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Business and social media: American companies growing up, sort of

Posted on 2009.10.02 by winterSmith Leave a comment

Ever since the Internet began gaining popular awareness in the mid-1990s, the topic of how businesses can productively use various new media technologies has been a subject of ongoing interest. Along the way we’ve had a series of innovations to consider: first it was the Net, and the current tool of the moment is Twitter. In between we had, in

Business
Generations
Internet/Telecom/Social Media

Fear is the organization killer

Posted on 2009.09.15 by winterSmith 16 comments

Once upon a time the business world was dominated by hierarchical organizations that derived both their structures and mechanistic management philosophies from military thinking that traces its lineage through Frederic the Great all the way back, literally, to the Roman legions. And by “once upon a time,” of course, I mean “at this very minute.” The truth is that way