by Lee Gibbons, CEO

Learning! That’s what moves me. (Creativity and Innovation–count that as one, combined thing–comes in a close and highly compatible second).

I am absolutely stoked for this week. I will be in San Francisco for the entire week attending the Corporate Podcasting Summit, followed by SuperNova 2006. These two events actually overlap by a day, so that will make for a challenging juggling act on the 21st (I’ll use creativity to get through the challange that creates). But, what has me so excited is the amazing learning opportunity I will have.

Learning, this week, will come in two forms: learming of people, and learning of things. Or, building relationships and cultivating knowledge. But more important that just meeting new people, one must build relationships. And, rather than listening to a new idea, one has to cultivate knowledge.
It is the difference between counting the seeds in an apple v. counting the potential apples within seeds. Both relationships and knowledge require follow-on efforts for them to bear fruit. And when that effort is expended, the potential is as endless as the number of apples within a given seed. If you mearly meet someone and never work to nurture the relationship, it is as helpful as encountering an apple seed while eating an apple.
When you learn of people, and nurture and build a relationship, or learn a timeless principle and cultivate knowledge around it, the relationship or principle continues to give and give and give.

So, this week I am all about learning. I will post about the people and things I learn. Maybe I will be able to pass along some ’seeds’ that can benefit you as well. As a matter of fact comment here with any questions you might have.