My first ever fictional short story … published into the wild.

@JohnPhilpin I enjoyed your story. Thanks for writing it. I can’t help but think about how health insurance, seniority and work based pensions lock Americans into jobs they either hate or are indifferent about.

@bradenslen aahh yes - a uniquely American problem. which wasn’t where the story was going - but is part of the People First Thinking.

@JohnPhilpin I thought you made a living from marketing?

@hjertnes That’s John1.0 ... working on John2.0

@JohnPhilpin ahh so this is the first published fiction of John2?

@hjertnes good thought ... but no. I might do a few more ... but more an anomaly.

That said ... the theories referenced at the end of the story do tie into John2.0 ... which I call People First - not much there yet ... but the tenets,frameworks, quotes and models that appear in this stream are part of it and the soon to be regular newsletter, the 'in process' podcast, the instagram feed all contribute in some way.

@JohnPhilpin I think my joke fell through somewhere: I tried to insinuate that advertising is fiction

@hjertnes 😂 ... totally missed that one … and i agree - though advertising is only part of marketing - so maybe John2.0 is indeed part fiction part non-fiction ... just like John1.0