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by: Alex Eperjessy
The title comes from the excellent Harvard Business Review article, Leadership's Online Labs. The article gives an in-depth view of the similarities between leadership in business and in games. While this is not the first time the subject is approached, the HBR article gives it the treatment it needs. And of course, gives the theory some weight...
Continue reading "Leadership in Games Is a Task, Not an Identity" »
by: Idris Mootee
I have so many responses from my last post, I wanted to explore that subject more next week so for those who sent me emails or posted here plese bear with me and I will get back to you on those discussions. For now, I want to share some thoughts on social networks. We are all wondering how social networking is likely to evolve once we get past the current hype cycle. It is always good to start from the motivations of these social networks.
Continue reading "Social Networks 2.0 - Data Portability and Gated Social Networks" »
by: Guy Kawasaki
Jerry White is the co-founder of Survivor Corps
(formerly Landmine Survivors Newwork). His changed in 1984 when he lost his leg in a landmine explosion while visiting Israel. After this experience he has championed the cause of survivorship and became a leader in the International Campaign to Ban Landmines. In 1997 he shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Jody Williams for his efforts. He recently published a book called I Will Not Be Broken: Five Steps to Overcoming a Life Crisis.
Continue reading "The Art of Survival: An Interview with Jerry White" »
by: Christian Smagg
I recently provided highlights on the role and impact of SaaS in a modernised IT environment and am trying to permanently observe the emergence of innovative offers that will bring the SaaS (r)evolution to its second and third steps. Over the last few months, I've been following RunMyProcess, an innovative European start-up who brings to the market a very interesting SaaS integration and aggregation platform.Continue reading "Integration Strategies for Better SaaS Adoption" »
by: David Polinchock
Love this story from Brian Collins to describe what a brand is and how it should act. He always has great examples! Read the full article for other great stories that Brian told during the One Show presentation.
Continue reading "Converting the Converted, and Other Tricks of the Light -- Adrants" »
by: John Caddell
I am working on two consulting possibilities at the moment. #1 is right in my sweet spot, basically leveraging the work I've done the past fifteen years. #2 is more of a stretch, and would ask me to work in a few areas where I have peripheral knowledge or no experience at all.
Continue reading "A Personal Relationship Makes All the Difference" »
by: David Armano
Walking by the train tracks on my way to work one day, I noticed a tiny tree sprouting from the rocks alongside the tracks. Headphones on, and power walk in place, I saw it—but really didn't "see" it. But a "whisper" told me to stop. So I did. Taking off my headphones, I knelt down and took this picture. The whisper said "There's something here. Something to think about... How can tree grow in a place like this?".
by: Dick Stroud
If you believe the media and “research shows PR” then all ages of Europeans are in financial meltdown.
In the UK, Liverpool Victoria (finance company) has done some research and found that 66% of over 50s fear they face an impoverished retirement. Conclusion they should save more – guess what, LV provides saving products.
by: Karl Long
My good blogging friend and burrito fiend Noah Brier has created an interesting tool called Brand Tags. Essentially visitors to the site are shown a page with a brand on it and asked to tag it with the first word that comes to mind. Brand Tags then shows “tag clouds” with all the words people have typed, the bigger the word the more people typed that word, simple really and the results are going to be fascinating. Even in this early stage some trends are emerging.
Continue reading "Brand Tags - Crowdsourcing Brand Perceptions" »
by: Idris Mootee
On average I receive 2 calls a night if I am lucky enough to be having dinner at home and not traveling; these calls are properly timed so they know I will be having candlelight dinner with my family and that’s exactly the time for interruption.
Continue reading "Can We Fix Marketing? Most Best Practices Are in Fact Worst Practices." »
