Influence and the Value of the Introduction
INFLUENCE. Sometimes a simple introduction and handshake is all you need. Influence is all around us, present in almost every aspect of our lives. We live through it in school, through our teachers,...
View ArticleWho is influencing your next deal?
Every business deal is a negotiation, and every negotiation has its players and its influencers. Figuring out who the players are is relatively simple – they’re the ones sitting across the table from...
View Article5 Trends Influencing Business Today
The world is presently in the midst of a wave of revolutions, spanning from massive changes in global politics to the ever-exploding presence of social media and online technology into our everyday...
View Article5 Properties of Influence You Need to Understand
There has been a great deal of discussion of late regarding influence, most of it centered around who has it, how to measure it and how to leverage it. So when I sat down with my good friend and...
View ArticleAre We Ready to Add Cause to Social Check-Ins?
There was a time when the phrase “check-in” was associated with things like the front desk of a hotel, the ticket counter at an airport or the main entrance to a conference center (“gotta go check-in...
View Article5 Questions: The Value of Direct vs Indirect Influence
Almost every action, choice or decision we make is the result of “influence” in some particular way. Even our personal preferences are shaped by influence, perhaps through the actions of others (“hey,...
View ArticleMentoring, Networking and Innovation – Revisited
History is filled with examples of linkages between networking, mentoring and innovation, but over the centuries the knowledge acquisition ecosystem has changed considerably. There was a time when this...
View ArticleDisruption and (non) Innovation, Part II
The words “Disruption” and “Innovation” have become lexicons of our current business vocabulary. But while they are closely linked, they are (as mentioned in my post Disruption and Innovation, Part I)...
View ArticleKlout, Big Data and the Meaning of “Opt Out”
Is it possible to have a Klout Score of Zero (K = 0)? Why, you might ask, would anybody want to have such a score in the gamified realm of influence measurement, where higher scores indicate a higher...
View ArticleCrowds, Individuals and Conformity
I’ve always been fascinated by crowds — how they form, why they form, what influences them, and what, in turn, they have the ability to influence. I’ve also always tried to differentiate between crowds...
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