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Dam Your Social Media Strategy
Have you ever wondered how they build a big dam like the Hoover Dam? The Colorado river isn’t some little stream that just stopped and waited for them to pour the concrete. When you build a damn you actually have to build two dams. In the case of the Hoover … Continue reading
Tagged Business, Social media, Strategy, The Book
The 5 Levels of Social Media Maturity. Where Is Your Company?
Social media continues to grow up and mature but we’ve got a long way to go. I’ve been talking to several clients and prospective clients and I’m seeing some very encouraging signs. One way to gauge the sophistication of your social media efforts is to use the Capability Maturity Model. … Continue reading
Tagged Social media, Strategy, The Book
Digital Agoraphobics and the Digital 3rd World
To say that we live in a hyper connected World is a gross understatement. Some research suggests that instead of the 6 or 7 degrees of separation between everyone we have lived in, current research suggests that it may be as few as 3 or 4. But it’s nothing compared … Continue reading
The Evolution of Society, Madness and Social Media
You have probably heard about Nicholas Carr, or if you don’t know him by name you may be more familiar with his, much talked about article, Is Google Making us Stupid. Carr, a long time tech writer, knows how to get a rise out of the tech audience, that’s for sure. Carr … Continue reading
Tagged Social media, Society, Sociology, The Book
Wild Crazy Ideas About the Relationship Between Social Media and Economics
July has been my slowest posting month here since August of 2008. But it’s not from a lack of writing. I was on vacation last week and got a lot of writing done on The Book. Not as much as I would like but still quite a bit. As I … Continue reading
Tagged The Book
The Relationship Between Social, Human and Financial Capital
Maybe I’ve been reading too much Physics and their quest for the Grand Unifying Theory or maybe I’m suffering from a little bit of delusion and grandeur but I’m calling this the Grand Unifying Theory of Economics (cue Econ PhD’s the World over to rip it apart). The Grand Unifying Theory … Continue reading
Is Capitalism Failing Us? Or Are We Failing Capitalism? Capitalism Needs to Get Social.
I am a true believer in Capitalism. I don’t think there is anything wrong with it. I do think that we have failed to evolve our own thinking about Capitalism and Capital and how we apply the two. One of Capitalism’s flaws or features, depending on your particular flavor of … Continue reading
Time and Social Capital: The Ultimate Constraint
What started off as a metaphor for a book I’m working on has turned into a theory and I’m now wondering if it in turn needs it’s own book. It’s the concept of applying the principles of capitalism to a broader definition of capital. Thinks like knowledge and trust, things being described … Continue reading
Tagged Capitalism, Social capital, Time
Social Media, Social Capital and the Future of Capitalism
In my last post I explored the idea of rethinking what is capital. Jill, Jason and I had quite the discussion in the comments that raised more questions than answers. So I did what I always did; spent many nights when I should be sleeping and many hours on the … Continue reading
Tagged Capitalism, Social capital, Social media, The Book
An Inquiry into the Nature of Social Media and the Capital of Companies
If you’ve been reading this blog for a while you know I’ve been trying to write a book. More for the satisfaction of actually having written a complete thought longer than a blog post. The major premise of the book for the last 3 years (yes it’s taken me that … Continue reading
Tagged Adam Smith, Capitalism, Social media, The Book
