Comments on: 6 Ways to Spot Real Gurus

By: Greg

Greg — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 19:30:33 +0000

Interesting perspective. Thanks for sharing.

By: cube3

cube3 — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 18:45:01 +0000

the real gurus dont make these lists.:)

wurman and jay doblin are good examples….

as is em forster for the 1909 “Machine Stops”

since he pegged relevancy and value as fodder for the machine, before most any did.

By: Greg

Greg — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 17:48:19 +0000

Thanks for the tips, Ron!

- Greg

By: Ron Gross

Ron Gross — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 16:56:28 +0000

Good insight! Please consider Tom Davenport who is both a professor and author. His book regarding the attention economy, although over ten years old, is still excellent.
Another person who you may want to consider is Saul Wurman, who besides starting TED, wrote information Anxiety quantifying the impact of too much information versus the pen/paper world he experienced.

By: JournalXtra

JournalXtra — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 19:30:57 +0000

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By: Greg

Greg — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 17:54:51 +0000

Barry,

As someone who’s been through a few lifecycles (in post-communist Europe no less!), I couldn’t agree more.

- Greg

By: Barry Horowitz

Barry Horowitz — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 17:11:41 +0000

The proof is in the pudding – always will be. I have not met a guru yet – I only meet and value people who have done, learned from it and stuck with it to the point of supporting it. The key question I ask of gurus – “How many TRUE lifecycles have you actually completed?” I dont care about the number of years of suggesting and recommending – how many have you survived?

By: Greg

Greg — Sat, 15 May 2010 15:53:31 +0000

Jim,

Thanks. Best of luck to you.

- Greg

By: Jim Hart

Jim Hart — Sat, 15 May 2010 07:22:12 +0000

Greg,

Great post.

After working in my field for 23 years, I was encouraged to go out on my own as a consultant 6 years ago.

On a couple of occasions I’ve had people introduce me as the guru and it just makes me cringe. I’m no smarter than the folks I’m brought in to work with, I’ve just made most of the mistakes you can make and I’ve had the great pleasure of gaining new perspectives from a lot of clients.

In my first meeting with the front line folks, I usually start something like this; ” OK, this is your chance to get some stuff done that you’ve been suggesting for years. I don’t have any magic dust and you folks are closer to this than anybody. My job is to help us get there with no false starts or do-overs, avoid the potholes. You folks are the ones who are going to have to own this, because you are the ones who will have to make it work long after I’m gone.”

I have a couple of competitors who have a fraction of the experience and they tend to get really arrogant when someone questions their position on something. Ironically, they seem to think of themselves as guru’s.

Reminds me of Margaret Thatchers quote; “Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, then you aren’t.”

Jim

By: Greg

Greg — Sat, 15 May 2010 03:59:26 +0000

Thanks, Bruce.

Have a nice weekend.

- Greg