How Radio Shaped the World by Konaa CEO Jerry R. Reynolds
http://konaa.posterous.com/how-radio-shaped-the-world
One thing that makes entrepreneurs and inventors successful, is their ability to visualize a course of events. I personally think one of the most useful tools in the industrial and manufacturing revolution was the advent of the radio but it's not the technology of the radio that's significant.
The radio fundamentally changed how people thought. Verity shows and spoken word programs allowed people to close their eyes and visualize a larger than life environment inspired by a voice, not demanded; this change opened the proverbial "box" of grand visions and ideas. They visualized how to work smarter and productivity became a new form perspiration, the world had evolved yet again.
I don't think people have an attention span problem (normally), I think we have evolved to the point where relevant context to our interests are essential to engagement. We see that in every form of professional life, how is the process different for children? Why do some VC's pass on a group, only for another VC to select them? Why has social communication gone from town squares to computing masterpieces in our pocket?
It all comes back to vision. Entrepreneurs of today, would find themselves in front of the family radio 100 years ago, dreaming of a more productive world and how to accomplish it. We have learned its more effective to visualize and build in bursts, than it is to just stay focused for an arbitrary amount of time. We utilize input from infinite sources that capture our attention, whether they're directly relevant to the subject we are creating, we create flexible work environments surrounded by an eclectic group of people to cultivate inspiration, focused on one task.
When people feel comfortable, essential and free to be individually themselves, you can turn an "attention deficit hyperactive" person into a solar flare focused energy that fuels the world we call business.
http://konaa.posterous.com/how-radio-shaped-the-world
One thing that makes entrepreneurs and inventors successful, is their ability to visualize a course of events. I personally think one of the most useful tools in the industrial and manufacturing revolution was the advent of the radio but it's not the technology of the radio that's significant.
The radio fundamentally changed how people thought. Verity shows and spoken word programs allowed people to close their eyes and visualize a larger than life environment inspired by a voice, not demanded; this change opened the proverbial "box" of grand visions and ideas. They visualized how to work smarter and productivity became a new form perspiration, the world had evolved yet again.
I don't think people have an attention span problem (normally), I think we have evolved to the point where relevant context to our interests are essential to engagement. We see that in every form of professional life, how is the process different for children? Why do some VC's pass on a group, only for another VC to select them? Why has social communication gone from town squares to computing masterpieces in our pocket?
It all comes back to vision. Entrepreneurs of today, would find themselves in front of the family radio 100 years ago, dreaming of a more productive world and how to accomplish it. We have learned its more effective to visualize and build in bursts, than it is to just stay focused for an arbitrary amount of time. We utilize input from infinite sources that capture our attention, whether they're directly relevant to the subject we are creating, we create flexible work environments surrounded by an eclectic group of people to cultivate inspiration, focused on one task.
When people feel comfortable, essential and free to be individually themselves, you can turn an "attention deficit hyperactive" person into a solar flare focused energy that fuels the world we call business.