedIn Says Thank You!

This morning, I was in receipt of an email thanking me for my participation on the tenth anniversary of the creation of LinkedIn. It came with a video which I have supplied here below.

I joined LinkedIn on the advice of a colleague in 2008.  I now have more than 7.3 million people in my professional network. It has been very useful for me and the work I do. It has been a powerful way to stay in contact with my clients.

YOUR LINKEDIN NETWORK

605Connections link you to 7,332,053+ professionals

10,730New people in your Network since May 8

Recognition is always a powerful way to enhance client relationships. I feel good, but more important I feel appreciated by the people who debit my charge card for $30 each month. I also feel like I have helped to build something useful for my colleagues in industry and my clients around the world.

Here's the video

Branducation:

1. Are you building an organization or starting a 'movement'?
2. What is the role of 'imagination' in your vision?
3. Imagine your future for a moment - then identify three elements that will show you have succeeded (add a time-frame so you can measure progress).

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