Comments on: Bicoastal Brain Scramble? Company Cultures Boiled Down to One Word, Part 2—Boston vs. Seattle http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2009/09/03/bicoastal-brain-scramble-company-cultures-boiled-down-to-one-word-part-2-boston-vs-seattle/ Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:29:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Gregory T. Huang http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2009/09/03/bicoastal-brain-scramble-company-cultures-boiled-down-to-one-word-part-2-boston-vs-seattle/comment-page-1/#comment-79447 Gregory T. Huang Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:56:58 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=40041#comment-79447 I think this highlights the misconception that Seattle is West Coast. You have to drive 4.5 hours to get to the ocean here! That's my explanation, anyway. Let's invite San Diego to join the experiment... I think this highlights the misconception that Seattle is West Coast. You have to drive 4.5 hours to get to the ocean here! That’s my explanation, anyway. Let’s invite San Diego to join the experiment…

]]> By: Michael Fitzgerald http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2009/09/03/bicoastal-brain-scramble-company-cultures-boiled-down-to-one-word-part-2-boston-vs-seattle/comment-page-1/#comment-79405 Michael Fitzgerald Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:13:31 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=40041#comment-79405 Bob, What an intriguing post. Your sample is tiny, true, but it certainly flies in the face of demographic research. To wit, Richard Florida in "WHo's Your City" cited research that showed the boston/new york mega region's dominant personality trait was 'neurotic,' while the West Coast mega regions (both LA/SF and the Pacific Northwest) were "open to experience." Mike Bob,

What an intriguing post. Your sample is tiny, true, but it certainly flies in the face of demographic research. To wit, Richard Florida in “WHo’s Your City” cited research that showed the boston/new york mega region’s dominant personality trait was ‘neurotic,’ while the West Coast mega regions (both LA/SF and the Pacific Northwest) were “open to experience.”

Mike

]]> By: Bob Metcalfe http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2009/09/03/bicoastal-brain-scramble-company-cultures-boiled-down-to-one-word-part-2-boston-vs-seattle/comment-page-1/#comment-79404 Bob Metcalfe Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:12:36 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=40041#comment-79404 Wandering Boston's entrepreneurial inferiority complex, we imagine what the hip culture of Silicon Valley must be like, and we get it wrong. So we say our companies are cool, passionate, ... and magical? Oy. What I would say is no, I will not try to choose one word for my company's culture. At least three words are required, and magical is not one I would recommend. /Bob Metcalfe Wandering Boston’s entrepreneurial inferiority complex, we imagine what the hip culture of Silicon Valley must be like, and we get it wrong. So we say our companies are cool, passionate, … and magical? Oy. What I would say is no, I will not try to choose one word for my company’s culture. At least three words are required, and magical is not one I would recommend.

/Bob Metcalfe

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