tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4323202250325013491.post3425607785899718600..comments2007-09-12T09:25:46.756-05:00Kevin Gamblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00659162207319457717noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4323202250325013491.post-88260764296168266402007-09-12T09:25:00.000-05:002007-09-12T09:25:00.000-05:002007-09-12T09:25:00.000-05:00Anonymous,<BR/><BR/>I'm not sure I get your point? Don't conversations happen a lot of places? Aren't there advantages to having discussions new people, people with different perspectives, people from different parts of the world, etc. If all we talk to is the same people at the water cooler all the time... Seems like the "workplace" as we know it could be an inhibitor of ideation as much as it might help.<BR/><BR/>Peg,<BR/><BR/>Little ideas aggregated grow into big ideas.<BR/><BR/>Compensation -- the thought of which should keep many of us awake at night. Got me where this is going...<BR/><BR/>KevinKevin Gamblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00659162207319457717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4323202250325013491.post-88553880042747620582007-09-12T08:53:00.000-05:002007-09-12T08:53:00.000-05:002007-09-12T08:53:00.000-05:00Bingo!<BR/><BR/>But when employers/contractors pay in $$--which most of us must still use--what metric will they use to determine compensation? <BR/><BR/><I>What is the next "big idea" worth? It's all what you decide to measure.</I><BR/><BR/>Even little ideas and little jobs, in the aggregate, can matter hugely. Especially those that disappear under the current system of Standard National Accounts because they generate no dollars (or even an imputed value).Peghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14161350241459517207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4323202250325013491.post-37117152740202876322007-09-12T08:51:00.000-05:002007-09-12T08:51:00.000-05:002007-09-12T08:51:00.000-05:00There is also the relationship building/watercooler type interaction that occurs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com