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Organizations don’t change, people change

Organization Behavior July 30, 2010

Organizations are, quite simply, made up of social interactions:  groups of people.  Organizations will not change if people do not change.  There is no such thing as organization change, they don’t change, people change. All change:  transformation, business process reengineering, technology implementation, mergers & acquisitions, Total Quality Management, Six Sigma, strategic planning or, if you [...]

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Marketing interruption still trumps engagement, really?

Marketing July 28, 2010

Great post on Advertising Age website titled:  Why Interruption Still Trumps Engagement. The key to the blog is the closing and I think it is worth your read because it gives yet another view of social media’s critics. The author, Mr. Jonathan Salem Baskin, states the social-media revolution is based on 3 assumptions: ads aren’t [...]

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-27

Odds & Sods July 27, 2010

Why Interruption Stills Trumps Engagement: Ads that interrupted with sales messages worked so effectively… http://bit.ly/bTdej3 via AdAge # off to hospital with what looks like my boy's first set of stitches – hopefully the new-fangled glue will close up the cut, stitches stink # Zuckerberg had a contract with man suing for 84% ownership of [...]

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Organization sabotage and the butterfly effect

Organization Behavior July 23, 2010

An intervention. Interventions are principal learning processes in the “action” stage of organization development (OD)*. An intervention is what people outside organization development [the majority of professionals are distinctly NOT part of or aware of organization development] might call a project, change, or transformation.   The reason a professional might call for an organization intervention, or project, [...]

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-20

Odds & Sods July 20, 2010

How Cisco Got the Spotlight in CNBC News Segments: NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Cisco Systems is enjoying prom… http://bit.ly/bd0ink via AdAge # Motorola: We “doubled down” on Android and are “raving about it”: John Ellis, director of software… http://bit.ly/a6fEIk via VentureBeat # CWRU Dental Researchers Discover Human Beta Defensins-3 Ignite in Oral Cancer Growth: Detecting [...]

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Organization development is business growth

Organization Behavior July 19, 2010

Organization development has yet to earn a role in all organizations.  Only the most progressive companies even have an organization development role, staff, department, or group.  The challenge to organization development success is that it is hard to find a linear trajectory for success.  Organization development may have clear goals, but the reality, there is rarely [...]

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Media’s two tribes – Rupert Murdoch’s Wall

Odds & Sods July 16, 2010

In a follow up to July 12th’s post Media’s two tribes – charging for content Atlantic Monthly’s James Fallows reports The Times of London has placed their bet you will love their headlines so much you will pay for the opportunity to read the article. Click on any link within The Times and you are [...]

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-13

Odds & Sods July 13, 2010

We all have to tighten our belts in this economy…http://bit.ly/as68vp # Netflix ousts pay TV, gains exclusive rights to stream Relativity Media movies: At this point, prem… http://bit.ly/aHnds0 via VentureBeat # RT @corvida: Bank of America needs to follow: Chase iPhone app lets you deposit checks by taking pictures http://bit.ly/bK1uWq # Google, Netflix & The [...]

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Media’s two tribes – charging for content

Marketing July 12, 2010

The lines are drawn:  charge for content, give content for free. In Media’s two tribes The Economist breaks down the thought of charging for premium content over giving content away.  In this article from The Economist, read about what 2 UK media outlets weigh in their chosen strategy as well a look at some of the [...]

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Venture Capital and the descent into irrelevance

Portfolio Planning July 9, 2010

The bigger the risk, the bigger the reward. Elemental finance: you assume the amount of risk suitable for an expected payoff. You assume bigger risk and its bigger payoff with the full caveat that there is an equally big downside loss that could happen. Invest in a money market and get slow, steady, decimal-point-% returns; [...]

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This social media fad will ruin organization development

Talent Management July 8, 2010

What does the social media fad have to do with business?  How is this social media fad related to organizational development (organization development)?  Are you asking yourself if you really need to bother learning about social media? I’ve heard it all too often and continue to cringe hearing about the lack of effort OD and [...]

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How do you measure innovation: tax revenue

Odds & Sods July 6, 2010

When we talk innovation, innovation is usually connected to a firm or a region.  Interest with innovation at the regional level is usually couched in economic development. So, what is economic development other than politicians, ribbon-cutting ceremonies, and glad-handing photo-ops?  Why are so many incentive packages being offered?  Tax havens being offered?  Tax holidays?  Who [...]

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-06

Odds & Sods July 6, 2010

Mandel Center Yankey Award Recognizes Two Community Volunteers: Two women who are passionate about helping young p… http://bit.ly/c51zaq # The Creative Class in Rural Areas: One of the most frequent questions I’m asked is: How can rural… http://bit.ly/9H1mNY via CreativeClass # Microsoft's new Hotmail a big leap forward: While the eyes of the tech world [...]

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The maven or the laggard – Clive Thompson’s view

Marketing July 3, 2010

Those early market adopters, the techno-weenies that stood in line for the iPhone 4, they represent only about 13.5% of the potential market.  It seems many consumer and technology products look for the big Apple splash as a sign of cool, hip, and success.  These early adopters are people who play on the what is [...]

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Scope or: how to manage projects for organization success, part 2

Portfolio Planning July 2, 2010

The key for organizations to grow and to thrive relies on how to manage projects and how to manage projects for organization success becomes an industry competitive advantage.  But why do so many projects fail? Is it lack of preparation? Is it lack of communication? Is it lack of commitment? No, those are symptoms. Projects [...]

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Can you engineer regional innovation clusters?

Odds & Sods July 1, 2010

Innovation comes from opportunity and diversity.  Can diversity and innovation be engineered?  We all see the newspaper pronouncements of local, state, or federal tax incentives to draw investors and to build innovation clusters . The key for clusters to succeed is for clusters to cultivate of high, value-add industries and supply chains as well as [...]

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