Bill Gates and Steve Jobs and later “Zuck” are legendary founders and leaders. And it’s true, the founder can be an intangible value if they are good at it, which these folks were. Their cult of success soon led to numerous consultants and authors trying (successfully) to convince us that the next Gates and Jobs […]
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Gary Vaynerchuk once riffed about how today we need to just try something, something small perhaps, and from trying we can better plan. As he put it, Action today leads to strategy. And nothing could be more true when it comes to successful org social efforts. Social is dynamic, fluid, a state of ever-change because
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The goal of an organization SHOULDN’T be to become a learning organization, agile, or responsive. those are in process, they are reactions to change. The real goal should be to become an “unsurprisable” organization. An unsurprisable organization sees disruption before it hits and moves quickly to prepare… by learning and learning fast of course. And this
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One of the most impactful actions a leader can take in their organization is to ask a question. It’s an invitation, it’s humble and humility is a magnet. However many leaders fear the open to all conversations that enterprise social platforms can provide. And yet when diversity and unique perspectives contribute, problems get solved in
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Defeating fake news and misinformation campaigns is not about calling out some nameless faceless “them” behind it all. The name and face is yours. Fixing this mess starts with knowing yourself and questioning your own motives, actions, and inactions. It’s asking yourself: why do I only read the headlines? what will I gain by sharing the
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