Articles on Social Media

Insurance companies are using big data and social media analytics to make more informed pricing decisions. Here is what that means for the industry.

Cloud security is not an oxymoron Quote: I get it: there is a lot of data that can’t move to the cloud, not because IT managers don’t understand the

Three Questions that Will Kill Innovation - Tony Golsby-Smith - The Conversation - Harvard Business Review Quote: ...innovation runs counter to so many of

I had quite a lot of feedback from my Signal to Noise Ratio & Twitter post last week. Most of the feedback was positive and in agreement with my

I really enjoy twitter.  There are tons of great folks out there worth following and learning from. But....there's just as many (or more) not-so-great

A Four Step Process for Evaluating Risks in Social Business by Jacob Morgan on CloudAve Quote: I just finished reading “The New Supply Chain Agenda,” by

Social Media Marketing Won't Fix Your Infrastructure Problem by David Armano on Logic+Emotion Quote: Every business has a series of systems and

This was originally posted on InfoBoom.  Reposting here for my regular readers. I recently wrote a post titled Social - A Culture, not a tool that

We are quickly coming up to the end of 2010.  Most people are winding down for the holidays....perfect time to grab a few good books during the down time.

Unlocking the Mayor Badge of Meaninglessness by Umair Haque - Harvard Business Review Quote: Social media needs to enlarge its blinkered, myopic

Social Media has brought a real danger to the forefront of society. It's not the security risks that might be inherent in social media, although there are

I had a conversation two weeks ago with a colleague who was taking over the social media, marketing and PR responsibilities for a small but growing

Lately, I've been having a lot of knee pain.  For the last few months, its been constant and regular and seemed to get worse when I would spend a lot of

Social Software Needs to Be a Layer, Not a Feature, In the Enterprise by Eugene Lee on Enterprise Social Software Blog | Socialtext Quote: We believe we

I grabbed a copy of Open Leadership: How Social Technology Can Transform the Way You Lead (affiliate link) by Charlene Li for my business trip last week.

How do you create a culture of storytelling? by Steve Denning on The Leader's Guide to Radical Management: Quote: I am sometimes asked: what’s involved in

kindfully + mindfully by Leo Babuata on Zen Habits Quote: The Golden Rule goes something along the lines of, “Treat others as you’d want to be treated (in

Innovation success is based on enthusiasm by Jeffrey Phillips on Innovate on Purpose Quote from the article: What sustains innovation over time is the

Happy Easter everyone. Last week was the first published post using Delicious to manage links for my Sunday links post.  I used a javascript from

Pick one and own it by Jason Cohen on A Smart Bear The Strategy Trap: Why focusing too much on strategy could be killing your ability to execute by

Five by Chuck Musciano on The Effective CIO The Splinternet means the end of the Web's golden age by Josh Bernoff on Groundswell Run IT Like a Business,

Outstanding leaders put people first from Management-Issues : News Enterprise 2.0 - Building the New Schoolyard for Bullies? by Ben Kepes on CloudAve On

The Evolution of Social Media and Business by Brian Solis from PR 2.0 Make No Little Plans – Defining the Scalable Startup by Steve Blank Amnesia is a

Competing with Pirates by Mark Fidelman on Seek Omega and Cross Posted on CloudAve Why Planning Is Important, Your Plan is Not by George Krueger and

CIOs need ‘both/and’ strategies for 2010 not either/or choices by Mark McDonald on The Gartner Blog Network Unlocking the Passion Paradox by Kevin

I asked "What's your focus?" last week and now I wanted to ask another question: What's your passion? I picked up Gary Vayernerchuk's book Crush It!: Why

You Can Only Lead the Horse by Amber Naslund on Altitude Branding Leadership – What’s Love Got To Do With it? by Terry Starbucker on TerryStarbucker.com

Why Social Media Purists Won’t Last by Jason Falls on Social Media Explorer Reliability vs. Validity by Mark Howell on Strategy Central The Led Zeppelin

Just finished reading Enterprise 2.0: New Collaborative Tools for Your Organization's Toughest Challenges My review in two words: Excellent book! Whether

