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How Smart CEOs Use Social Tools to Their Advantage

Harvard Business Review

Social media and collaboration tools not only open the door to faster and more extensive knowledge-sharing, but they also enable conversations that skip levels, silo-busting, and self-organization. Advances in digital technology and their use in organizations carry huge promise to empower people at all levels.

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Day 3 Davos Snapshot

Harvard Business Review

I'm sitting here in the Partners Lounge on the Mezzanine Level of the Congress Center. (See Michael's earlier notes from Davos here , here , and here. And follow Justin Fox's coverage of the conference.). As usual, seats are in short supply, so I grabbed the first one I could find. They are deep in conversation, so I type away for a while.