Let me share and comment on an excerpt from the just published Harvard Business Review article: Ten Fatal Flaws That Derail Leaders. Authors Jack Zenger and Joseph Folkman examined the performance reviews of business leaders who were either fired or considered ineffective. They found many common characteristics, including these: Lack of energy and enthusiasm. They “suck all [...]
Part two of my thoughts on the Innovation Marketplace based on my visit to the Front End of Innovation Conference… Please read part one here. Despite the importance of innovation to most companies (and nations), the innovation market suffers maturity and clarity challenges. Innovation is not a new marketplace, but it has many rough edges. [...]
Attending much of the Front End Innovation 2009 conference this week left me with some mixed feelings about the state of the Innovation marketplace. I’ll share my thoughts in two blog posts. First, the lens through which I observe this market: I was introduced to Idea Management and Innovation processes when I worked at the Center [...]
After a busy week, not all of it at the computer, I have many stories to blog, but not enough time for them all. So let me share a “week in review” post where I highlight some links, thoughts, and touchpoints for you to review. Maturity: The data is coming together to form a pretty [...]
One track for the introduction of social computing in an organization is via the IT-managed Intranet team. Over the past decade, many intranet groups have moved from basic content-managed sites to portal platforms. Most non-technical people use the term portal loosely — to mean “a website where the stuff is presented in little boxes on [...]
I just saw the following tweet: http://twitter.com/zerostrategist/status/1671893983 Have we entered a new era? Do we now have a “2.0″ government? Maybe we are getting there, but let’s be levelheaded about this. A twitter feed (that follows almost no one yet), and other ways to broadcast information on Internet channels is great progress. Let’s not declare success [...]
This week I had the opportunity to speak with Jive Software. I’ll share some notes with you. Let me preface this reminding you that Jive “scored” on or near the top of both Forrester’s Wave report and Gartner’s Magic Quadrant reports (both rather recent). This alone is not the way to make a software selection. [...]