Hip & Sage

Six Pixels of Separation

Check out this post from the folks at 800CEOREAD for Six Pixels of Separation. First, I want to give cudos to the author and/or publisher for a GREAT book title. Titles natter. Second, I would like to encourage all you sage hipsters out there to check this out (and perhaps buy it for your not-yet-hipster friends). This notion of the connectedness of things and the new ways we can and need to navigate through the virtual human web (VHW - you heard it here first) is so critical for our success and hapiness. Well, unless you are independentally wealthy enough that you can buy your own remote island and live off shellfish and coconuts.

Here is the link for the book on Amazon - there is a nice short video clip that explains the focus of the book.

The Hip and Sage Cocktail - Sip it!

Here is a review of Hip and Sage in the Irish Times. Thanks Frank Dillon!

Frank shares several highlights from Hip and Sage, but starts with the beginning and perhaps the most important point. Being hip is a way of thinking, a way of being. It is:

• One part nimbleness - be flexible, resist judging others, be easy to work with

• One part curiosity - crave learning, ask great questions, be fascinated by others

• One part courage - jump into it, be one with ignorance, be coachable

• One part results orientation - take action every day, try and try again, try another way, try another approach, ask for coaching and take some of it

Stir, shake, add a twist. Don't short any one ingredient. What an elixir.... Have you had this cocktail recently? Enjoy!

Real Leaders Don't Get Old

Well, we do grow physically older, but great leaders don't act old. Check out this cool post by Dan over at Great Leadership called, Leaders Don't Get Old. Here is a snippet:

When an employee comes to you with a proposal that they are excited about, don't look for all the flaws in the idea or come up with ways to make it harder to implement the idea. You should tell yourself your job as a leader is to figure out ways to make it easier to implement that idea. Try it - it's a lot harder than it sounds - and you will be amazed with the effect it has on your employees and your organization.

And thanks to Dan for including a wee bit in the post from Hip and Sage. The Tony B Story (my favorite, I think). Incidentally, at the bottom of his post, Dan lists key terms from the post. It is an interesting collection!

Labels: agism, boomers, K.D. Lang, Lisa Haneberg, Management Craft, Michael Haberman, my generation, neil young, the who, Tony Bennet

Hip and Sage Review - From a Global Teams Expert

Check out this review of Hip and Sage from Terry over at The Future of Virtual Teamwork and Collaboration. Here's a snippet:

Hip & Sage isn't just a philosophical text on the need for the generations to learn from one another. It's also very practical with lists, worksheets, web resources, reflective questions, and examples to guide the way. I particularly like the section where she asks us to reflect on how our beliefs fuel our behaviors and our ability to change. I also like where she talks about collaboration - as opposed to participation - and how it is as much a mind-set as a set of actions.

Thanks Terry!

Cranky Middle Manager and Me - A discussion about relevancy. Others. Hip and sage, baby!

I had the pleasure of being a guest on the Cranky Middle Manager podcast - my 4th time. This time we talked about what it means to have a relevant mindset (hip and sage). It turned out quite well, I think, so please check it out here. Thanks, Wayne!

Thanks also to Dwayne over at Genuine Curiosity for his review of Hip and Sage. Here is a snippet:

If you work with younger people, being Hip can be a game changer (and becoming Hip can be fun).  Lisa provides a set of techniques and philosophies to help you enlist the help of younger mentors in a way that will tap into their knowledge and excitement, and (I believe) make them want to help you get up to speed.

And check out this interview I did with Vince Thompson on the SmartPlanet website. Here is a snippet:

Do Hip and Sage people fair better when in comes to facing layoffs?

If you are someone who has 20 years of experience you are a valuable person…but if you don’t come into an interview and demonstrate that you not only understand but also know how to use technology to power teams you’ll be at distinct disadvantage.

How do you demonstrate that?

You need to show in your resume....

Aahh, I am such a tease.

BTW - here are the cities I will be traveling to over the next couple of months. Let me know if you would like me to come speak to your company or organization, or do some management training magic (I do believe that the best training feels magical). You can send me an email at lhaneberg AT managementperformance DOT com.

Cleveland, OH
Chicago Area (Milwaukee, too)
LA, soCal
Portland
Seattle
Wash DC/Alexandria VA
Jacksonville, FL
Memphis/Nashville, TN area

Sage of the Page? I'm blushing.

