what the (lawbiz) world needs now is …love
A great post over at You Already Know This Stuff led me to this article and this one on Tim Sanders, Yahoo’s Chief Solutions Officer. Sanders, a self-proclaimed “lovecat” and author of the book Love Is The Killer App, firmly believes that the “most powerful force in business [today] is love.” He defines love as the “the act of intelligently and sensibly sharing your knowledge, networks, and compassion with your business partners.” Building (or re-building) business on a foundation of love is essential in an age where a dominant culture of choice and information sharing is toppling the reign of business villians and noxious companies. In the world-according-to-Sanders, “People who love what they're doing, who love to learn new things, to meet new people, and to share what and whom they know with others: These are the people who wind up creating the most economic value and, as a result, moving their companies forward.” I’m in.
