It’s my second blogaversary. Over the past two years I have shared with you thoughts on the Enterprise 2.0 marketplace, as well as thoughts on Open Source, Personal Branding, and other random musings on technology, culture, and workplace behaviors. I have published 130 posts so far (averaging just over one post a week), and received well [...]
One of the habits of highly effective people is to “seek to understand before being understood.” This habit teaches us to approach life with openness and willingness to learn — as a precondition to our effective contributions to the world. Some of us are quite good a “taking it all in” and processing lots of [...]
Having spent many years in a financial services company, I understand the culture of a highly regulated industry. We in the US regulate many industries — it is a reflection of our values. We regulate air travel because we want to fly safely. We regulate pharmaceuticals because we want our medicines to be safe. Safety is a high [...]
I came across a couple of items this week that are somewhat related — and related to the idea of being on a list. First: I found Fredrik Savin’s blogs where he listed five book reviews of Andrew McAfee’s new book on Enterprise 2.0. My review is listed, and I recommend you read the other reviews [...]
Last week I attended a fascinating event in Manhattan called “The Trust Summit Breakfast”. It featured two pairs of authors who collaborated on two business books on the topic of Trust. Specifically: Charles H Green and David Maister, co-authors of The Trusted Advisor (with Rob Galford). And Chris Brogan and Julien Smith, co-authors of Trust Agents. Both are considered must-read books. I [...]
I’ve been blogging at this site for a couple of months now and I wanted to take a moment and say thank you. You have taken the time to read these posts, to share them with others, and to comment on them – and I’m grateful for that. We are living in a busy world [...]
I’ve added an additional topic to this blog, Personal Online Branding — it’s a loaded term that has recently attracted some attention, and it’s worth talking about. At first it appears to have little to with Enterprise 2.0 (the primary topics of this blog). However there is a subtle connection between the two. In both [...]