Hip and Sage got a nice write up on theASTD blog here. what really tickled me was the comment left by fellow author and hip and sage educator, Michael Kroth. Here is his comment:

I don't know anyone hippier or sagier than Lisa Haneberg. This is another in a long line of must-reads by our sage of the page, our hipster tipster, our ASTD rocks-ter (or is it Rock Star?).

Don't wait to be cool - order it today!

Thanks, Michael, you made my day!

Create a Connection Culture - Michael Stallard

Becoming and staying hip and sage professional is about creating connection and engaging in continuous learning. Check out this You Tube video from hip and sage Michael Lee Stallard. His book is a great choice, particularly for those of you who love history.

Review of Hip and Sage

Fellow blogger and speaker Alexandra Levit wrote a review of Hip and Sage - and the general topic of generations in the workplace on her blog, Water Cooler Wisdom. Check it out!

I have been getting lots of interesting feedback about Hip and Sage because it taps into a couple common situations:

• I am an "experienced" professional and I want to continue to be relevant - but all the technology changes, and resulting communication practices, are overwhelming! How do I begin? How can I maintain balance? How will online networking and communicating affect my life?
• I work for/know/care about some one who is sage but has stopped learning. How do I help them? Why don't they see the connection between how we communicate and how we work?

Over on Management Central, I had a brief exchange about this notion of stopping learning. Here are the comments back and forth:

MC Member: I'm still reading Hip and Sage. While I'm learning how to communicate with the "hip" I'm also able to see those that came before me more clearly. I can almost see the point in which they gave up learning....


Me: Wow, that is very interesting. I wonder how they see things? I wonder if they feel as though they have stopped learning?


MC Member: I would have to say they believe they've stopped learning about new technology. A manager I know refuses to get a PDA and uses his cell phone only for calls.... Because he doesn't feel the need to move forward. Unfortunately, he's always slightly behind whatever the movement is at the moment. Interestingly - he's supposed to be a leader....


Me: And that was really one of the key points I guess I hope Hip and Sage makes - you cannot be a leader and not keep up. You might be able to be a pontificating sage, but most of our organizations need active leaders. I have a friend who is in marketing and she is also strident in her resistance to not learning Web 2.0 technologies. For her, I fear, this will be a career breaker because she is out looking for a job and she will not be able to compete with the candidates who care enough to stay current and understand how to use new technologies to build marketing campaigns.

Hip and Sage in my hands....

I got five cases of lime green books today from my publisher Davies Black (an imprint of Nicholas Brealey) - Hip and Sage is a book! It won't be available for shipment for a week or two, but it was fun to open the box and see the bright and beautiful cover stare back at me. This is a cool book, I think. Well, I guess it needs to be cool sice it is about how to STAY COOL.

As I thumbed through the pages, I recalled how this book concept was born. I'd like to thank Mark Morrow at ASTD Press, because he was the first person I shared the book concept with and he encouraged my ideas to make it a departure from the traditional business book (Hip and Sage is co-published by ASTD Press). Departing from a pattern can cause everyone involved with the process more work and this was the case with Hip and Sage. It was a bit labor intensive, but fun for all I hope.

Departing from traditional patterns is very hip and sage, actually, so it makes sense that the book became a bit irreverent in terms of style and format. There is one part of the book inspired by Joan Didion's swirling and lyrical writing style (I said "inspired by," I am not claiming to have achieved something so grand as her style). Another short piece is about a dead body and intended to be funny - it is called, "Tragically Hip," you will see what I mean when you read it. Yet another part is the transcript of a phone conversation between Dan Pink and me as we talk about Tony Bennett. In between these and more entertaining tidbits are helpful suggestions and strategies for being hip and sage.

I hope you will pick up a copy of Hip and Sage and stay tuned HERE for regular updates and posts about ways we can all stay relevant and wonderful as we sage up. We might need titanium hip replacements, but we can do our physical therapy with our 300GB iPods strapped to our belts as we listen to Charlie Rose podcasts and the latest compositions by Yanni. OK, maybe I'm the only one who digs Yanni.

Book is at the printers!

I talked with my publisher for Hip and Sage today (Nicholas Brealey) and they said that the book heading to the printers. It is always exciting. It will be out and available soon! You can pre-order Hip and Sage here. I travel quite a bit, so let me know if you'd like to do a book chat in your town. I will absolutely come by if I am going to be close by for business or pleasure. My friends at ASTD Press are the copublishers of this book.