Twitter growth is slowing down. Only 30% of the members actually do it. What can actually get accomplished in 140 characters? Obviously there is a hardcore group of tweeters feeding twitter. And another hardcore group trolling Twitter. Are they the Paul Reveres of our society or the Chicken Littles?
Archive for the ‘Creative Capital’ Category
What if Everyone Were a Corporation?
Submitted by Dan March 12th, 2010 - 00:01. No Comments »
A corporation exists in the form of a bits and bytes simulating a folder of papers in a virtual file cabinet. A corporation gets to deduct all of their expenses from their taxes. A corporation can borrow money. Corporation garner social respect. In fact, the cards are stacked in favor of the corporation over the worker. We teach our kids to be good employees, not to become good corporations.
Creative Capital; The Next Factor of Production
Submitted by Dan March 11th, 2010 - 01:00. No Comments »
If we expect to deliver an alternate social currency backed by innovation, we need to reflect deeply upon this specific factor of production. We need to think, observe, and interpret with the flexibility that “Creatives” have – if not, we need the humility to let them help us. Only then can we start connecting the dots.
They Are Saying Something New About Social Media, Finally
Submitted by Dan March 9th, 2010 - 01:00. No Comments »
Now, all of a sudden, a new idea is emerging…it’s barely an audible chirp, but it will become a tectonic rumble before long: Social Media is beginning to take on the characteristics of a Financial Instrument.
Social Media Power By The Hour
Submitted by Dan March 2nd, 2010 - 13:46. 2 Comments »
Making human knowledge and intentions tangible in a market place opens up the possibility of a whole new class of business plans. We call this Social Power by the Hour.
What About the Million Follower Question?
Submitted by Janet March 1st, 2010 - 14:17. No Comments »
which is more useful to a brand- “a million followers without any idea of what you’re going to do with them” or a “kick ass strategy with zero”?
Humility R Us
Submitted by Dan February 27th, 2010 - 12:33. No Comments »
To understand why humility works in social media, we need to understand what humility is. If “Nice guys finish last,” is the mantra of the old world, then “The last will be first,” is the motto of the new.
The Valuation of Intangible Assets
Submitted by smarter companies February 25th, 2010 - 12:00. No Comments »
I was recently sent a copy of a new Statement on Management Accounting about Business Valuation (free but registration required) from the Institute of Management Accountants. But when I read the paper with my intangible capital hat on, I was struck by how much the accounting challenges of intangibles are limiting and, perhaps, distorting the work of valuation professionals. Here are a few thoughts:
It’s a great overview of the process used to value businesses. None of the information in the paper was a surprise to me. I learned …
In Search of the Economic Warp Drive
Submitted by Dan February 23rd, 2010 - 13:32. No Comments »
The Next Economic Paradigm is a very simple idea yet the overwhelming majority of people have absolutely no idea what we’re talking about. The strangest part of this work is the knowledge that eventually this will become completely obvious to everyone and the transformation, from beginning to end, will take a very short period of time.
Building a Better Problem
Submitted by Dan February 18th, 2010 - 01:00. No Comments »
A great deal of innovation arises not from a clever solution, but from a clever new definition of a problem. Today we still treat people as static and airplanes as dynamic. Suppose we were to redefine the problem so that people are dynamic and the airplane is static?
