With the rise in Independent Professionals and Freelancers comes the rise of the CoWorking movement. Many panels and blog posts have been done on the state of co-working for the individual and how it affects the future of Work.
Posts Tagged ‘social web’
World Wide Working: CoWorking & Collaboration
Submitted by Dan Robles August 26th, 2010 - 08:00. No Comments »
Social Networks and the Multiplier Effect on Innovation
Submitted by Dan Robles July 17th, 2010 - 01:00. No Comments »
In practice, we know that strong networks of people freely exchanging ideas make organizations better, smarter, and more efficient. Networks are where knowledge and wisdom is literally stored. A network is fault tolerant, if one person leaves, the network survives.
Great Idea, CNN – Fire Your Knowledge Assets
Submitted by Dan Robles July 9th, 2010 - 02:00. No Comments »
OK, I get that Hezbolla is on the wrong side of the tracks but let me get this straight; a traditional media professional is fired for using social media in a manner deemed nontraditional? CNN’s credibility was compromised since their action only serves to demonstrate where the real power is Twitter…
Social System Capitalism
Submitted by Dan Robles July 7th, 2010 - 01:00. 1 Comment »
We cannot have a rational discussion about the market capitalist system without also having a rational discussion about the social capitalist system. Yet, Social Capitalism is barely defined. Social capitalism is hidden behind command and control corporate systems and “intangibles” accounting. Social Capitalism is constrained by invisible lines on a map; marginalized, taxed, oppressed and controlled by skin color, gender roles, marketing, politics, and conflict all in the name of my God and Country.
Is Social Capital Hedging Financial Capital?
Submitted by Dan Robles July 6th, 2010 - 00:13. 3 Comments »
I have yet to see anyone of any importance in the social-media-guru-camp who has identified the inherent dichotomy between social currency and financial currency that rages all around us. No, seriously; every financial action is balanced by an equal and opposite social reaction. It’s a balance sheet of the balance sheets.
NeighborGoods Goes National!
Submitted by Dan Robles June 30th, 2010 - 13:07. 1 Comment »
(The following is a press release for a great service that clearly falls in several of the categories that we are watching closely: The Last Mile of Social Media, Organizing communities in social media, and alternate currencies of exchange in social capitalism. We encourage you to join Neighborgoods and send us feedback.)
Group Buying Integrated
Submitted by Dan Robles June 17th, 2010 - 01:00. 1 Comment »
Applications such as SocialBuy, Groupon, and Living Social, use their social media platforms that offer vouchers for steep discounts on a variety of goods, once a minimum threshold of consumers is reached. People have an economic incentive to promote products in their social network (on Facebook and Twitter) in order to reach those thresholds more rapidly and consistently.
‘Open Leadership’ the Next Phase of Groundswell
Submitted by jeremiah_owyang May 26th, 2010 - 13:00. 1 Comment »
Like the prequel Groundswell, Open Leadership stems from solid research and yields real world use cases. For those of you that are managing existing social business programs you know how the biggest challenge is causing a culture change to happen from inside out.
The Devaluation of Social Capital
Submitted by Dan Robles May 25th, 2010 - 01:53. No Comments »
There is a great deal of conversation about collaborative environments built on trust and engagement within corporations or across corporate relationships. The problem is that when layoffs come around, people will throw each other under the bus.
Let’s Argue About Productivity Instead
Submitted by Dan Robles May 22nd, 2010 - 12:00. No Comments »
Many arguments rage because of poor definitions to terms. If people cannot agree on a definition, they will not agree on much else. A definition should be definitive – here I will tackle 5 of the most elusive definitions that are at the center of much, if not all, global controversy: Data, Information, knowledge, innovation, wisdom
