{"id":865,"date":"2006-11-07T11:33:22","date_gmt":"2006-11-07T11:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/google_disrupti\/"},"modified":"2006-11-07T11:33:22","modified_gmt":"2006-11-07T11:33:22","slug":"google_disrupti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/google_disrupti\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Disruptions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/epicliving.blogs.com\/.shared\/image.html?\/photos\/uncategorized\/google_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Google_1\" height=\"75\" alt=\"Google_1\" src=\"http:\/\/epicliving.blogs.com\/epic_living\/images\/google_1.jpg\" width=\"100\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/a>&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/markets\/equities\/2006\/11\/06\/update-google-ads-newspapers-markets-equity-cx_po_1106markets07.html\">Forbes<\/a> article states, the newspaper industry is finding their traditional business model (advertising) disrupted by Google.&nbsp; Is that a bad thing?&nbsp; I don&#8217;t think so.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>Businesses are run by people, so they sometime prefer predictable and comfortable environments.&nbsp; You know, the old if it ain&#8217;t broken&#8230;In many cases change is to be avoided at all costs.&nbsp; Leaders can talk a good game about managing change when it is thrust upon them.&nbsp; The best leaders welcome it before that day arrives&#8230;that day has arrived for the newspaper world.<\/p>\n<p>I think about the number of years I sought security and comfort&#8230;it leaves me laughing and crying.&nbsp; Fortunately my scars give me something to speak from.&nbsp; 2006 has been a year of experiencing changes that look so different from my &quot;normal.&quot;&nbsp; The familiar has been swept away.<\/p>\n<p>But I&#8217;m Alive!&nbsp; I am more alive than ever before&#8230;welcoming change as friend and not an enemy.&nbsp; The musician Seal once wrote: &quot;The future is my friend.&nbsp; It hurts, but it treats me well.&quot;&nbsp; He&#8217;s right&#8230;I&#8217;m a living example.<\/p>\n<p>Remember, if changing (yourself or a business model) bothers you, then learning does to.&nbsp; You can&#8217;t have one without the other.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/epicliving.blogs.com\/.shared\/image.html?\/photos\/uncategorized\/google_1.jpg\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/epicliving.blogs.com\/.shared\/image.html?\/photos\/uncategorized\/google_1.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; As this Forbes article states, the newspaper industry is finding their traditional business model (advertising) disrupted by Google.&nbsp; Is that a bad thing?&nbsp; I don&#8217;t think so.&nbsp; Businesses are run by people, so they sometime prefer predictable and comfortable environments.&nbsp; You know, the old if it&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}