A few years ago, I was called into my supervisor’s office because of her “concern” about my commitment to the company. When I asked what triggered this concern, she said I did not have any “pictures of my family or plants” in my cubical. Instead of telling her that she was looking at me an...

My friends at Vertical Response just shared an Infographic about how Small Businesses work in the Social Media space. While Facebook is still king, other social networks present challenges. Just a side note: Based on some recent conversations with SMB owners, they are a little concerned about how Facebook...

The Map: Transformed from a Statiic to Evolving Platform This occured to me while watching Dora, the Explorer, and her magical map. Deloitte recently came out with a report discussing the power of combining location data with government information. While the report focuses on the influence this is having...

Last week at the Digital Strategy Innovation Summit, I listened to Gabe Vehovsky, SVP of Digital Strategy from Discovery Communications. He talked about innovation and a company’s ability to combine Entrepreneurs, who are good in exploring and leading in a visionary manner, together with Experienced...

Podcast: Play in new window | Download Some shy away from IBM, but throughout my Internet career, I have found them to be a loyal business partner. In 1996, for example, I partnered with “Big Blue” to create the first multimedia backend database used on the Internet. At Borders.com, we used the...

From a Deloitte and Harris Survey just announced findings from a survey about company culture called “Core Values and Beliefs” Key finding: Executives and employees have different point of view on whether social network helps build a company culture: 41 percent of executives believe so vs...