"A striking aspect of the Steve Borgatti network analysis workshop at University of Kentucky was how his talk relied heavily on early network analysis, especially that done with Rob Cross at IBM's Institute for Knowledge Based Organizations where Andrew Parker also worked. Their research inside Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and with BCG clients at the turn of the century, was central to his presentation"
"Use this simple tool to send out surveys and gather information across your Network. Laurence Lock-Lee who presented at a recent KIN Workshop is happy to help with any questions if you get stuck! llocklee@optimice.com.au"
"Trampoline, who are presenting at The KIN 'Locate, Collect, Connect' quarterly workshop, have been attending the 'Enterprise 2.0' event in Boston. Here they blog about what's different, what makes a great party and what's hot (certainly not the toaster!)"
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Report presenting the major findings of of a March 2009 Deloitte Survey looks at how Talent tactics and strategies have changed since their January 2009 survey."
Wall Street journal / MIT Sloane Management Review article. How emerging markets are leading the way in thinking about markets in a downturn. The examples mainly come from marketing and product placement, but these are great lessons in how to think differently about an existing business model. The batteries pricing / packaging example was a neat way of presenting an existing offering in a more attractive & acceptable way during a downturn. The item about focussing on your existing customer base rather than new market opporunities got me thinking about how we use existing knowledge. The analogy works for me, because leveraging what we already know makes more sense than the cost of buying in expertise etc.
"Uniting the Virtual Workforce offers much-needed guidance on how to navigate the largely unmapped territory of virtual work environments in the global economy. The authors do an outstanding job of presenting how organizations should address the challenges of virtual workforces so as to reap the huge potential benefits of increased growth, productivity, and innovation."
-C. Warren Axelrod, PhD, Chief Privacy Officer and Business Information Security Officer, U.S. Trust, and author of Outsourcing Information Security