The Next Step in Cloud Computing–Humans

Tom left me thinking about the cloud and the possibilities in a totally different way. It’s not about technology. It’s about how we collaborate, work, influence and experience the world! Thomas Koulopoulos, author of Cloud Surfing: A New Way to Think About Risk, Innovation, Scale and Success (Social Century) is my guest in this Thursday Read More …

Connecting Social Media and Traditional Marketing thru Measurement

Wouldn’t it be great to be able to connect all your marketing activities to their impact on sales revenue? Wouldn’t it be great to remove the guess work from putting your marketing plans together? Over the last 20 years, Guy Powell of demand ROMI has done just that in senior level sales & marketing across the Read More …

Are your webinars heading this direction?

Salman Khan talks about how and why he created the remarkable Khan Academy, a carefully structured series of educational videos offering complete curricula in math and, now, other subjects. He shows the power of interactive exercises, and calls for teachers to consider flipping the traditional classroom script — give students video lectures to watch at Read More …

Reinventing Your Company in a Customer-Driven Marketplace

From the McGraw-Hill Press Release: Social Media. Brand Collaboration. Content aggregation. Microblogging. User-generated content. And the list goes on… It’s been said that business is in the midst of the customer-centric marketing revolution—a trend which points toward business treating brands less like “property” and more like an extension of an organization’s values. The upshot is Read More …

Personal Kanban Board Sample

Pascal Pinck appeared on the Business901 podcast, A Strategic Collaborator’s use of Personal Kanban and he thought this image of his Personal Kanban board might add to the conversation. Pascal Pinck works as a Strategic Collaborator with individuals and teams who face high levels of uncertainty in their market context About: Personal Kanban is neither Read More …

Listening to your Customer’s Heartbeat with a Stethoscope?

John Mariotti of Small Business Trends wrote an interesting article titled “A Hazard of Innovation: “Falling in Love With Your Own Ideas” on the American Express Open Forum. John states: There seems to be widespread agreement that innovation is the path to profitable growth and competitive advantage.  If that is true (I think it is Read More …