Archive for April, 2008
What’s your nGen Era Story?
BSG Alliance, my employer, changed its name to nGenera (en-gen-ER-a) this week. I really like the new name and logo. Because we’ve grown so fast (acquiring 5 companies in less than a year), it was important to mash-up all the humans under one single identity and brand. I’m sure someone in my company will correct [...]
Crowd clout du jour– did you say Facebook?
I was flipping through The Economist this morning (one of two publications I subscribe to) and this headline caught my eye: Beware grannies on Facebook The story details about how hundreds of small investors self-organized and forced a decision reversal and reimbursement of investment funds. This is a terrific example of the power of citizen [...]
Corporate Antisocial Behavior: the Enemy is Us.
This bugaboo of a word “social” is the irritant with social software in the enterprise. Social just has too many negative connotations in corporate circles from socialism to socialites. I once heard from a Wall Street executive that he was no longer permitted to use the word “social” when describing 2.0 opportunities. It made senior [...]
