10 Reasons Why The Komen Foundation Should Stop Lying about Defunding Planned Parenthood
It always hurts when organizations lie. Lying hurts the organization, the employees, the organization’s partners, the organization’s prospects, and most importantly, lying hurts the organization’s constituents. When an organization does […]
Extended Organizations: Finding the Boundaries and Naming the Contents
Can you help me out with a messy research-related question? What are the best ways to set boundaries around subsets of an “extended organization”, and then give these subsets names […]
Communities of Commerce: Where the Marketplace is also the Meaning Place
Networks of people and organizations are usually either “markets” or “communities”. It bothers us that networks fit one or the other model of working together, because we envision something more […]
Do Social Technologies help organization members think more holistically?
While it’s true that I’m an unabashed advocate for social technologies as tools for transforming organizations, there are lots of reasons why we’d want social technologies in our workplaces and ‘together […]
Social Business News: Too Many Wrong Messages On Social Media? Try Leadership, Not Control.
In my first contribution to Social Business News, I’m reminding organizations that want to align their social media messages to focus their efforts on leadership. I find it pretty frustrating […]
Connecting to the Company Story: Coding is Crafting for Etsy's Engineers
Every organization has a story. Any group that wants to be an important part of that organization needs to craft a place for itself in that story. The story an […]
Why Do Meritocracies Hurt Women?
When it comes to discriminating against women, you’d think that only sexist organizations would be involved. But did you ever imagine that meritocracies would encourage managers to discriminate against women? […]
Don't Tell Esty That Authenticity Is Getting "Old" — The Social Dynamic Between Crafters and Buyers is Timeless
“A deluge of vintage and artisanal products is now available online and through mass-market retailers. Has authenticity become just another fad?” Here’s a quick response to today’s New York […]
Growing Social: 4 Different Paths to Social Organizations
Organizations can ‘grow social’ through 4 different paths, driven by technology, social business, collective values, and ‘product’ resonance. Two of these paths are more likely than the others to create organizations that are authentically social. Can you guess which two, and why?
Is Gamification a Cure for Entitlement?
What value is all this talk about gamification? It’s one thing to deploy game-design tactics to turn your for-profit services (like Foursquare or Hashable) into games. By playing games, folks […]