In a recent blog, Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn, talked about the differences between professional allies and acquaintances. One of his more intriguing points was that while strong alliances are…
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Top 5 Social Business Myths
As companies go through their social business journey, there are several “truths” about their use of social media that are not necessarily observed in real life, but still get treated…
Read MoreOlympics, Diversity and Social Business Platforms
As a couch potato addicted to sports viewing, every four years the sheer greatness of the Olympics mesmerizes me. In 2012, looking at the various national teams–and there are 204…
Read MoreAwaiting the next horizon–Will the internet enforce social good?
When the Web was first available as a business tool, there were many debates about its value. Populated by pornography, bulletin boards, and chat rooms, there was little to recommend…
Read MoreInventing Social Business
We all hear success stories about organizations that have developed social media marketing strategies, deployed social media tactics and reinvigorated brands and client relationships. We applaud these efforts, cite them as…
Read MoreSquirrels, long working hours, and social technologies
When visiting IBM’s Big Data site, a reader is greeted with this bold statement: “90% of the data in the world today has been created in the last two years alone”….
Read MoreThe Eight Wastes and Internal Social Business Platforms
As organizations progress through their social business journey, for every believer who had drunk the Kool-Aid and thinks social is the solution for everything, you’ll find a skeptic, who is…
Read MoreSocial business within the enterprise: Is it revolutionary?
You go to a conference, watch in awe the keynote speaker making a very convincing case that the-world-has-completely-changed-and-nothing-will-ever-be-the-same-again and leave energized, certain that we are all just witnessing the dawn…
Read MoreThe future is social. And it’s not.
In the saturated jargon cacophony surrounding us all, the social side of business has been touted by many as a game changer, with “social business” replacing or complementing other buzzwords…
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