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Purpose is the Killer App: Why Organizations Need Social Business Tools
What will it really take to get organizations to adopt social media tools inside the enterprise? Mere numbers won’t compel us, so don’t count on ROI. The shiny object syndrome won’t hold our attention,...
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How Social Media Can Help Us Generate Productive Momentum
Social Media systems inside organizations should not be designed just to support tasks. Social business systems should also be designed to support the emotional elements of interpersonal...
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4 Reasons Why Socializing Your Intranet Makes Organizational Change Easier
You can make the process of becoming a Social Organization a little easier if you start by socializing your intranet. Why? Because the shared, cohering nature of your intranet makes ‘social’ change...
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Growing Social: 4 Different Paths to Social Organizations
Is there a “best way” for organizations to ‘go social’? More specifically, is there a best way to ‘grow social’, so that the organization incorporates social tools and processes so that change is...
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Do Social Technologies help organization members think more holistically?
While it’s true that I’m an unabashed advocate for social technologies as tools for transforming organizations, there are lots of reasons why we’d want social technologies in our workplaces and...
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Why Computer Barbie is an Evil Role Model for Women in Tech
Computer Engineer Barbie has always seemed profoundly wrong. Not only is she a weird brand extension to begin with– pushing the envelope of what Mattel thinks is sexy — but I’ve always wondered how...
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Why Marissa Mayer Should Embrace Feminism — Your Ideas Wanted
Sheez. Just when we’re celebrating that another woman has become CEO of a major corporation– and a tech one at that — we discover that she doesn’t think of herself as a feminist. That means,...
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Pattern Language for Generative Interactions: 3 Approaches to Learn
Designers use Pattern Language — a lexicon and grammar that communicate the details of how and why a design is terrific — to share expertise and promote good design. We need a pattern language for...
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I wrote and presented this paper back in 2009 but never posted it here. Since someone just asked me for it, I thought I’d put it up here for anyone else. CVH RiseofBrandividual 1 The Rise of the...
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Campfire Generosity
A little story I’m using to illustrate Generosity At Work — Three cowhands are setting up camp on a chilly night. While one builds the campfire and the second gets water for the horses, the third takes...
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