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We need to move past the limitations and confusion associated with the characterization of the new direction that businesses are taking as “social.”
Via Kenneth Mikkelsen
I received an email from my friend at CIO Journal just as I boarded a United flight from Mexico City to San Francisco.
Via Fernanda Grimaldi
The most powerful applications of social technologies in the global economy are largely untapped. By using social technologies, companies can raise the productivity of knowledge workers by 20 to 25 percent.
Via Tania Kowritski
For teams or workgroups to be effective and competitive they must, 1) understand their customers’ requirements and the frequent changes to those requirements, 2) take action and be fully cognizant of the consequences of those actions, both intended...
Via Dick Cheuk
As you ramp up your organization’s social engagement, you’re going to need all hands on deck to fully take advantage of its potential.
Via steve batchelder
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Which of the nine types of teammates are you? Take our collaborator quiz to develop both stronger teams and leadership skills.
A new study has shown that Generation X value very different leadership qualities to their departing peers. How can organisations prepare and shift? (#Leadership will have to change.
Via Martina Thelen
Anyone in the working world knows this: Meetings are as hard to kill off as a supervillain in a James Bond film.
Via Kenneth Mikkelsen, Tom Haak
Our social environment is hierarchical and we can all guess roughly where we and others lie in this hierarchy. It rarely needs to be stated explicitly – a boss does not need to remind his employee that he’s the boss every day. Yet hierarchy acts in the background, like an invisible hand, modifying almost each of our interactions. It makes us more or less polite, familiar, or audacious with those people for whom each attitude is more or less appropriate.
Via Jone Johnson Lewis, Pepe Crespo, Ricard Lloria
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A class brings together students from across Stanford to create and build products for some of the world's poorest people.
Successful collaboration requires leadership. This excerpt from a book by Cisco executives Ron Ricci and Carl Wiese explains the key behaviors that leaders must exhibit to support and enhance collaboration.
Via Kenneth Mikkelsen, donhornsby
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How do people learn, and how can they do it better in a constantly evolving context? These six channels are powerful players in how learners make meaning: identifying, decoding, evaluating, and sharing fluid media and information.
Via Kenneth Mikkelsen, Ivon Prefontaine
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Discover 60 of the freshest stats and facts on social media strategy, including Twitter integration for easy sharing!
Via The Fish Firm, Khaled El Ahmad
Make a loan to an entrepreneur across the globe for as little as $25. Kiva is the world's first online lending platform connecting online lenders to entrepreneurs across the globe.
Via plerudulier
I have rehearsed this scenario before, but try to imagine we live in a world where printed media had not been invented, and our only source of information and entertainment was the Internet.
Via Robin Good
A few weeks ago, I did something that truly scared me. I went to a tech networking event. While there are many people out there – especially in Silicon Valley – who live for building their network, it's not something I spend a lot ...
Via Morag Barrett
"The strength of our global society depends on the work of passionate innovators who can respond to the needs of our communities," said Timothy J. McClimon, president of American Express Foundation. "These 45 young entrepreneurs have channeled their empathy and commitment to create solutions that are currently changing lives throughout North America." "In partnership with American Express, Ashoka Changemakers recognizes the next generation of social entrepreneurs that will work to solve some of the world's most critical challenges."
Via The Ashoka Community
I was wrong. One year ago I left the internet. I thought it was making me unproductive. I thought it lacked meaning. I thought it was "corrupting my soul." It's a been a year now since I...
Via Ana Cristina Pratas
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The heart string-tugging video, created by Ogilvy & Mathers Brazil, has social and mainstream media buzzing. Here's why.
Via Khaled El Ahmad
Many networking newbies have tendencies that inhibit building real relationships with their new contacts. The good news: it’s not that hard to fix. Here’s what you might not even realize you’re doing wrong—and what to do about it.
Via Morag Barrett
Collaboration succeeds when trust is active and trust is embedded in interactions, mission, connections, and progress forward.
Via AlGonzalezinfo, Anne Egros
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Yet another reason for employee engagement...