Recent Articles from Ann Spoor
Civic hacka-what?
Hack4Colorado will be just one of 100 civic hackathons happening all across the nation the weekend of May 31, all under the umbrella of the National Day of Civic Hacking. At a hackathon, computer programmers and others in the field of software development, as well as graphic designers, interface designers and project managers collaborate intensively […]
A LinkedIn lament
I recently posted this update on my LinkedIn: “If you want to connect to someone you don’t know, don’t use the auto-populate message. Tell me why you want to connect and personalize it. Give me a reason to say yes.” I actually posted it twice because I wasn’t sure people saw it. It then occurred […]
The Leadership Lattice: Art Zeile
The Leadership Lattice, an interview series designed to cultivate conversation about building strong leadership in the public and private sector, presents: Art Zeile, CEO and Co-Founder of Hosting.com. Art was also the CEO and Co-Founder of INFLOW. You can view the video of this interview by going to www.executivelattice.com and going to The Leadership Lattice. […]
The Leadership Lattice: Brian Gast
The Leadership Lattice, an interview series designed to cultivate conversation on building strong leadership in the public and private sector, presents: Brian Gast, executive coach and former CEO. You can view the video of this interview by going to www.executivelattice.com, then to The Leadership Lattice. What defines a great leader? Great leaders have to be great […]
The Leadership Lattice: Paul Larkins
The Leadership Lattice, an interview series designed to cultivate conversation on building strong leadership in the public and private sector, presents: Paul Larkins, CEO of SquareTwo Financial. You can view the video of this interview by going to YouTube and searching “Leadership Lattice.” What are the lessons for leadership in the financial services industry from […]
Leadership Lattice: Ken Ross
The Leadership Lattice, an interview series designed to cultivate conversation on building strong leadership in the public and private sector, presents: Ken Ross, President and CEO of Pinnacol Assurance in Denver Colorado. You can view the video of this interview by going to YouTube and searching “Leadership Lattice” What is your approach to leadership and […]
The Leadership Lattice: Richard Lewis
The Leadership Lattice, an interview series designed to cultivate conversation on building strong leadership in the public and private sector, presents: Richard Lewis, founder and CEO of RTL Networks in Denver. What is your approach to leadership? Gen. George S. Patton was once quoted as saying, ‘Never tell people how to do things, tell them […]
The Leadership Lattice: Rob Meilen
The Leadership Lattice, an interview series designed to cultivate conversation on building strong leadership in the public and private sector, presents: Rob Meilen, Chief Information Officer, Hunter Douglas. You can view the video of this interview by going to YouTube and searching “Leadership Lattice.” What’s your approach to leadership? The role of a leader is […]
The Leadership Lattice: Rodger Stewart
The Leadership Lattice, an interview series designed to cultivate conversation on building strong leadership in the public and private sector, presents: Rodger Stewart, former CEO of Ultrashape, Sorin Group and COBE Cardiovascular, who now leads two non-profits in the Boulder area. (See a video of this interview by going to YouTube and searching “Leadership Lattice.”) What is [&helli[...]
The Leadership Lattice: Brad Feld
The Leadership Lattice, an interview series designed to cultivate conversation about building strong leadership in the public and private sector, presents: Brad Feld, Co-Founder at Foundry Group, a Boulder based venture capital firm. You can view the video of this interview by going to YouTube and searching “Leadership Lattice” When you are looking at a […]
The Leadership Lattice: Bruce Dines
The Leadership Lattice, an interview series designed to cultivate conversation about building strong leadership in the public and private sector, presents: Bruce Dines, Vice President and Managing Director of Technology Investments for Liberty Global Ventures. What is your approach to leadership? Many leaders get confused between their sphere of influence and span of control. The great […]
Graduated magna cum latte?
Your LinkedIn brand represents a significant part of your professional brand. What do you want the world to know about you? What do you represent? My friend David sent me a profile that had this – “Graduated Magna cum Latte” under Education. We were both in total disbelief. We laughed and wondered if this person […]