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Future of Work Interview: John Kennedy, SVP of Corporate Communications, IBM
Some shy away from IBM, but throughout my Internet career, I have found them to be a loyal business partner. In 1996, for example, I partnered with “Big Blue” to create the first multimedia backend database used on the Internet. At Borders.com,...
Thought of the Day (Saturday):
I just realized how much my weekend mornings have changed. I no longer subscribe to any newspapers (print or digital!). Hard to believe for a newspaper man like me. I am not your typical newspaper man. I am neither a journalist or a writer,...
Three Ways Social Collaboration is Changing Business Models
I had the opportunity to meet with Scott Meyer, bro-owner of Nine Clouds, Inc while attending EduWeb Conference in Boston. He was there to share some of his expertise on the ROI of Social Media. After his very insightful presentation,...
Research: New CMO Study from Duke and the AMA
In a new CMO study by Duke University and Marketing Association of America, Marketers were asked about their spending plans in the next 12 months.
Here’s the PowerPoint summary:
The cmo survey_highlights_and_insights_august-2012-final from...
Innovation’s RCUS
The Business Innovation Factory’s annual Collaboration Innovation Summit is right around the corner on September 19-20, 2012. I’ll be attending for the third year in a row, looking forward to the RCUS that this event brings. RUCS —...
Culture Trumps Strategy
One of the most important Human 1.0 characteristic is culture. According to human evolutionary biologists, humans developed culture (broadly defined as tools, language, rituals, etc.) during the rapid climate swings of the Pleistocene era...
Creating Unified Customer Experiences
There was a lot of speak during this week’s Enterprise 2.0 Conference about formulating one patron experiences. Questions being bantered around enclosed who should possess a one patron knowledge and what record should be deployed to safeguard...
Collaboration in College
The Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado Boulder is holding a new event for incoming freshmen, called “CoLab: Essentials of Collaboration and Innovation.”
In this full-day intensive, students will work in teams to develop...
Before you leave, one more thing
I am always reminded of the importance of being inquisitive vs. advocating something. This approach has helped me get to the root cause of issues. For example, I have written here before about the 5 Whys, which is a question-asking technique used...
Lingua Franca – The Value of a Common Language in Collaborative Innovation
A challenge for those who are heavily invested in innovation is the absence of common language. Before wrestling with the complexities of innovation as a practice expressing the inner working of this process in a clear and compelling manner...
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