Instagram for Business

Dateline: April 1, 2016 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. This week we are looking at Instagram, the increasingly popular social media site for photos and videos.  Business News Daily posted an article that is both a primer and an insightful summary of how businesses can use Instagram.  The article, Instagram for Business: Everything You … [Read more...]

Preparing for Unintended Transparency

Dateline: January 15, 2016 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. Sloan Management Review recently published an article titled "Leading in the Age of Super-Transparency" by Professors Rob Austin (from the Copenhagen Business School) and David Upton (from Oxford's Said Business School).  In it, the authors suggest that we've reached a new … [Read more...]

Leading Digital Transformation

Dateline: July 24, 2015 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. Our organizations are continually transforming, and today the catalyst is the digital opportunities that crop up daily in our world.  Recently the Sloan Management Review published research on Transforming the Digital Enterprise done by MIT researchers and Deloitte Digital.  The … [Read more...]

Derek Jeter’s Boot Camp for the IT Team

Dateline: October 24, 2014 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. This week’s idea comes from a blogpost with a provocative title, "What CIOs Can Learn from Derek Jeters Boot Camp", written by managing editor Jack Rosenberger for CIO Insights.  As you may know, NY Yankee Derek Jeter has announced his retirement after 20 years in baseball.   … [Read more...]

Designing Intuitive Technology

Dateline: September 12, 2014 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. This week’s idea comes from a column titled, "The Social Business Gets Results", written by Sam Greengard at Baseline Magazine. ...in the rapidly unfolding digital age, it's clear that electronic interaction is systematically remapping and rewiring the central nervous … [Read more...]

Why Social Business Initiatives Fail

Dateline: November 8, 2013 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. Getting social business initiatives right is hard. According to Boston College Associate Professor Jerry Kane, who quotes from a recent Gartner study, 80% of social business initiatives will deliver disappointing results. Professor Kane's recent blog at Sloan Management … [Read more...]