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vigilante justice?

September 19, 2014September 19, 2014

I wrote a new Time Inc Op-Ed (sharing below) on the NFL and Goodell because it’s so clear that if an organization’s leadership is found by the online community to …

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Thoughts on Career & Longevity seen through Mitch Joel’s New Book, Ctrl Alt Del

June 11, 2013June 12, 2013

Creating Career Longevity Isn’t About Length of Years. “He’s switched jobs every three or four years…shouldn’t we disqualify him?” “Maybe he’s not good at stability.” “Maybe he’s not loyal.” The …

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Savor This Moment

March 20, 2013March 20, 2013

It is so easy to keep push, push, pushing. Well, not easy, really. Maybe the better word is conditioned. Through each achievement (or like, or tweet), there’s a rush of …

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What is “social”? (An Etymology of Sorts)

February 20, 2013February 24, 2013

Enterprise 2.0, Social Media, Social Business, Social Innovation, Social Era – are they all the same, or are they quite different? Do you know? If you don’t know, you might …

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Keeper of the Flame… Conversation on Video with Nancy Duarte

December 12, 2012December 13, 2012

Whenever I give an interview, I ask the conversation partner to not tell me any of the questions because I really want it to be a conversation — not some …

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Thriving in the SocialEra & What it means for Social Business

November 29, 2012November 29, 2012

When you realize social can affect everything, you can create value entire differently. And that has huge implications for us as leaders, for our organizations and for our economy. But …

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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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Developing Ideas + Dealing with Haters

March 20, 2012March 20, 2012

Whew! I feel like I just gave birth to an intellectual baby. And it was a big one. A 10-lber. And pushing it out was hard. And some people thought …

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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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