What Level of Social Business Change Do You Really Want?
What level of change do you really want from social business? Do you want a little bit, or a whole lot? Do you want process improvement? Or, Do you want […]
Scale Positive Behaviors by Designing Them Into Social Software
Why doesn’t every piece of cake come with two forks? There’s no fixed reason why the cake can only come with one fork. But, having only one fork is an […]
7 Frame-Changing Experts on Social Business and Social Organization
With the growing interest in social business and how social technology can change organizations, we’re starting to hear more and more mainstream business commenters weigh in with their opinions. While […]
The Social Technology Trifecta: Individual, Organizational and Economic Change
Social Technologies — all those different tools we talk about as ‘social media’ — are creating the opportunity for a social change trifecta. Social technologies are making it possible for […]
The Value Chain of Values-Driven Businesses
The Value Chain of the Values Exchange On one side of this commercial exchange, customers get products that express their values. Customers also get a sense of satisfaction from supporting […]
Is there a Business Model behind that Values Statement?
There are many fledgling businesses that have laudable intent and shaky commercial foundations. This is a problem because, in an ideal world, the businesses that stand for values we share should […]
"Social" Media Make "Voice" and Contribution Possible
What does it mean for organizations to become more “social”? Becoming “social” means that more people across the organization can contribute their ideas and have influence. Why? Because social technologies […]
Company Character Grows From Place Identity
What do start-ups and coffee beans have in common? For both, the place they grow shapes who they become. We don’t talk much about the role of place in shaping […]
What Women Want from Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg
Facebook has a gender problem. We want Sheryl Sandberg to fix it. Facebook has had a gender problem since its beginning. Now, with the publicity around Facebook’s upcoming IPO, business […]
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 […]