Power Shift Every now and again a book about technology innovation and business comes along that I’m eager to recommend to my coaching clients and business associates. But after a couple of such recommendations in recent years that fell flat, I’m more selective now. So I’m pleased to say that Shel Israel’s latest book Lethal Generosity:…
We’ve seen the tv ads with cars that park themselves; we’ve got used to a voice in the car telling us which turn to take next; maybe we have heard about the Google Glass phenomenon. So we know that the world is changing rapidly from what we knew. And we know our lives are changing…
Yesterday, as part of this Social Media Tune Up series, I wrote about Twitter and shared some general thoughts about how Twitter fits into my business strategy. In this second post on the topic I focus on my approach to the whole business of following and being followed on Twitter. I emphasize that it’s my…
A Triple Book Notice Because I Haven’t Yet Reviewed These Books and I Feel Remiss About That It was actually a resolution of mine well before New Year’s Day, to review all the books that have been piling up alongside my desk, mostly books on or relating to social media. But New Year’s Day came…
Along with no doubt many, many others, I am watching with fascination Shel Israel’s unfolding adventures in the Middle Kingdom. For those who just came in, Shel, who has an incomparable overview of social media internationally and its impact on business and culture, is currently visiting China for the first time. He is part of…
One of the first names that comes up when anyone talks about corporate blogging is that of General Motors VP Bob Lutz. His use of the GM FastLane blog is a standard reference for how a corporate executive might make effective use of blogging. Lutz gets not one but ten references in Debbie Weil’s The…