Are you built to scale?
One of the biggest mistakes that almost every new business makes is to build in activities that can only be completed by certain people, or building in activities that require time, energy, or money...
View ArticleThe Personalized Web Debate
One of the great tensions of our time will be the personalization vs. privacy debate. The argument goes something like this – if you, the consumer/user agree to provide (or accidentally provide) more...
View ArticleFinding Your Operational Tempo
In today’s fast paced world, it can be easy to get caught up in the lie that everything must move at a breakneck pace all the time. Surely more and faster must be the way of the world, unchallengeable...
View ArticleTruly Intelligent Incentives
Employee incentive plans can be one of the most difficult puzzles for any business to figure out. Between financial compensation, fringe benefits, promotions, and intangibles (respect, status,...
View ArticleBusiness Process Analysis and Social Network Analysis
In order for a business to be successful in our hyper-modern, increasingly complex and challenging world – it must use all the tools available. It must keep refreshing its arsenal of both operational...
View ArticleBecoming a Boundary Spanner
In our last post, we looked at optimizing one’s position within a network (if you missed it, check it out below). One of the positions that often proves extremely valuable is that of the Boundary...
View ArticleNetwork Position Optimization
Within the field of Network Science, and in Social Network Analysis specifically, there are a variety of different roles or positions any individual can occupy in a network. Most of the time, when...
View ArticleDefining Your Assumptions
Some of the most powerful driving forces behind any business are the assumptions held by its leadership team. In addition to the spoken or stated goals, targets, and practices of any business – there...
View ArticleBest of 2010
As the year comes to a close, here’s the best of what you might have missed: 1. The Online Influence Players 2. Klout Admits it Doesn’t Measure Influence 3. Influence in Context 4. The Power of...
View ArticleHidden Gems
Many of the best tools in Social Media are hiding in plain sight. Today I’d like to discuss two of them and some potential applications that could impact your business in a major way. First, let’s get...
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