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Watching live stream from LeWeb08 in Paris.
Really enjoyed the David Weinberger talk about the decline of old style top-of-the-pyramid lone hero figure of organisational leadership (think conductor of orchestra, think Jack Welch) that co-incides with the end of the information age, and the emergence of abundant leadership through the nodes of [...]
Tom Waits 2002 song, ever so true in current financial undoing of our world….there’s a leak in the boat….it played at the end of the movie, ” ENRON: The Smartest guys in the room” which I watched tonight for the first time, and just can’t help having this crazy de ja vous experience!
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One of the biggest trends supported by this research is how young people are formally "befriending" brands and adding them like their regular friends to their social networks in Twitter , Facebook and MySpace. Zappos would have to be an outstanding example of this as represented by the very socially-active CEO, Tony Hsieh who tweets under the profile of @zappos on Twitter. ( I also met Tony at Business Innovation Factory 4 in Providence earlier this year and he works very hard at building a friend brand, and is deserving of these accolades)
My recent travels confirmed for me the notion that creativity and innovation are no longer fringe trends in the business world; and certainly in financial services, it's becoming mainstream. I believe this time its different thanks to the global connected creativity and open innovation enabled through the internet.
I know I am not the only technology innovation strategist who fights daily for allowing employees to use social media technologies as part of their work. (And here is the proof that its becoming accepted as mainstream)
And I am certain I am not the only social media champion who has been agitating for YEARS (at [...]
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Miss the buzz of the ppl over there! I just don't think it would be the same anywhere else!