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@Amy: I’ll definitely check Wheatley’s stuff out – thanks for the lead. I could write for many days about the structure of paradigm revolutions, yet I think people would only want to read it for minutes.

@Duff: If I just said “Care about people in a genuine way and you will be successful,” it would’ve been written off as woo-hoo. When you explain why it works, people are still skeptical but they don’t feel like you’re throwing woo-hoo at them. They just then wait for evidence that it works, without taking seriously that they only get the evidence after they’ve done it. And I can’t agree more with what else you said, except for maybe the bit about Twitter. I’ll have to think about that.

@Mike: “It’s critical to remember that trust is more valuable than ever.” Exactly – connected communities are built upon trust, and without it you have groups of people pushing and prodding in the same direction. The “simple” addition of trust takes those groups of people and turns them into a community. Or a tribe.

@Seamus: Thanks for the feedback! Think of Seth Godin’s books – sure, he could probably be successful in about anything he does, but he’s been following the opportunity chains created by Permission Marketing for a decade now. And he’s not slowing down.

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I think that the scalar viewpoint is reflected by mass media culture, i.e. buying the super bowl ad to directly place your message directly in front of the largest possible number of eyeballs. As we all know by now, that has widely varying degrees of success.

The beauty and the challenge of developing ideas and yes, businesses in the hyperconnected world is thatthe barriers of entry have been lowered. That means more great ideas have the opportunity to get out there and gain traction, but also that means that anything that is not remarkable disappears into the background noise.

And it’s critical to remember that trust is more valuable than ever. If I dont trust you I will not allow you access to my network. And because I value my network, I will avoid doing anything to weaken their trust in me. If you burn your community’s trust, that bad news will spread even more quickly than anything positive that you have done. And even if you pull the content, google cache will still be out there.

I’m looking forward to growing trust, forming partnerships, and developing great ideas in the hyperconnected world.

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I like the term “opportunity chains.” Opportunities do not exist in a vacuum! There is a context in which opportunities, goals, ideas, human connections, etc. exist, and this context is extremely important for “productivity” purposes. A lot of time can be wasted making connections for the sake of connections, getting subscribers for the sake of fame, etc.

The funny thing about all this is it comes back to providing real value for others, actually caring about other people. Hmmm…there’s an idea!

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If you ever find the time in your schedule to check out her book _Leadership and the New Science_, you should, it’s quite extraordinary. In the meantime, you can get a smaller sample of the concept here: http://www.margaretwheatley.com/articles/relationships.html

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