Strategy Driven

JANUARY 26, 2011

As the chairman and CEO of Mzinga ® , a company that provides social software to businesses, quite literally, it’s my job to be social media savvy. This emerging social era is about engaging everyone around you to redefine what you do and how you do it – including sales, marketing, R&D, customer support, and product development.

Media 67

Media Learning-by-Doing Open-book Company 67

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

electric utility sector, in which the existing model for energy generation, which has prevailed for a century, may now be giving way to a new one. We studied the sector for three years and came up with some very interesting findings about the “adjustment costs” that companies incur when they disrupt themselves.

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Company Disruptive Innovation Decentralization Software 8

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 22, 2010

As the chairman and CEO of Mzinga ® , a company that provides social software to businesses, quite literally, it’s my job to be social media savvy. He is Chairman and CEO of Mzinga ® , the leading provider of social software, services, and analytics that improve business performance.

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Media Learning-by-Doing Newsletter Blog 57

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 8, 2010

He is Chairman and CEO of Mzinga ® , the leading provider of social software, services, and analytics that improve business performance. As a leader and manager, you’ll learn how to use these tools to harness social interactions to improve your business and to create your own social nation.

Self-aware 72

Self-aware Media Open-book Learning-by-Doing 72

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

Whether you’re taking over an existing team or starting a new one, it’s critical to devote time and energy to establishing how you want your team to work, not just what you want them to achieve. Case study #1: When in doubt, over-communicate. Czarina Walker, the founder and CEO of InfiniEDGE Software, had a crisis on her hands.

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Team Case Study Goal Project 13

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Managing a toxic person can eat up your time, energy, and productivity. Case Study #1: Give direct feedback and support the rest of the team. Christina Del Villar, the director of marketing at accounting software firm Webgility, managed a small team at a start-up earlier in her career.

Management 14

Management How To Document Case Study 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 23, 2015

.” Think about what you like doing… Spend a few days mapping your energy and engagement levels at work every few hours. People often begin to notice obvious peaks and valleys to their days—times when they feel productive and engaged in their work, and other times when their attitude sours and their energy wanes.

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How To Mentor Case Study Career 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2016

When you’re in a work situation that seems “profoundly unfair,” it tends to eat away at “your psychic and emotional energy,” says Dillon. Case Study #1: Stay positive and become the source of your own approval. ” Case Study #2: Find a sounding board. Get perspective.

Mentor 8

Mentor Case Study Learning-by-Doing Career 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2011

This has been an explosive summer — markets in turmoil, cities in flames, politics in meltdown. It is also an entertaining case study in the power of grassroots innovation and open-source creativity, a positive symbol of how unchecked human energy, shaped by a few simple rules, can unleash truly amazing results.

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Creativity Participative Audience Incubator 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2012

Brands are spending a great deal of time and energy investing in platforms to get likes or pluses, and not really being social at all. So many brilliant people have been writing, speaking, and sharing case studies over that length of time, that if I only listed a few, I'd miss some really important thinkers.

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Marketing Brand Mass Marketing Metrics 17

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

It will change the category you compete in, the products and services you sell, and how you market them, and even the talent you acquire. These three mini case studies will show you just how profound those shifts will be. Longer-term, Lowe’s needs to reinvent the way it markets and sells to consumers.

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Industry Retail Software Marketing 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

It will change the category you compete in, the products and services you sell, and how you market them, and even the talent you acquire. These three mini case studies will show you just how profound those shifts will be. Longer-term, Lowe’s needs to reinvent the way it markets and sells to consumers.

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Industry Retail Software Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 7, 2016

Almost 50% of market pioneers fail, and later entrants or organizations that don’t enter a market first often end up being more successful. Being optimally distinct—and marketing yourself as such. There are case studies in other sectors too: Just look at Chobani. They weren’t.

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Productivity Products Succession Transportation 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2016

“Startups are cauldrons of energy, stress, and joy. Case Study #1: Get to know the founder and spend quality time with the team. “I was quite happy running a marketing organization within a larger software company,” Steve recalls. ’” he says. ” Don’t get discouraged.

Due Diligence 10

Due Diligence How To Learning-by-Doing Case Study 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 7, 2017

“When someone is toxic and draining your energy, you sometimes have to figure out how you can get distance from that person or limit your interactions with them.” Case Study #1: Offer your help and perspective. ” Case Study #2: Be empathetic and praise your stressed-out colleague’s strengths.

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Stress How To Self-aware Case Study 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

As the boss, your goal is to have all your employees operating at their peak level of energy, efficiency, and motivation—which can be a challenge when it comes to leading a team comprised of introverts and extroverts. Case Study #1: Talk to your team members about how they prefer to work and learn.

Management 8

Management How To Brainstorming COO 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2011

Challenge to connect the efforts, energies, and insights of in-the-trenches management innovators, to inspire aspiring innovators to action, and to collectively make progress on the urgent challenge of creating organizations that are fit for the future and human beings. We launched the Management 2.0 We launched the Management 2.0

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Management Short-term Strategic Planning How To 12

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2012

trillion in government support for seven "strategic emerging industries," including alternative energy, biotechnology, next-gen IT, high-end manufacturing equipment, and advanced materials. Case studies around corporate adaptation to technology — or the lack thereof — should feature much more prominently.

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First-mover Advantage GDP Technology Biotechnology 8

Miles Anthony Smith

MARCH 3, 2018

Evergreen Content Case Study: Why Long Form Content Performs Infinitely Better on Google’s Search Engine You’re probably wondering to yourself, “I don’t believe SEO works anymore.” Or maybe you don’t buy into content marketing and its efficacy due to the overwhelming amount of content out there.

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Content Video Short-term Case Study 56