What is your core originality?

By Tom Foremski - February 11, 2005

by Tom Foremski for SiliconValleyWatcher
“You can only get it here” has long been the competitive mantra in the news media business. It now also applies in this Internet 2.0 enabled newrules world, as many different types of enterprises increasingly become a publisher/communicator.

In this Chinese Year of the Rooster (Blogger), that means being first to get up in the morning, and crowing about what it is that is original/unique. That's how you establish thought leadership, in your sector, market, …or on your street corner.

During the Internet 1.0 dotcom phase the question asked of businesses was: “What is your core competency?”

In this Internet 2.0 newrules phase, the next question is: “What is your core originality?”

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Comments (1)

Farber:

You make a good point about originality rising...the two are related in that core competency (1.0) is about what you personally "know" about...and originality (2.0) is about what and how you "think"...core originality is today's more valued currency, and blogs are a form-fits-function container for the expression of individual originality on the Net. More people are exposing their thinking/originality (some their core incompetence) in words, pictures, video and audio--and having real impact on how others think. It's a collective of voices shaping the thinking of others and each other, and stimulating the "conversation." It's implicit that those who end up having the most influence will have the core competence/knowledge to render insight and originality (2.0)...unless they are just lucky...

Posted: February 11, 2005 12:17 PM