Is Social Collaboration a Disruptor? by , for

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According to Wikipedia, "disruptors are employed by several alien species in the Star Trek series, including Romulans, Klingons, Breen, Cardassians, Iridians and Orions in their personal an... read more

Augmenting, Bridging, and FOAF Networking by , for

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While on the road this past week meeting with various partners and technologists at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference, coupled with recent news around Microsoft's acquisition of Yam... read more

Bridging the Echo Chamber by , for

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In his paper "The Social Origin of Good Ideas" (University of Chicago), Ronald Burt states: "a dense social network of people in the same department (and who were therefor... read more

Augmenting Your Social Capital by , for

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Many organizations underestimate the cultural learning curve associated with implementing more social collaboration tools. People are becoming more familiar with consumer-based social tools, yes... read more

How Revolutionary is Social? by , for

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We've all sat in a meeting or overheard someone talking on the train or while at lunch about the latest, greatest social technology, and about how it has changed the way they do their work,... read more

Just Be Genuine by , for

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One of the more difficult aspects of the new world of marketing in a social computing paradigm is throttling your communications. Twitter is fleeting. Unless you've hit on a specific hashtag... read more

The New Normal of Social Sidling by , for

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Remember that great episode of Seinfeld where Elaine was plagued by an annoying officemate who seemed to always appear at the right moment to mistakenly get credit for work he did not do, and wa... read more

Contextualization is the End Goal in KM by , for

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I found myself in Vancouver BC last night, having dinner with my good friends Sherman Woo (@spsherm), Michal Pisarek (@michalpisarek) and Paul Culmsee (@paulculmsee) talking about food, travel,... read more

Quantity, Not Necessarily Quality, Matters by , for

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I overheard two friends in as many days making the same comments about their social networks -- they were in the process of shutting down their networks, decreasing the number of people they con... read more

Social Pays It Forward by , for

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There is great value in the immediate, real-time connections made within the various consumer-based social platforms. Within the enterprise, however, the greater value is realized over time.... read more