We live in an increasingly open world where digital sharing is the norm. When we send an email link to our friends, post a link on a Facebook wall, or retweet someone, we become syndicators of other people’s content. The technical and legal issues around this behavior are complex. Moreover, there are many philosophical arguments about [...]
Enclosed is a two-part blog post about a recent conference I participated in. The conference was about Knowledge Management for Bio-Pharmaceutical and Medical Device companies. This post is part 1. Those who never heard the term “Knowledge Management” might think that it was constructed by the magnetic poetry kit consultants keep on their fridge. Both words are [...]
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 [...]
A formal Thank You is in order for putting me on a list of highly influential bloggers! Mark Fidelman put together a very cute chart and included some of the blogs that are well-worth reading if you are interested in Enterprise 2.0. There are other bloggers out there who write great stuff too — some less [...]
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 particular the [...]
This week Dan Spira and I presented at a networking workshop sponsored by Keystone Partners. Dan blogged about the event — so let me point you to his words. I’ll add a few thoughts of my own to his message. Many of the people we addressed described themselves as the kind of people who are usually late [...]
A couple of days ago I presented in a webinar with Knowledge Management Associates and NewsGator. KMA is a medium sized consulting company in the greater Boston area that consults with regional clients helping them with a variety of IT needs, including the IT support for SharePoint. NewsGator is a provider of Enterprise 2.0 software [...]