Exploring social business strategy

I’ve been looking at a variety of potential frameworks in relation to the topic of prosumerism / customer co-creation. I linked to a couple last week, and have developed a few of my own over the past few years, but I continue to find 2 x 2s to be an interesting way to explore the [...]

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Today yet another report came out saying that Canada is facing a long-term pension funding crisis – particularly for defined benefit pension plans. Much of the blame is being placed on the market downturn over the last year. But the reality of this problem is that it is much, much bigger than the recent market [...]

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I’ve been involved in research tied to the principles of wikinomics for quote some time. Most of the stories that emerge tend to be positive in terms of the transformation taking place, both within the economy and society in general. But there is a definite dark side to it as well – one that I [...]

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I’m currently prepping for a presentation on Prosumerism to be delivered in May, which means I’m knee-deep in various frameworks related to the topic. Below are the two I’m focused on right now – the first from OMC Group Insight, and the second from Gary Hayes. Not much to say about them yet, but I [...]

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Wired’s Jeff P Howe has an excellent article today called “Obama and Crowdsourcing: A Failed Relationship?” The story behind it is that, as many people know by now, the President has been active in embracing social media and “crowdsourcing”, but the results have not neccesarily been good. The article provides a great summary of the [...]

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