Posts Tagged ‘Conversational Currency’

What if Everyone Were a Corporation?

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.

Social business beyond just the marketing department

I’ve been thinking a lot about how organizations extend the use of social networking beyond the marketing department. You’ve probably thought about this too or are even implementing it at your company.

It seems there are three phases of development…

Creative Capital; The Next Factor of Production

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.

Social: Solving or Creating Problems?

The problem then arises when users find alternatives and the results from advertising begin to diminish.

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Blockbuster Writes Their Own Obituary

I’ll keep this post short because that’s about how long Blockbuster seems to want it.

Measuring Social Moments?

If things are in a dynamic state then measuring a moment becomes irrelevant to what is happening the next moment.

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They Are Saying Something New About Social Media, Finally

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.

Volunteer & Access Disney Parks

Imagine rewarding volunteers in your community by offering them something free. In the case of Disney Parks, it’s free admission for one day.

This Social Moment is Gone!

Said things have nothing to do with use of social media by suppliers rather it has everything to do with a suppliers ability to fulfill the buyers intent. Which by the way changes moment by moment.

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Lessons in Structural Capital: The Checklist Manifesto

There are two levels to the story of The Checklist Manifesto, a great new book by physician Atul Gawande.

The first level is about checklists: how to make them, how to use them and the extraordinary results that come from using them. The examples include hospitals that virtually eliminate hospital-acquired infections …