Future of the Internet
TweetLee Rainie, Director, Pew Internet & American Life Project, was kind enough to send me a copy of a new book that he and Associate Director Susannah Fox put together with Janna Quitney...
View ArticleThink Strategically Not Tactically
TweetAlthough this article was about enterprise infrastructure, the title “Slashed Budgets? Think Strategically, not Tactically” resonated with me. Rebecca and I work with many clients who have...
View ArticleTransparency, Strategy & Success
TweetChange is not easy and it’s definitely not a fast process. It requires a lot of communication and transparency. Transparency first came on my radar in 2003 with Don Tapscott and his book, The...
View ArticleSmithsonian Web & New Media Strategy
TweetFurther to my recent post on Transparency, Strategy & Success where I linked to Michael Edson‘s talk on the Smithsonian’s transparency strategy process, the Smithsonian Institution has...
View Article“To Master Change, First Dread It” Moss Kanter
Tweet Rosabeth Moss Kanter has such a fabulous way of saying things. Her definition of insanity, “doing the same things over & over expecting different results,” is timeless and one that even our...
View ArticleDreams & visions are meant to change – honest
TweetEarlier this week Karen Huffman, (an incredible thinker, and even more importantly “doer” with National Geographic), mused on her Facebook status whether it was ok to “re-write dreams based on...
View ArticleEmerging Tech & the Future of Biz
Tweet“Adopting technologies without a strategy results in wasted time & effort”. How many times have you said this? Check out KMWorld 2009 keynote speaker Charlene Li‘s slides. Some great tips....
View Article“Succession” is developing to succeed
TweetThe HBR Management Tip of the Day today is from Marshall Goldsmith (author of What Got you Here Won’t Get You There — must reading) about succession planning – a hot topic in the information...
View ArticleSuccess & Visualizing Futures
TweetRebecca and I have been doing a lot of work with clients recently in pIanning their future direction and mapping out their strategies for getting there. I think that’s why the words below from...
View ArticleStrategically hardy organizations: the Four “D’s”
TweetThe process of formulating their strategy is one of the most important, challenging and invigorating projects an organization ever undertakes. It is the organization’s opportunity to seriously...
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