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Can your Broker be your Facebook Friend?

by Gil Yehuda on January 28, 2010

in Enterprise 2.0


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 [...]

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Listening for language clues.

by Gil Yehuda on December 20, 2009

in Enterprise 2.0


Language impacts the way people think and behave. Last week Andy McAfee published a thoughtful blog post on the topic of the word “social” as it relates to business. It generated a lot of interesting comments.  I hope you read it.  Terminology is important, and I describe my thoughts about this (and in [...]

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There is no Enterprise 2.0, there is your Enterprise 2.0.

by Gil Yehuda on November 19, 2009

in Enterprise 2.0


In one of the best-known scenes of The Matrix, a young boy in the garb of a monk reveals a stunning revelation to the main character – “There is no spoon“.  This concept is the fodder for many philosophical explorations into illusion, quantum physics, eastern religions, and scriptwriting.  It becomes clear as the movie progresses [...]

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A critique that missed the mark.

by Gil Yehuda on November 5, 2009

in Enterprise 2.0


Yesterday a client of mine shared with me the following link and asked for my comment.  The article (from Infoworld) titled “IT snake oil: Six tech cure-alls that went bunk”  describes six technologies that were oversold and under-delivered. The first was Artificial Intelligence (which struck a chord with me, as my undergraduate degree is in [...]

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Denial is a river full of crocks.

by Gil Yehuda on August 31, 2009

in Enterprise 2.0


I read Dennis Howlett’s recent blog post “Enterprise 2.0: what a crock“. He’s right and wrong. Let me explain via a story that I read in Noah benShea’s book Jacob the Baker, many years ago (Note: I like to keep this blog focused on business — but I read a lot and feel I have much to learn from [...]

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