
Jeremy wants to design a series of t-shirts based on books he reads. The first available for purchase depicts an analogy described in Tribes by Seth Godin, that we both read recently. The relevant passage from the book is below. If you can relate to being the unicorn, maybe you have spectacular ideas you can develop and soon a tribe will follow.
"The balloon factory isn't really a bad place to work if you rationalize a bit. It's steady work, with a bit of a rush around New Year's. The rest of the time it's quiet and peaceful and not so scary. Except when the unicorns show up. At first, the balloon factory folks shush the unicorn and warn him away. That often works. But sometimes, the unicorn ignores them and wanders into the factory anyway. That's when everyone runs for cover. It's amazingly easy for a unicorn to completely disrupt a balloon factory. That's because the factory is organized around a single idea, the idea of soft, quiet stability. The unicorn changes all that. The balloon factory is all about the status quo. And unicorns (leaders) change the status quo."
Jeremy and my reviews can be found here on Booktagger. Although, I need to edit mine as there now exists an appreciation society for me on Facebook, albeit a small one, so maybe a I have become a unicorn.

2 comments:
I'd like one of those T-shirts.
You're welcome to! Just click on the purchase hypertext in the blog to link through, or here is the url:
http://www.redbubble.com/people/jeremylebard/t-shirts/2719172-2-unicorn-in-a-balloon-factory
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