Tag Archives: Collaboration
12 Days of Innovation for Marketers, Day #12 – TED
At last, we reach the end. For me, we saved the best for last. Kevin wanted to start here, in hopes that what we said would encourage you to come along. Instead, I view this as a gift for doing so. In day 12, we want to inspire you to be better marketers, more happy and creative. So we go to a trusted place, a favorite place. One that challenges us and changes us as well, TED. We don’t just like TED in our offices. We kind of swoon over it. What’s not to like? There are brilliant people sharing the topics about which they are passionate and expert. They gives us hope, they inspire us. They educate us. They make us think about potential. There is no greater way for us to end 12 days of innovation by offering up some inspiration to begin.
12 Days of Marketing Innovation, Day #11 – 5 Innovation Communities
Five innovation communities – these are not in any particular order, and run the gamut in terms of content. The descriptions are from the companies, not from me. I follow all of them to get a flavor of what’s going on, as well as receive in many cases, daily updates to so they can curate content that I might otherwise miss. That said, you can always search out the topics of interest to you.
12 Days of Marketing Innovation, Day #9 – Future Exploration Network
I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road. – Stephen Hawking Ross Dawson is taking on a big risk for 2012. While the stuff I want to point you to is now actually a year old and still […]
Getting rid of governance
Lets face it no one really likes governance. It doesn’t have a ton of Facebook friends. On Linked In, it has connections with whom you wouldn’t want to be trapped in an elevator. It’s tiring to hear the virtues of governance over and over. I’ve seen companies where you would’ve thought that governance directly followed […]
“Do Not Feed the Trolls” (DNFTT) at your next meeting
it’s fascinating that the Internet offers us great terms to prevent participating in off-putting and ridiculous dialogue detours that do not contribute to making decisions, moving forward or engaging in conversations. I am speaking of DNFTT – or “Do not feed the trolls.” In fact, in an online community, trolling is usually rapidly risen above […]
Three management lessons (that will make you smile and cringe simultaneously)
A long long time ago in a land far away (New Jersey to be specific), I went to a training class – back in the days when companies really invested in the people, not simply the discrete tasks they would perform. I learned a few of the most valuable lessons I would ever have. A […]
Strategic service – its for everyone, not just customer service
Digitally savvy customers are increasingly using the Internet not only to seek information, but also to interact with companies, create solutions and make decisions. Smarter companies are using an emerging concept we call Strategic Service Delivery to enable customers to use data and resources more effectively to drive better customer engagement and experiences. Creating a […]
McKinsey and MIT on collaboration – and its meaning for innovative market making
Link to PDF of McKinsey/McAfee interview Wanted to recap some of the great soundbytes – none out of context I hope from a McKinsey interview with Andrew McAfee, principal research scientist at the Center for Digital Business at the MIT Sloan School of Management on collaboration. Right out the gate, McAfee hits us with a […]
Thought starters…for marketers
While I was in Finland, for what seemed like an eternity based on the hours I was working and the fact that the sun doesn’t give you a really good clue to stop working, I wrote a quick little deck in bright vivid colors that was designed to help start conversations – to provoke debate. […]
