Software developers are not like others. There is a difference in the culture that people in these roles grow up with. My career began in this space, and at first, I used to think it was an American thing. In the years of talking to and working with developers and […]

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When we speak of social business systems integrated with enterprise processes, people tend to imagine large company that is undertaking a significant project to transform some aspect of their business. Many vendors aim products for large businesses with many thousands of employees or people participating in the activity. It is […]

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Dave Ulrich’s widely adopted model separates the roles in HR into four specializations (see Fig 1). The trouble here is that analytics has a strong part in all these roles, while it has historically been the domain of the Administrative expert, particular among those who run HR Information Systems/Services (HRIS). […]

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Why do peacocks have impressive tails when they are heavy, burdensome and possibly life-threatening in their natural environments? Starlings chirp even more loudly as they approach danger, making predators aware of their location, but warning other starlings away. Likewise, why do folks like Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg and others drop […]

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Every year at SXSW Interactive, an uncoordinated multi-stakeholder network emerges, analyzes and kicks off the growth of a potential new marketing technology rockstar.

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Which of these three do you think is more effective at creating Commitment: Anger, Calm or Happiness? In reading Eyal Winter’s book, Feeling Smart: Why Our Emotions Are More Rational Than We Think (PublicAffairs, Dec 2014), I came across an interesting research in psychology that describes the human condition. His […]

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There is a paradox in how we see ourselves in a collaborative, cooperative world of work. This is a balance within each: our self-image, where we give attention, and what we consider priorities. On the organization side, this is also the balance of centralization versus decentralization, leading versus directing, uniformity […]

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Digital Transformation brings back the notion that processes cannot and should not be entirely stripped of the person or role executing them. For years we have looked at a process as an idealization of how things happen, and stripped out the messy detail of who makes things happen. This is […]

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Do services like Uber, Sidecar, Angie’s List, and others in the Collaborative, Sharing, or On-Demand economy really create jobs? What is coming next and how will it affect work culture globally? Is there a common platform for creating these services.

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