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Tag Archives: Value chain

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‘We need a new language for the collaborative age’

May 1, 2013May 1, 2013

Just realized that I never shared with you an article that was commissioned for, and published in the March 2013 issue of Wired (physical) magazine. Language encodes our thinking. To …

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What Will Save Us?

December 3, 2012January 29, 2013

Any time I have a chance to share my story to a good listener, I get to reinterpret the narrative thread that ties it all together. The story I would …

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What defines scale?

April 11, 2012

In the past 100 years, we needed institutions to create scale. Firms provided us with a more efficient way to create value by lowering collaboration costs and increasing the access …

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Stop Talking About Social and Do It

March 16, 2012March 16, 2012

“Leadership” has changed when a decentralized group of people can take down a government. “The Value Chain” has changed when the customer is no longer just the “buyer” but also …

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Why Porter’s Model No Longer Works

March 6, 2012March 6, 2012

This post went live mid-week last week, on HBR. It is the 3rd installment on a series of why fast / fluid / flexible is crucial for the social era. …

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