Octavian Mihai

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Seven years ago, I was managing the interactive communication of Leonard Doroftei who was fighting for the Montrealer club Interbox. In may 2003 I was in Pittsburgh for the WBA/IBF lightweight title unification bout, a match transmitted live on HBO. As usual, I was sitting next to the ring taking random photos for the website. [...]

YOUR CHOICE You shouldn’t allow anyone to choose in your place. Ever. Everything you ever did can be traced back to some decision. Got late for a meeting, you decided to sleep longer. Failed an exam, you decided to enter a too difficult program or not to study enough. Got stuck in a boring and [...]

    If the nature of your business is changing, your business must change. As I’ve mentioned in Social Media and the Age of Agile Business Modeling, Social media is one of the forces pressuring the classical business concepts. Moreover, these days the nature of the corporation is in question. An agile business model is incomprehensible in [...]

PLAY AS HUMAN NEED Leisure and play in particular are fundamental human needs and important activities for human development. Games and most play can be defined by a basic set of rules, a goal and by a fun factor. THE PROFESSIONAL CREATIVE ON-DEMAND CLASS RELOADED We are in the 21st century, in a modern, free [...]

Last week as I was reading Seth Godin and Tom Peters on giving away content for free I posted a random tweet about my April Amazon order. 14 books from my April Amazon order. Latest Godin, @Tom_Peters, @chrisbrogan, @ScottBelsky but also some de Bono, Schwab, Hopkins & Ogilvy Early next morning I received a reply [...]

Most current books give exceptional examples that drive a certain point home. Of course it is fine to give Apple or Google as examples and trend setters. Of course it is inspiring to listen to the stories of becoming of great thinkers. Of course we’re sitting on the shoulder of giants. With hindsight one might always say [...]

I am not sure if the latest generation is always the most rebellious, but it is definitely considered the most outrageous by the previous ones. Our exaggerated individuality and need of self-expression is only a profound  desire for conformity and group acceptance. And thus we are all struggling misunderstood Baby-Boomer wannabe’s. Let this sink in for a moment. Every prisoner dreams of becoming [...]

BASIC MANAGEMENT CONCEPTS: PROJECTS VS OPERATIONS Projects are defined by a beginning, a closure and by the accomplishment of a specific goal. Examples of personal projects: graduating from university, buying a house or changing your job. Operations are ongoing recurring activities. Example of personal operations: Staying in shape, eating healthy or walking your dog. So staying healthy is [...]

Forget about Tom Peters. Ignore Seth Godin. Stop priming yourself. If by now you are not motivated enough you’ll never be. Stand up. Drink a coffee. Get your shit together. Devise your evil plan and roll with it. Hush now, go away.

What makes us human is not our job. And suddenly I imagine all my human resources friends throwing at me looks of disapproval. It is quite ironic and very often I feel the hypocrisy, and the cold cynicism of branding, in the oxymoron ‘human resources’. Just don’t point your fingers yet. Put yourself in the shoes of [...]

CONTEXT This post analyzes one form of rational response. (continuing the post Become A Decision Rockstar!). THE QUICK-WIN & THE GREEDY ALGORITHM This is a classical algorithm in computer science. The greedy algorithm basically states that at any point one should make the optimal local choice, disregarding the system as a whole. i.e. Go for the easiest quick-win with [...]

IMPROVE YOUR DECISION MAKING PROCESS In past posts, I tried to present two important introspective techniques for understanding the personal emotional and ideological context of a high-stress response. These techniques will improve your decision-making process. Since this is life, and not mathematics, when making decision one must be aware of: 1. Intellectual honesty Be conscious [...]

CONTEXT Ideological responses, high-stress situations, work environment, know yourself, personal management. INTENT This is the second post of a series I started about the value of our actions. I am exploring the intentions behind actions and issues we have when called to make high-stress and fast responses. This particular post analysis ideologically polluted responses. First post is [...]

CONTEXT Emotional responses, high-stress situations, work environment, know yourself, personal management. INTENT This post is the first of a longer series I started to write about the value of our actions. I am exploring intentions behind actions and issues we have when called to make high-stress and fast responses. I am aware of terminology issues [...]

MAKE THIS PLEDGE TODAY Next week, I will be better than today. 1. FIND YOUR EXCELLENCE Please be honest. Buy a notebook. Look into the past. (See How to be remarkably creative on-demand (tips) ). List your abilities. Be honest. For each ability you think you have find a series of successes you achieved. There is [...]

TL;DR: Get real, know yourself, get things done. CONTEXT: Jonathan suggested to me to write a post about results. However, one cannot write about results without mentioning successes and failures. INTENT: No particular intention. Just some insights while exploring the success, failure and results’ concepts. 1. BE PROACTIVE AND A CLOSER Close the door to your room. [...]

No networking events. Don’t waste your time. Unless you’re a rockstar. Context: I am talking about so-called networking events, breakfasts, career fairs, etc. Networking events only work when you already are someone and want to show off. It’s about working on your personal brand. Usually these people don’t pay anything, and are there as a bait. [...]

Whenever you think you have a brand new insight about business and management validate it against Peter Drucker’s writings. Most of the current business and management ideas and writings, including mine, are just obvious teenage rants or uneloquent formulations of Drucker’s teachings. Some books to get you started.

I am not sure if this recession helped or hurt the baby boomer generation. What is definitive is that in the next decade most of them will retire. There are plenty of implications and issues  of social and macro-economic scale but I want to make a single point.  That of leadership transfer. Are the younger [...]