We have a problem.

We lack clarity of ownership and accountability. The most painful manifestation of this is the
massive redundancy that exists throughout the organization. We now operate in an organizational structure — admittedly created with the best of intentions –that has become overly bureaucratic. For far too many employees, there is another person with dramatically similar and overlapping responsibilities. This slows us down and burdens the company with unnecessary costs.

We lack decisiveness. Combine a lack of focus with unclear ownership, and the result is that decisions are either not made or are made when it is already too late.

We have lost our passion to win. Far too many employees are “phoning” it in, lacking the passion and commitment to be a part of the solution. We sit idly by while — at all levels — employees are enabled to “hang around”. Where is the accountability?

Does this sound familiar? This was written by Brad Garlinghouse, a Yahoo senior vice president, says Yahoo is spreading its resources too thinly, like peanut butter on a slice
of bread. check out here for the complete manifesto.

Here is an excellent reference on understanding what Digg can do for you and your Website!

Beginner’s Guide to Digg

Digg epitomizes the value of collective intelligence and community on the Internet in a way that not only brings value to its users, but also to businesses that are savvy enough to take advantage.

Seth has always been an inspiration.  People are more cynical nowadays and unless you really know how to emphathize, this will not work.  In short, it is a good idea, but you have to execute it properly.

Seth’s Blog: This must be hard

If you really want to generate those referrals, don’t ask for a referral, ask if everything was great. Offer to help. Do it in a gentle way, with no strings, no additional addons, no sales pitch. If you really and truly care, why not ask?

Paul Allen (the lesser) » Don’t Build a Website Without Wireframing

My subject today is how to correctly mockup or prototype a web site before sending it to the development team for coding and design.

Two of my closest friends who are also parallel entrepreneurs do very detailed mockups using Powerpoint or Word to design exactly what the pages should look like before sending them on to development. They save thousands of dollars every time they get a web site built, because they do a lot of the upfront design work.