Back in the 90’s Faith Popcorn wrote The Popcorn Report, a best-selling business book on popular trends, where she made a strong distinction between mere passing fads and longer-lasting societal trends. Her analysis was so effective that even today you can see that…
Category: People
The Right Rize for Social Media Networks
I was reading an old Clay Shirky blog post, A Group Is Its Own Enemy. It talks about some of the interesting characteristics of groups (in particular online communities), such as how essentially groups need some kind of government, otherwise…
Effective Meetings 101
The number one complaint is lack of focus. Lack of focus means lacking a clear agenda and defined goals, but also effectively choosing the attendees. The most effective way to hold a meeting is to stick to ONE meeting style and ONE issue.