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3 Must-Reads for this Weekend #14

November 18, 2012November 18, 2012

I’m sitting at home coughing and coughing. After a long 40 days on the road, I am now officially sick. About the only thing I have energy to do is …

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Innovation Isn’t Tied to Size, But to Operating Rules

October 31, 2012December 1, 2019

I have to admit that I see red whenever I see people pick on big firms for not being able to innovate, or celebrate startups alone as “getting it”. I …

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Our Obsession with Scale is Failing Us

September 25, 2012September 25, 2012

Bank of America just announced they will cut 16,000 jobs by year-end, an acceleration of a previously announced “efficiency effort.” After this, they’ll no longer be the largest banking employer. …

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Traditional Strategy Is Dead. Welcome to the #SocialEra

September 12, 2012October 23, 2013

When I say, “Social is and can be more than media,” people resist. It’s as if the two words (social and media) are now permanently fused together. But they shouldn’t …

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Social Means Freedom, For Better or Worse

February 23, 2012February 23, 2012

This is part II of a series on how the social era affects every business model, from how we organize, what we produce, and what we sell.  (Part I, the …

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Without a Clear Vision

February 21, 2012February 21, 2012

Vision is crucial. It is utterly irreplaceable. No amount of execution or financial success can replace vision. Why? Because, vision can lead the creative work of an entire tribe. (Not …

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Yahoo’s ShakeUp Demands Fearlessness

February 8, 2012February 8, 2012

Four longtime Yahoo board members, including the chairman, are leaving the company. In this one move, Yahoo is trying to make a clean break from the past — signaling that …

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What Barack Obama Could Learn from Vivek Wadhwa

January 27, 2012January 29, 2012

Ever since the presidential election of 2008, I’ve been getting progressively mad about something. I got enthralled with an administration that wanted to connect with people in the social era …

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8 Dangers of Collaboration

December 1, 2011December 1, 2011

Most of what is written about collaboration is positive. Even hip. Collaboration is championed enthusiastically by the Enterprise 2.0 experts, as well as leading thinkers like Don Tapscott as the …

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