Chris Spagnuolo’s EdgeHopper

The inimitable David Armano gave a great presentation on “social media” and it’s integration into businesses at the Social Fresh Conference. It is, in David’s usual style, extremely insightful and packed with valuable information.

I particularly think the portions of the presentation that deal with organizational culture are really key to the ultimate success or failure [...]

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Jurgen Appelo
Guest Post by Jurgen Appelo:
I once read that “managing is harder than programming, because making people do what is needed is far more difficult than making computers do what is needed”. (Don’t flame me if you don’t agree. I’m quoting from an unknown source here.)
This quote kept running through my mind when I recently [...]

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According to Webster’s Dictionary the word improvise means “to compose, recite, play, or sing extemporaneously; to make, invent, or arrange offhand; to make or fabricate out of what is conveniently on hand“. I actually prefer the definition of improvisation that Wikipedia provides though. According to Wikipedia, improvisation is “the practice of acting and reacting, of [...]

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Greg Lee
I recently had the opportunity to speak with Greg Lee, the Chief Financial Officer of the Lance Armstrong Foundation and Livestrong, about the design and buildout of the new Livestrong world headquarters in Austin, Texas. Livestrong is in the process of converting a 30,000 square-foot, 1950’s-era industrial building into a modern, green, collaborative workspace [...]

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