every organization with an institutional pulse has been struggling to figure out the right response to the current economic crisis. an article im currently working on aims to help companies move from ad hoc remedies a series of often isolated conversations and initiatives to a comprehensive recession treatment plan. the piece which will appear soon at www.hbr.org is bas...... [Show More]
cross posted at fast forward
the obama campaign was innovative on a number of dimensions particularly with the use of social media and the effective leverage of committed volunteers. theres been some good reporting that captures the ground truth of what the campaign actually did and some early efforts to make sense out of these facts in a way that offers lessons for those of us inter...... [Show More]
i have a confession i like my blackberry. i like checking my work email at home at all hours. i like reading about whats happening at work when im supposed to be decompressing on vacation . it comforts me somehow. i know whats happening. im not missing something important delaying my response to something crucial or walking back into the office unaware of a bre...... [Show More]
presidentelect obama is the first politician use the power of the network to create an edgebased organization and thereby raise more money than any politician in history and sweep 364 electoral votes. no presidential campaign will be the same again. on this site both john quelch and umair haque briefly note that his campaign enabled selforganization but i believe an edgebased organiza...... [Show More]
the register has an article on a study on the long tail that puts an additional chink or two in the armor of the popular digital distribution theory. economist will page of the mcpsprs alliance his colleague gary eggleton and mblox founder andrew bud looked at tens of millions of transactions and came to conclusions that are odds with chris anderson s long tail teachings.
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dr. mark goulston is a former ucla professor who helps high performing leaders senior management and sales people reach their full potential using skills he learned training fbi and police hostage negotiators. he is a member of the national association of corporate directors and the worldwide association of business coaches and writes the weekly tribu ne syn dica ted career a.... [Show More]
dr. mark goulston is a former ucla professor who helps high performing leaders senior management and sales people reach their full potential using skills he learned training fbi and police hostage negotiators. he is a member of the national association of corporate directors and the worldwide association of business coaches and writes the weekly tribu ne syn dica ted career a.... [Show More]
risk management is almost an oxymoron like jumbo shrimp. firms that are great at risk management are fastidious about statistically significant effects but at the same time can make brilliant leaps of insight on small amounts of data. they can create the most comprehensive models with genius analytics and spend just as much time breaking them apart. they can work like crazy to predict everyth...... [Show More]
hi everyone im back from holidays and see that the blog has been rather dormant so in the interests of putting something in here im going to steal er refer you to some of the best posts ive read lately.
i think mary abraham is going to be getting tired of me sending you folks over to her blog above and beyond km . but the simple fact is that she spots important issues a...... [Show More]
i am here to tell you its a pretty depressing time to be a business professor focused on helping companies identify and capitalize on new growth opportunities. last week a financial services client set to send their top people to a session i was going to run on finding opportunities from disruptive innovations cancelled at 3pm the day before although everybody recognized the importanc...... [Show More]
good riddance to the imperial ceo
when those in the csuite assume a royal distance from those they lead understanding communication and effectiveness all suffer
generating 600 ideas to get 18 failing forward at the onion
an astonishing lack of urgency and what you can do about it...... [Show More]
everyone knows that the united states is in the midst of the worst financial crisis since the great depression. the financial flu pandemic has spread globally leaving no safe havens. the question now is whether mortgage bailouts and bank rescue plans are enough or whether more fundamental systemic and culture change is required.
how much change is enough i am asked this question frequ...... [Show More]
why ys will vote Post Source: feeds.harvardbusiness.org Posted: Oct 28 2008 01:54:42
one of the unknowns hanging over the outcome of the u.s. presidential race is whether young people will actually participate in the election. many members of generation y have expressed support for barack obama but will they vote it is reasonable to worry turnout among young voters declined throughout the 1980s and 1990s. its been widely true that older citizens vote in higher number...... [Show More]
greenspans mea culpa Post Source: feeds.harvardbusiness.org Posted: Oct 24 2008 19:12:19
never before has an utterance the word part iallyquot carried such high drama. but yesterday when alan greenspan the sultan of swap responded to rep. henry waxmans direct question of were you wrong with the conditional affirmative it represented a watershed turn in economic history and policy. of course greenspan had little choice. forced with overwhelming evide...... [Show More]
according to a new study by forrester research and written up in adweek social media will weather a recession nicely.
. according to the forrester research report marketer moves into areas like word of mouth blogging and social networking will withstand tightened budgets. in contrast marketers are likely to decrease spending in traditional media and even online vehicles ...... [Show More]
dont you just wish you could be at those meetings in washington i mean really. imagine it. last week... wow george i never thought id say this but i agree. i dont get the math. do you get the math poor ben . alan s skating on this one. but where will the 700 billion dollars go did ...... [Show More]
toxic bosses. weve all seen them. theyre screamers stressedout micromanagers volatile untrustworthy insecure nightmares to work with. theyre everywhere and they do tremendous harm to the people around them and to their organizations. and it seems that bad behavior is on the rise. why because people are freaking out about the economy. our economic systems are careeni...... [Show More]
in the wake of the financial sectors fundamental restructuring the labor market for everyone in this field from new entrants to near retirees is turning inside out and upside down causing all kinds of unexpected stomachchurning jolts to the lives of thousands . what you might ask are business school students thinking heres a small sampling taken from my l...... [Show More]
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seriously im not just trying to cash in on vp debate buzz. this would be a terrific article no matter what the specific context. in it nick morgan makes a point that should be one of the ten commandments of doing everything possible to avoid screwing up a presentation
second rehearse under conditions as close to reality as possible. if you can get int...... [Show More]
though much has yet to unfold the editors at the harvard business review asked us to relate our work to the current mess. the result is a blog entry entitled six lessons we should have learned already posted on hbrs conversation starter blog. follow the link to read it there....... [Show More]
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