Whether you’re at work today or it’s part of a 3-day weekend, contemplating why Martin Luther King Jr. emerged as an American leader is worthy of your time.
Simon Sinek took on this topic at the TEDx Puget Sound conference last year, and it dovetailed nicely into why Apple succeeds while so many other great tech companies fail. And in this story are some lessons for all us who are trying to inspire people with our brands and companies.
This could be the best 18 minutes of your day. Enjoy and let me know what you think, and how it inspires you.
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Thanks to Curtiss Johnson (Entercom/Sacramento) for bringing this to my attention and to Simon for allowing us to use it in today’s post.
President & Founder at Jacobs Media
Fred Jacobs founded Jacobs Media in 1983, and quickly became known for the creation of the Classic Rock radio format.
Jacobs Media has consistently walked the walk in the digital space, providing insights and guidance through its well-read national Techsurveys.
In 2008, jacapps was launched - a mobile apps company that has designed and built more than 1,300 apps for both the Apple and Android platforms. In 2013, the DASH Conference was created - a mashup of radio and automotive, designed to foster better understanding of the "connected car" and its impact.
Along with providing the creative and intellectual direction for the company, Fred consults many of Jacobs Media's commercial and public radio clients, in addition to media brands looking to thrive in the rapidly changing tech environment.
Fred was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 2018.
Jacobs Media has consistently walked the walk in the digital space, providing insights and guidance through its well-read national Techsurveys.
In 2008, jacapps was launched - a mobile apps company that has designed and built more than 1,300 apps for both the Apple and Android platforms. In 2013, the DASH Conference was created - a mashup of radio and automotive, designed to foster better understanding of the "connected car" and its impact.
Along with providing the creative and intellectual direction for the company, Fred consults many of Jacobs Media's commercial and public radio clients, in addition to media brands looking to thrive in the rapidly changing tech environment.
Fred was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 2018.
Latest posts by Fred Jacobs (see all)
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When I was part of the day-to-day radio world, there was rarely a morning when I didn’t wake up and hop out of bed with a sense of purpose.Even as corporate concerns about shareholder value forced programming to focus more on bottom-line budgets & revenue generation more than on creativity & content creation, there was still driving desire to provide an experience of value to the station’s listening community. In other industries, I haven’t found this to be the case.
Lately, though, I’ve been reading & hearing a lot of talk from motivators which have similar themes to what Simon Sinek discusses in his TED Talk. I find that trend to be encouraging.
It IS encouraging. Radio is unique in its ability to tell stories, reflect the local vibe, provide experiences and even escape. As Simon points out, it is less about the how and what, and so much more about the why. This quality is within the heart of many station brands if programmers and managers are willing to let it out. Thanks for commenting, Buzz.
In addition to the wide disparity in benefits, the other striking feature about the mortgage interest deduction is how well the subsidy correlates with Democratic strength. … [The fourteen] states with the highest per capita benefit were states captured by Obama in the 2008 election [Maryland, District of Columbia, California, Connecticut, Virginia, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Colorado, Washington, Nevada, Hawaii, New Hampshire, Minnesota, Delaware]. In the six states with the lowest per capita benefits [West Virginia, Mississippi, North Dakota, South Dakota, Arkansas, Oklahoma], Republican challenger John McCain won the vote. … Obama won the popular vote in 22 out of the top 26 jurisdictions, compared with 8 out of the 25 states with the lowest per capita benefits.