This week has been an extraordinary one, not only for Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg and members of the US Congress but also for users of Facebook and other social networking platforms wherever they are in the world. Indeed, it has been a week of revelation and food for considerable thought on a grand scale. During two days, on April 10 and April 11, the Facebook co-founder and CEO appeared before members of the US Senate and Congress to answer questions about Facebook and how it handles … [Read more...] about Exposing the realities of our relationships with Facebook and other social platforms
Leadership
Values to live by according to John Perry Barlow
John Perry Barlow, one of the visionaries of the Internet in the 1990s and turn of the century, died on February 7. He was 70 years old. He was well known as co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Freedom of the Press Foundation in the US. He was Fellow Emeritus at Harvard University's Berkman Center for Internet and Society. And he was inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame in 2013. Barlow was equally if not more well known for his earlier career as a lyricist for the … [Read more...] about Values to live by according to John Perry Barlow
New Report on Change Agents: the Unsung Heroes in Digital Transformation
According to Brian Solis, the real (often untold) stories about digital transformation are the human struggles "change agents" face as they try to modernize their organizations. There are always colleagues, managers and others who don't get it. Solis - futurist, best-selling business-book author and principal analyst at Prophet's Altimeter Group - has written a 29-page report that examines how the people behind digital transformation lead change from within their organizations. From the … [Read more...] about New Report on Change Agents: the Unsung Heroes in Digital Transformation
How to engage the C-suite about social media with authority and confidence
"Social media takes time to build," said one of the participants in the webinar on social media and the C-suite that I co-presented for the Society for New Communications Research (SNCR) of The Conference Board earlier this month. It underscores a primary reality for communicators looking to engage their leaders in helping them understand the strategic value of social media in the long term as a legitimate business tool. It's equally true that one of the biggest obstacles to using social … [Read more...] about How to engage the C-suite about social media with authority and confidence
SNCR webinar will help you close the C-Suite gap about social media
While the time is long gone when you had to explain, routinely, to members of the C-Suite what social media is, it's often still a time of explaining what social media does. One of the biggest obstacles to using social media for business effectively and measurably has been that gap, that lack of clarity of mind, where leaders of organizations cannot see beyond tweets, likes and impressions - hardly strategic imperatives, in their minds. In many cases, the lack of leadership clarity isn't … [Read more...] about SNCR webinar will help you close the C-Suite gap about social media
How to get the media on board to end AVE
One of the hurdles along the road of seeing an end to the "advertising value equivalence" (AVE) measurement metric that's decried by many in the PR and measurement communities is persuading organisations to stop using it. The issue with AVE is well summarised in a white paper published by The Institute for Public Relations in 2003, in which this succinct text appears: We urge you to move away as quickly as possible from statements of the nature, “Our news coverage this quarter was worth $X … [Read more...] about How to get the media on board to end AVE
Theresa May’s fragile foundation
It was rather a surreal experience watching the BBC's election night analytics and opinion show on the BBC News Channel on Thursday June 8, from shortly after the closing of the poll at 10pm (I lasted until about 1am on Friday morning). It was the exit poll - a joint effort by the BBC, ITV and Sky News - that set the scene for a night of traumatic change for the ruling Conservative party led by Theresa May, and qualified jubilation for the fractious Labour party ('qualified' because they … [Read more...] about Theresa May’s fragile foundation
Why a robot could be the best boss you’ve ever had
Designed with strong technical expertise and high intelligence, it’s not so far-fetched that the robots of the future could outperform human managers. This article titled "Why a robot could be the best boss you've ever had" was written by Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, for theguardian.com on Friday 9th September 2016 07.00 UTCWould you like to work for a robot? Although the automation of skilled jobs is a reality, your boss is probably (still) a human. Even though the most optimistic artificial … [Read more...] about Why a robot could be the best boss you’ve ever had