Posts Tagged ‘productivity’

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.

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.

Blockbuster Writes Their Own Obituary

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

When Social Media Becomes a Science

ay Deragon posted a series of articles recently on his Relationship Economy blog which I found especially exciting. As usual, Jay is bringing forward some very important ideas related to social media components and outcomes, but what really sets this new mindset apart is the fact that Jay is asking the same questions that have been plaguing scientists for 100 years.

Integration Nation

Then, out of the blue, the economy starts to disappear into thin air and nobody knows where all the “Market Value” has gone. Trying to “control the message” is like trying to control the temperature of the room by turning the thermostat with all the windows open. The Dollar is disappearing – but where is it disappearing to?

Social Media Power By The Hour

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.

Balance Sheet For Knowledge Assets

However, in the world of social media, a huge backlog causes a serious problem – it represents commitments made that have not yet been delivered. An unfulfilled promise in a social network is a liability and not an asset.

It’s Time to Engage: Please Help Share the News

I can’t believe the day is finally here. In fact, it’s here earlier than planned.

Please join me in celebrating the official release of Engage: The Complete Guide for Brands and Businesses to Build, Cultivate, and Measure Success in the New Web

What The Heck Is An Asset?

To ignore the fact that all rational human behavior, intentions, decisions, reactions, conversations, relationships, education, ideology and every other state of human consciousness in a market, corporation, community, family, or social network ARE NOT characterized in the form of a quantity and a quality, is frankly, ignorant to ones market, irresponsible to one’s community, and incompetent to one’s profession.

The Interesting Thing About Interest Rates

The problem is that risk can never be negative, therefore interest rates can never be negative – that is called “breaking he buck”. Risk is a measure of volatility, or, “deviations from what is considered normal”. While there is certainly good deviations and bad deviations, there can never be a “negative” deviation from normal – it is a mathematical impossibility, a glitch.