There's a storm brewing in corporate circles. No, it's not about jobs, benefits or compensation. It's at the core of the nature of employment. It's setting the stage for a new kind of challenge, or perhaps, conflict. It has always…
What do social check-in’s have to do with “influence”? This was the basis for a recent conversation I had with Fred McClimans of the McClimans Group. Check out Fred’s most recent post “Are We Ready to Add Cause to Social Check-Ins?” to get…
This is a follow up to my recent post Influence Measurement Optimization™. There was a lot of discussion surrounding the initial post, so I thought I’d expand on it a bit (with a little nudge from Jonny Bentwood of Edelman.…
There’s lot’s of discussion – pro and con – about trying to measure influence, particularly in social media. The ability to accurately capture, analyze and rank influence is extraordinarily valuable. The key word is “accurately.” There are many vendors (Klout,…
What could you learn if you sat down with your toughest critics, your mind open and your mouth shut?
One of the biggest challenges in selling professional services is dealing with buyers’ preconceptions of who is best qualified to help them. It seems most buyers want to find something more than someone who has done it before. They want…
So we have a challenging dichotomy: there’s a fear in social media that we’re giving too much away, but content seems to be the currency. I wrote a blog a while back called The Age of Thought Leadership in which I discuss the concept of knowledge abundance vs, knowledge scarcity. Which side are you on? Does it matter?
All entities have a purpose—a reason to exist. To better understand and manage “things” we define them and classify them. It could be a job description, a contract or even a country. I remember as a kid working with my…
A doctor and a lawyer were talking at a party. Their conversation was constantly interrupted by people describing their ailments and asking the doctor for free medical advice. After an hour of this, the exasperated doctor asked the lawyer, “What…
A while back I wrote a blog called The Age of Thought Leadership. Sometimes, to define something, it helps to define what it is NOT, so I thought I’d have a little fun. I hope you take it in the spirit in which is was intended.