Leadership and Leverage by Steven Levy on No Secret Social Software 2.0: Enterprise Process Ubiquity by Hutch Carpenter on I'm Not Actually a Geek Taking

Intuition vs. Data-Driven Decision-Making: Some Rough Ideas by Bob Sutton on Bob Sutton - Work Matters CIO and the Art of Decision Making by Arun

I ran across an interesting post today titled "Why you don't need Social Media Consultants" on the Brains on Fire Blog.  The main thesis of the post is:

Social Media and IT Security: Adversaries or Partners? by Steve Radick on Social Media Strategery The T.S. Eliot Guide to Success by Mark McGuinness on

I was lucky enough to receive a pre-release copy of Trust Agents: Using the Web to Build Influence, Improve Reputation, and Earn Trust by Chris Brogan and

What would happen if you stopped everything you do online? What if you stopped: Blogging Tweeting Facebooking (is that a word?) Linking Commenting

The Value Every Business Needs to Create Now by Umair Haque on HarvardBusiness.org Three Key Principles when Leading without Authority by George Ambler on

Get Ready As Corporate Sites and Social Networks Start To Connect by Jeremiah Owyang on Web Strategy Why Authenticity is More Important Than Ever by Aaron

The New CIO is a weekly article about the challenges facing today’s CIO as well as what can be done to prepare for future challenges. I've seen many

Social change takes more than social media by Ivan Booth on the Rootwork Blog (via Beth Kanter's Blog) KISS: The Difference Between Strategy and Tactics -

On Social Media and Culture Shift by Amber Naslund on Altitude Branding The ROI on Flexibility by Peter Campbell on Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use

The New CIO is a weekly article about the challenges facing today’s CIO as well as what can be done to prepare for future challenges. Ahhh...Social

The New CIO is a weekly article about the challenges facing today's CIO as well as what can be done to prepare for future challenges. It's fitting that my

You're doing it wrong! I hate when people tell me that. Who are they to tell me how to do something? OK...OK...there are times when 'right' and 'wrong'

OK...now that I've riled up "America's Greatest Marketer" by calling him Boring, how about I show some love for some folks who are saying some great

I read Seth Godin's post titled "You're Boring" the other day and shrugged my shoulders.  OK Seth...most companies and products ARE boring...what's new?

Why Messages Aren't Enough by Amber Naslund on Altitude Branding The first step towards being a networked nonprofit: Simplicity by Beth Kanter on Beth's

I had the pleasure of meeting some great folks at the Inbound Marketing Summit in Dallas.  I learned a lot and had a lot of the ideas that I already had

When You Can't Trust Your Leadership by Charles Green on Trust Matters Change is never linear by Paul Dunay on Buzz Marketing for Technology Stop Reading

Things not to say - "We don't have time" by Scott Berkun on The Berkun Blog Thinking outside the project: implied responsibilities of an agile product

Image via Wikipedia Tracie and I spent Good Friday at the Dallas Arboretum (jump over to my photoblog - OneFour Photography - for some photos).  The trip

How your organization's IT department can help support your social media strategy by Beth Kanter Purpose First, Strategy Second, Structure Third by Mark

According to research conducted by Harvey Nash, an IT Recruitment firm, everything.  Information World Review reports on this research in an article

I've been lurking around the social web for quite some time experimenting with different systems and learning a tremendous amount from all of the

The opening paragraphs of the chapter titled '95 Theses' from The Cluetrain Manifesto: The End of Business as Usual says (taken from this page): A

Positive Communication and Leadership by Stephen Smith on Slacker Manager A Lean, Scalable Requirements Information Model for the Agile Enterprise by Dean

Madoff Madness: When Smart People do Stupid Things by Charles Green on Trusted Advisor Associates Five Reasons to kill IT Projects on TechRepublic (hat

Web 2.0.  A term that is overused and often misunderstood.  And one that has been touted for years by consultants as the 'next big thing' coming to

Finished this book up earlier this week and I have to say, I'm a bit disappointed.  I feel as though a book by the man who defined the word

This book,  with the full title of "Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies" is a must read for anyone trying to figure out how