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15 proverbs from around the world that you should start using ASAP.

15 proverbs from around the world that you should start using ASAP. | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it
From www.upworthy.com - October 26, 2016 1:29 PM

If you live in America, chances are you've heard (or used) the phrase "Don't put all your eggs in one basket."

Most of us know it means, essentially, that you shouldn't make all your plans based on one possible thing happening. But it's kind of a weird phrase, right? Have you ever stopped to wonder where it originated?

Its use in print has been traced to the novel "Don Quixote" by Miguel de Cervantes in the early 1600s, although it possibly was mistranslated to an inexact English idiom from the original and may have other roots in Italian phrases.  

Different cultures around the world all have their own similar sayings — proverbs, if you will — that make sense to those who've grown up speaking the language but sound downright odd to anyone who hasn't.

James Chapman is fascinated by these sayings and how they translate across languages and cultures....

Jeff Domansky's insight:

Lots of wonderful lessons from the wisdom of these proverbs from around the world.

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rodrick rajive lal's curator insight, October 30, 2016 5:08 AM
Proverbs are culture specific and culture sensitive. Proverbs are also a condensation of the folk wisdom of a particular country, community or region. It is great fun to study proverbs from around the world because it helps you learn more about different cultures and different ways of thinking! Some proverbs are common across cultures. The proverb, 'empty vessels make noise', has an equivalent in one of the Indian dialects that zgoes'empty husks make a lot of noise.'
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The disruptive power of collaboration: An interview with Clay Shirky | McKinsey & Company

The disruptive power of collaboration: An interview with Clay Shirky | McKinsey & Company | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it
From www.mckinsey.com - March 6, 2014 4:04 AM

How we collaborate has profound implications for how we live and work. The author and New York University professor explains how social media has upended traditional norms.  


The disruptive power of collaboration: An interview with Clay Shirky


How we collaborate has profound implications for how we live and work. The author and New York University professor explains how social media has upended traditional norms.


Sharing changes everything. CUpending supply and demand. Creating success from failure.


From the invention of the printing press to the telephone, the radio, and the Internet, the ways people collaborate change frequently, and the effects of those changes often reverberate through generations. In this video interview, Clay Shirky, author, New York University professor, and leading thinker on the impact of social media, explains the disruptive impact of technology on how people live and work—and on the economics of what we make and consume. This interview was conducted by McKinsey Global Institute partner Michael Chui, and an edited transcript of Shirky’s remarks follows....

Jeff Domansky's insight:

Collaboration, scarcity, and disruption. This is a must-read for social media innovators.

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MTD's curator insight, March 6, 2014 7:50 AM

In an age of increased scarcity, we need more energetic ways of working to achieve results. When you add in the changing requirements of businesses, technology and society and the evolving consumer, it's easy to see that collaboration is not just the preferable way forward, but the only way to achieve. 

 

This interview looks at ways in which collaborative technologies and working practices can enable teams and organisations to succeed and adapt more effectively, faster and with less cost and time.

 

The question is whether you can embed these practices into your organisation well enough to make the changes you need to see. 
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