Leveraging Social Business & Gamification to achieve Organizational Flow
Between Arousal and Control lies Flow. We could probably stop there (but don't - read on). Think on that for just a minute. Lots of Mindsparks emerge quickly for me. Between arousal and control lies 'flow' via @Mich8elwu at #digitslsurrey— guy stephens (@guy1067) May 26, … Read More»
Improving the known, exploring the unknown, and innovating to be well-known
"The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency." - BILL GATES The statement by Gates underscores the importance … Read More»
How Social Technologies Contribute to a Better Customer Experience
This post is on behalf of the CIO Collaboration Network and Avaya During each interaction with a brand, organization, or institution, the person on the other end of the interaction has a perception of how things went. Over time, the accumulation of these touch points deepen the customer's … Read More»
Global CEOs chart the course into unchartered waters for the Next Generation Enterprise
The average time that a company spends in the S&P 500 is 15 years, continuously trending downward over the past 80 years. In fact, as recent as 10 years ago, the average lifespan was 25 years. Perhaps a decade from now, the average lifespan could be as short as 10 or maybe even 5 years. Change is … Read More»
A Heroic Story – and a Powerful Social Business Metaphor
In the early morning of September 11, 2001, I was driving through downtown Los Angeles, shocked at what I was hearing on the radio, and awestruck by the police and military helicopters circling and protectively watching over the City of Angels skyline. Like many of you, as that day progressed, I … Read More»
Optimizing the Full Spectrum of Customer Interactions
This post is on behalf of the CIO Collaboration Network and Avaya Last weekend I had the pleasure of introducing a movie for the first time to my 5 year old son - a movie that incidentally, I first saw when I was 5 years old. In it, an iconic message was communicated via a channel that … Read More»
Your organization 8 years from now
Wayne Gretzky is by most accounts the greatest hockey player ever. His father gave him a piece of advice that has been almost immortalized in business circles over the past several years. "Go to where the puck is going, not where it has been." So, where will the puck be 8 years from now? … Read More»
Movements, Mashups, and Metamorphosis: The Rewiring of Institutions
Corporation. Non-Profit. Community. Business. Cause. Platform. Government. The clearly defined borders that have traditionally enveloped the institutions above are blurring and we're trying to make sense of it all. The music industry is still trying to figure out what … Read More»
Trust: It matters (more than you think)
"Organizations are no longer built on force, but on trust" - Peter Drucker "Technique and technology are important, but adding trust is the issue of the decade" - Tom Peters "Mistrust doubles the cost of doing business" - Professor John Whitney, Columbia Business School "As you go to work, … Read More»
Customer Relationship Innovation for the Emergent Social Business
Speaking at an event hosted by SugarCRM and IBM Social Business this week, I informally polled the audience. "How many of you are NOT on facebook?" No hands were raised. "How many of you have a twitter account?" Most of the room raised their hands. "LinkedIn?" Most of the room again raised … Read More»