CES show for the Enterprise launches with CITE – Be there!
Blog PostGet Connected at CITE in San Francisco (March 4-7, 2012). The onslaught of new devices and ease of use for circumventing a large company’s boring IT environment, has been gaining traction in every corner of the knowledge worker universe. Finally, a new conference has cropped up to take a look at these issues (and opportunities)
#OccupyEnterprise and Start your own Revolution
The Connected CompanyRegimes crumbled, cities burned, young revolutionaries rejoiced. And in the rush of those events, we felt we were part of it. That finally, within our lifetimes, people could use their mass and will to effect dramatic changes in the lives of ordinary people. It's important to remember that every revolutionary event began with a belief and a person who believed passionately enough to make it happen.
Black Ops for Black Friday
Blog PostI’ve never done the Black Friday thing. Why would any human being subject themselves to that stress and, well, craziness? Friends of mine tell me they love it. They’re busy scoping out all the best deals, online and offline, well before the big day arrives. They’re like highly skilled commandos when they finally descend upon
More Serendipitous Social Upside Vignettes
Blog PostContinuing with my series on unexpected windfalls and other business benefits realized from socialworking, here are two more examples. I need to anonymize these to protect the member companies. One is a large retailer, the other is a large life sciences multi-national. Social Delivers the Goods We’ve all had that experience when we waited for
Attributes of a Socially Optimized Business
Blog PostWhere are you on the course from Start to Social?
The Sabermetrics of Social: A Weapon of Mass Disruption
Blog PostIn order to unleash the power of the tool, you need to get in there, ensure your brand is pulling from all your social sources and start looking for significant patterns.
Serendipity Happens… to Deliver Million$
Blog PostAs the world turns… social, expect to be surprised by the fruits of serendipity. When large workforces embrace working socially, or as I love to call it – in “socialworking” mode, they discover new ways of solving problems and creating opportunities. Insights are revealed in the fluid web of connections and sharing. We’ve seen a dramatic mood swing toward all things social this year. Even the naysayers have been touting the benefits of working socially recently.
I, For One, Welcome our New Social Data Overlords
Blog PostThe pressure to deliver results from media spend is probably more fierce than ever considering the fracturing of a traditional media landscape that was fairly easy to manipulate in the old days before the Internet and mobile technology. So fast forward to 2011 and a step towards answers in big data.
Enterprise 2.0: Whither thou Goest
Blog PostThe conversation on the social web about whether “Enterprise 2.0” still has relevance has been ongoing for a long while. Nearly everyone has weighed in on it who follows the space.
New salary and career research from The 2.0 Adoption Council shows social business is maturing
Blog PostThere is a myth in the marketplace that 2.0 adoption can be driven from the ground up, with no formal structure in place for organizational acceptance or strategic imperative. Not so. Senior level professionals drive social business - we have the results to prove it.