Why We Should Be Using Feminism At Work
I wrote this explanation of Feminism at Work back in Feb of 2013. In advance of our panel at In Good Company on June 1, I’m reposting it as pre-reading for […]
How Do We Know If Practices are Actually Generative?
Cause and effect. Intent and impact. There’s a vast gulf of questionable causality captured by those ‘and’s. How do we know if generative practices have generative impact? It didn’t surprise […]
Generative Business Practice: Questions from Harvard’s Digital Initiative
I got lots of feedback from the folks who participated in the HBS Digital Initiative seminar where I presented some big picture ideas about generative practices. As promised, I’m […]
Two Tweaks for Generative Seminar Practices: Notes from Harvard Business School Digital Initiative
Two weeks ago I traveled up to Cambridge to talk about Generative Business Practices with the folks of Harvard Business School’s Digital Initiative. So much happened, and so many ideas […]
From Generativity to Generosity: What's at the core of these new business practices?
I’m experimenting with shifting from generativity to generosity to describe what’s unique about the business processes I’ve been studying, trying to distill these ideas into a form that’s simple and […]
Growth Hacking To Scale Generosity
When a startup like Harrys.com launches with an outreach campaign that that gets 85K potential customers to share their email address, people are impressed. When the cofounder of that company writes […]
The Rise of the Brandividual: Rendering Organizational Authenticity Through Social Media
I wrote and presented this paper back in 2009 but never posted it here. Since someone just asked me for it, I thought I’d put it up here for anyone […]
How I Use Twitter: Possibly More Than You Ever Wanted To Know
Everyone I know who uses Twitter uses it differently. Some promote, some broadcast, some market, some inquire, some share, and most use Twitter for a mix of these. Technology and the […]
Only Transparent AND Open Practices Generate Opportunity For Your Network
Businesses need to be both transparent and open to create opportunities for themselves and their entire network. Yet even though we know that qualities like “open” and “transparent” are preconditions for innovation, […]
Why Be Disruptive, When You Can Be Generative? Friday Afternoon with MakeLoveNotPorn
Some businesses aim to make money. Some businesses aim to disrupt their industries. The very best businesses aim even higher — to generate new opportunity for each and every stakeholder. It […]