Susan Scrupski
Social Impact Entrepreneur, Founder, Big Mountain Data, previously CEO and Founder, Change Agents Worldwide. Named as one of Fast Company’s “Most Influential Women in Technology” in 2010, Susan's insights have been featured in industry research, as well as mainstream media such as The New York Times, BusinessWeek, The Wall Street Journal, and CNBC.
The struggle is surreal
After so many decades, where are we? My new friend Connie recently introduced me to Donna Ferrato. I was a little star-struck. I had discovered her early in my journey to understand the “market” surrounding domestic violence. Donna’s seminal work as a photojournalist, gave the public an inside view into the shameful, secret horror of […]
“Find a Daphne”
At this juncture, recognize I need someone to help me take Big Mountain Data to the next level. Someone who complements my skills, but has the expertise I lack in areas that are critical to our growth (technical prowess, for one).
Working out Loud for a Better World – Part I
It was about six years ago that the concept of “Working out Loud” started picking up traction in the blogosphere. It was an easy way to describe the contagious, fun way to work in a more transparent, generous, and authentic way. Of course, you needed a platform to work out loud on, but the tribe who was following […]
What is Your Network Telling You?
I caught up this week with Cai Kjaer whom I’ve known via the social web as one of the founders of Optimice. We used Optimice at Change Agents Worldwide to map our core competencies within the network. I’ve always been a big fan of Social Network Analysis (SNA), and feel we are leaving a lot of […]
Getting the right hands on the right data is the goal.
Getting the right hands on the right data is the goal. Conversations are the bonus. On January 27, 2016, the City of Orlando launched the first event of its kind and assembled a multi-stakeholder community of interest to examine the data associated with a thorny social epidemic: Violence Against Women. In May 2015, the White […]
The Roar of the Crowd
Today marks the one-year anniversary of the infamous “Ray Rice elevator video” released by TMZ. In the video, pro football star Ray Rice was seen with his then-fiancée, knocking her unconscious with a single, hard blow to her face. As horribly upsetting as that video was, it had an unintended, yet fortunate consequence: it got […]
The Power of Community Comes to Life at SAP’s TechEd
Walking down one of the cavernous halls at the Palazzo hotel in Las Vegas, we approached one of my Enterprise Irregular (EI) colleagues, David Dobrin. Dobrin looked surprised to see me and said, “What are you doing here?” I said, “I’m here to learn!” Yes, I attended my first SAP TechEd this week and this is […]
Change Agents Go to Washington!
Drowning in paperwork? Demoralized by endless meetings where you sit and sit and sit, and have no voice? Tired of performance management reviews that have little to do with your potential or passion? Frustrated by knowledge that buries itself in graveyards of email thread coffins? Then, we have a workshop for you. Come get […]
Smarter Innovation: Road Map to the Future
Last spring, we were approached by the Academic Director of Columbia University’s Graduate Information and Strategy program, Katrina Pugh. She had received word about the innovative way our Change Agents work out loud in the cloud. We were asked to contribute to a management book published recently by ARK Group, “Smarter Innovation: Using Interactive Processes to Drive […]
Are Social Practitioners and Evangelists Truly Different?
By Susan Scrupski on March 23, 2016
My friend, Alan Lepofsky, has always made this point, “Social people are different. The rest of the world is not like us.” Ironically, Alan and I get into the most hair-splitting among our pro-social circle of friends, but I’ve come to understand he is absolutely right about this. “We” are a different breed. The online […]
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