Towards Thoughtful Enterprise

Christopher Kimball, a publisher of some note, writes in the New York Times,

"To survive, those of us who believe that inexperience rarely leads to wisdom need to swim against the tide, better define our brands, prove our worth, ask to be paid for what we do, and refuse to climb aboard this ship of fools, the one where everyone has an equal voice. Google “broccoli casserole” and make the first recipe you find. I guarantee it will be disappointing. The world needs fewer opinions and more thoughtful expertise — the kind that comes from real experience, the hard-won blood-on-the-floor kind. I like my reporters, my pilots, my pundits, my doctors, my teachers and my cooking instructors to have graduated from the school of hard knocks."

Words to live by - these.

Comments

[John Loomis]

Great excerpt there, though the larger piece could have used more editing to focus his worthy lament. While I certainly believe in what he is saying, its interesting to remember that him, you, and I all need the people who are way more interested in democratization of information to come to market with a new platform (iTablets, Mac or PC), to actual help us refocus publishing back to experience and content. Just another one of the strange paradoxes of the new publishing paradigm. Best, -John

[susana]

amen brother.