
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 […]

Passion is No Ordinary Word
[This is a bit of an insider post. New blog readers, please bear with me.] Here’s a question: When did you first fall in love with Luis Suarez? For me, it was sometime in 2006 or 2007. I first wrote about him on my blog in 2007 after he unpacked a 7-part analysis of the […]

Social Business: Pining for the Fjords!
“I’ll tell you what’s wrong with it… It’s dead!” So, which is it dead or not dead? There is so much confusion in the market about what “Social Business” is, it might as well be a dead parrot (too). And there is no shortage of people who come at this conversation with a perspective […]

WIIFM on Working Socially?
Let’s be honest: change bites! Most people do not like change. Change brings uncertainty, a loss of security and control, a fleeting feeling of helplessness, and even panic. Helping large organizations embrace disruptive change is a tall order. What’s needed are roadmaps, play books, guidance, intelligence, patience, and a little inspiration. But, change can be […]