This post originally appeared on Lesley Crook's LinkedIn. In the past two weeks I've gotten to hangout with some really cool Dutch people, talking Dutch. However, I live in the UK and do not speak a word of Dutch. This has been enabled by Facebook machine-based...
This post originally appears on Lesley Crook's LinkedIn. "THAT WAS THE WEEK THAT WAS" (twtwtw) was a satirical BBC comedy in the 1960s. It broke new ground lampooning the establishment and political figures. Am I right in thinking "twtwtw" was the first TV show acronym-hashtag created over...
This post originally appeared on Janus Boye's LinkedIn on July 2, 2015. "What can you do to create a flourishing and responsive Yammer service at your organization? How do you get your co-workers to embrace the platform and prove its business value to senior management? Lesley Crook,...
Are you leading workforce and leadership transformation? Tasked with crafting new ways to drive business forward across all avenues (technology, culture, and leadership), HR professionals and executives are spearheading innovation in the workforce. Gloria Burke, senior director and Andy Jankowski, founder and managing director of...
Andy Jankowski, founder of Enterprise Strategies and intranet expert, spoke at the IABC World Conference in San Francisco this summer as a guest of Igloo Software. As he spoke these words, his audience of internal communication professionals sat in silence. They weren’t awestruck-- as this...
Somewhere along the way technology conferences became music venues. Anyone catch Green Day at Salesforce’s Dreamforce last year? What about Maroon 5 at Oracle’s OpenWorld? As I am writing this, U2 is playing at Apple’s iPhone 6 Event. And let’s not even talk about South...
What is social business about? I get this question a lot. Occupational hazard I suppose. Well, it is really about a new way of connecting, right? In fact, everything about social is about a new way of connecting. The difference between social business and traditional business...
Social Tools and Technologies Every good salesperson or sales organization knows that sales is a process. Social tools and technologies enhance that process by offering opportunities for improved agility and increased connections, both on the front-end and back-end. Process efficiency is the great differentiator of social...
What is the critical component of successful social business adoption in both small and large companies? Social business transformation must happen from the inside out. At Pivot Conference in New York City, Founder Andy Jankowski talked with Kare Anderson about why social business goes beyond the latest social media trends--organizations must transform...
Innovation. This was the prevailing theme throughout all the interviews, sessions, and presentations at Pivot Conference, the social business conference on October 15-16 curated by Brian Solis. Thought leaders and industry experts shared ideas, insights, and predictions centered around the question “What are the next...
