Re: [MTC Global] Are You Part of the Higher Ed 'Misfit Economy'?

Dear Prof. Bholanth Dutta ji,

Honestly speaking I felt so much alarmed when I found my answer to all these questions were tending to be affirmative; hurriedly and promptly I clicked the given link to know what it means:

• The link took me to Amazon's book that argues that lessons in creativity, innovation, salesmanship, and entrepreneurship can come from surprising places: pirates, bootleggers, counterfeiters, hustlers, and others living and working on the margins of business and society.
• Review said, “This imaginative, provocative book reveals that if we want to overcome barriers, we can find surprisingly valuable lessons underground. I never expected to learn so much about entrepreneurship and innovation from pirates and gangsters.” (Adam Grant, Wharton professor and author of GIVE AND TAKE)
• The Review said, "This book will make you think again with engaging stories and insightful analysis of how people operating on the fringes create unique business models, and in the process transform the culture around them." (Daniel H. Pink, author of TO SELL IS HUMAN and DRIVE)
• The Review said, "You'll meet people who are just like everyone else in searching for freedom and opportunity, but aren't afraid to bend the rules of the system." (King Tone, Former Leader of the Latin Kings, a hispanic street gang)
• The review said, "If you want to learn what Somali pirates have in common with Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, read this book. It's a colourful guide on how to shine a light on the ingenuity that often lies in the dark depths of all types organisations." (Rachel Botsman, co-author of What's Mine is Yours: How Collaborative Consumption is Changing the Way We Live)
• About the Authors
      Alexa Clay is cofounder of the League of Intrapreneurs, a movement to create change from within big business and the Founder of Wisdom Hackers, an incubator for philosophical inquiry.
      Kyra Maya Phillips is director of The Point People, a network based consultancy focused on innovation and systemic change.

Thanks for the thought-provoking link,

G.S.Autee

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Subject: [MTC Global] Are You Part of the Higher Ed 'Misfit Economy'?

 

Maybe, you are a higher ed misfit. How would you know?

 

Take this quick test - and report back the results:

Question 1: Are you in an academic job that doesn’t quite fit into the traditional org chart?

Question 2: Is nobody at your school quite sure about what you do, and when folks ask you what your job is they look at you sort of strange when you try to explain?

Question 3: Are you spending all your energy and passion to do a job at your school that nobody quite asked you to exactly do?

Question 4: When you look back at your academic career, do you have as many failures as successes?

Question 5: Do you love your school, and love higher education, but at the same time are you deeply impatient with the status quo?

 

[Source: The Misfit Economy: Lessons in Creativity from Pirates, Hackers, Gangsters and Other Informal Entrepreneurs by Alexa Clay and Kyra Maya Phillips

 

Best Regards,

Educate, Empower, Elevate

Prof. Bholanath Dutta

Founder, Convener & President- MTC Global

An Apex Global Advisory Body in Management Education

 

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