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A systems lens is one of the primary ways I seek to understand the world around me. No surprise, ten, that I’ve long been a fan of the work of Russell Ackoff. Here’s a short video of a talk by Ackoff on systems and improvement. He does two things here. One he provides a better […]
Read More Essay Scam BustersThe Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done (Harperbusiness Essentials) (Peter F. Drucker and Jim Collins) There are certain smart, articulate, thinkers that provide anchors for my thinking; Peter Drucker is high on that list. Somewhere around the time I was figuring out that organizations caught and held my attention, I […]
Read More Essay Scam BustersI’ve been a fan of Hans Rosling since I saw his first TED video several years ago. Here’s a four-minute clip from a one hour documentary,The Joy of Stats , he did last year for the BBC. Hans Rosling helps visualize economic development over the last 200 years You can now find the entire […]
Read More Essay Scam BustersBruce Schneier is one of those disciplined, articulate, thinkers you should be paying attention to if you want to navigate sensibly in today’s digital world. Here’s a brief example from a recent EastWest Institute Cybersecurity Summit. I’d also recommend his blog, Schneier on Security.
Read More Essay Scam BustersI’m turning into a bit of a Hans Rosling groupie, having blogged about several of his previous performances at TED conferences (Hans Rosling talk on world economic development myths and realities and More insights from Hans Rosling at TED 2007). Most recently, he presented at TED India. He’s a wonderful story teller and watching his […]
Read More Essay Scam BustersWhile my own preference would be for a policy of “Don’t be stupid,” that’s unrealistic for most organizations. I’ve recently been collecting examples of policies from various organizations. If you know of other examples, please let me know in the comments Online Database of Social Media Policies Here’s a site that has collected social media […]
Read More Essay Scam BustersI’m looking forward to meeting and hearing Clay Shirky at the upcoming FASTforward ’09 conference, even if it is happening in Las Vegas. I’ll be attending in my role as one of the contributors to the the FASTforward blog. I’m being lazy and simply passing along the notice posted by Hylton Jolliffe there. Please join […]
Read More Essay Scam BustersI’m presenting today to the Technology Leaders Association meeting in Chicago on the topic of “Technology for Us.” I’ve uploaded my slides to Slideshare. I’ve also tagged a number of links at delicious; both of sites we may check out and references to follow up materials. Those links can be found here.
Read More Essay Scam BustersEarlier this year, I reviewed Your Inner CEO, by Allan Cox. In the course of that, I’ve actually had the pleasure of meeting Allan and getting to know him. I think it was Ross Mayfield of SocialText who introduced us. Allan is an existence proof that nice guys can be very successful. One of the […]
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