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6 Communication Lessons from Social Media for 21st-Century Leaders

Engaging Leader

I was not one of social media’s early adopters. Not until 2011. I finally got on Facebook in 2009, roughly the same time as your grandmother. All those hashtags and short URLs confused me. The post 6 Communication Lessons from Social Media for 21st-Century Leaders appeared first on Engaging Leader.

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Leading in a New Direction - 3 Techniques for Thinking up New Business Ideas

Great Leadership By Dan

Here's a guest post from entrepreneur Duncan Murtagh," an Irishman living in Taiwan, who has been to New Hampshire several times": How can we move past the tough times of 2011 to a more profitable 2012? This will appeal to both early adopters (who can spread the word) and customers not being served by current DVD rental businesses.

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Is Flexible Work Key To Attracting The Brightest Talents?

The Horizons Tracker

The findings emerged from an analysis of data collected from the UK government’s 2011 Work-Life Balance Survey. So perhaps a good start point is to get early adopters to embark down this road, and then to encourage their stories to be well communicated internally to encourage more managers to shake off the mental shackles and follow suit.

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Personal Needs vs. Customer Relationships

Strategy Driven

People are commonly referred to as ‘buyers,’ ‘shoppers,’ ‘payers,’ ‘non-responders,’ ‘early adopters,’ and ‘eyeballs.’ Complimentary Resource – 2011 Trends Report: Customer Relationship Management. Customer Satisfaction: A Flawed Measure.

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Most Industries Are Nowhere Close to Realizing the Potential of Analytics

Harvard Business Review

Back in 2011, the McKinsey Global Institute published a report on the transformational potential of big data—and it would take a supercomputer to process all of the articles that have appeared since then urging companies to get on board before some digital disruptor renders them obsolete. Insight Center.

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In India, Distribution is God

Harvard Business Review

Not surprisingly, scores of new ventures spring up every year: According to India's Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, 4,853 new periodicals (including newspapers) were registered in 2011 in addition to the existing 80,000-plus. Distribution barriers are not unique to India, of course. Even in the U.S.,

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The Strategic Value of APIs

Harvard Business Review

Early adopters will be able to significantly expand their revenues by discovering and joining forces with blockbuster complementors. In its early days, its user interface was not good enough for regular users. Twitter acquired TweetDeck in 2011. We expect these trends to become much more widespread. Insight Center.

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