Leadership
Minnesota Digital Communities
Minnesota is full of individuals and groups who are highly fluent in the conversation of community. When I had the idea a while back to start a chapter of The Social Media Club in the Twin Cities, many thought it was a crowded field. From the list below, you can see the numerous groups located [...]
Arbeiten und Lieben and the Cloud
Work, love, and the cloud. Sounds like a bad 80’s Tom Hanks movie. Arbeiten and lieben comes from Freud and was mentioned in a recent Economist article entitled “Nomads at Last” describing some of the sociological changes taking place within our society through the abundance of technology and connectivity. Before we had the [...]
Is Strategy Important?
Poking through the Forrester archives recently, I came across a document entitled, “Want to Nurture Next Generation Marketing Skills?” by Christine Spivey Overby. As part of their research, 104 marketing executives were interviewed on new shifts required for marketers, specifically, calling for team competencies that emphasize engaging consumers in dialogue and attracting them with relevant [...]
A Discussion with Ken Kaplan at Intel
Last week I met up with Ken Kaplan (Intel’s New Media Manager) at the Intel facility in Santa Clara to discuss with him additional details around the Intel Developer Panel he hosted entitled “Social Media Friend or Foe.” The spontaneous and collaborative conversation on the subjects of enterprise new media and individuals who act [...]
Denise Morrison of Kraft Foods - Interview with Wall Street Journal
Denise Morrison, President of Kraft Foods, recalls how her father helped educate their family of four daughters on the importance of leadership and other business related skills. These include:
Responsibility - At a young age her father assigned job jars to each person and they were allowed to barter for the jobs but it required them [...]
