One of the many reasons humanity is at an inflection point is that the age-old dream of the “global brain” is finally becoming a reality. I explored the idea in my book Living Networks, and at more length in my piece Autopoiesis and how hyper-connectivity is literally bringing the networks to life. Today, my work […]
When I wrote my first book, Developing Knowledge-Based Client Relationships, which came out in 2000 in its first edition, I thought of it in many ways as a stepping stone for me to gain credibility and move on to deal with broader issues. Yet still today the themes of the book are immensely relevant to […]
Here is a very good compilation of statistics, perspectives, and news on social media as at the middle of 2012: 2H12: The State of Social Media & Social Media Marketing in the Second Half of 2012 View more presentations from Esteban Contreras A few things in particular that I thought worth noting from these stats, […]
My recent European speaking tour was divided around equally between deep dives into crowdsourcing and where it is going, and keynotes and workshops for Chief Information Officers on shifts in the business environment and how that will shape the future of the IT function. A key theme of the CIO workshops was their opportunity and […]
TED (which not many people remember was originally founded by information architect Richard Saul Wurman in 1984) has expanded dramatically over the last years, from a single annual event to activities spanning a network of thousands of TEDx events, the TED-Ed educational network, the TED Prize, and now its City 2.0 initiative. Part of City […]
Trevor Young, aka PR Warrior, is launching a new site Micro Domination which covers the “Global Microbrand Revolution”. The site already includes an excellent free e-book The Micro Maven Revolution. You can download it from here or by clicking on the cover below. Trevor opens the book by practising what he preaches, highlighting his capabilities […]
This week’s TEDGlobal2012 event is themed Radical Innovation. The opening presentation, very fittingly, was by Don Tapscott, who spoke about Four principles for the open world. Do take the 18 minutes to see his exceptional presentation. The four principles for openness that Don offers are:
I was just interviewed by Martin Metzmacher as part of his Netrepreneurs series. The 30 minute video interview is below. While the broad topic of the conversation was about how to use crowds effectively, Martin focused through the interview on my motivations for what I do. At the end of the interview he asked me […]
This article was originally posted in Future of Sex magazine. Social gaming giant Zynga, purveyor of Facebook games such as CityVille and FarmVille, is making things a little racier with its latest product The Ville, launched today. As the video shows, users can build the “home of your dreams” and invite their Facebook friends over […]
Sorry, Grant Thornton, I think your instinct is very likely wrong. I saw this advertisement (also in French and Flemish) in Brussels-Midi station when I was recently passing through. Grant Thornton claims to have an ‘instinct for growth’. For some reason it seems to have an instinct (it appears without any evidence) that expanding into […]
