Alchemy of Change -

Why So Many Social Change Organizations Struggle

When nonprofit organizations with issue-specific, niche missions organize themselves around individu...
We Are The Filter Bubble

Computer algorithms aren't the only thing contributing to the "Internet Filter Bubble." Who we choos...
Place-Based Networks: A New Kind of Social Network

Place-Based Networks are mobile social networks that help you connect with other people based on you...
Radical Connectedness and the Evolution of Business

From the self-reliance of yesterday to the radical connectedness of today. ...
Cooperation is Never Perfect

Just as I suspected: cooperation isn’t all fluffy white bunnies. ...
The Biology of Great Organizations

The boundary between what's inside and what's outside the firm is the future of organizational strat...

Klout, Influence, and the Future of Business

Klout helps companies better understand the influence of employees and customers, and this opens the firm more fully to the outside world. Despite its many problems, Klout not only symbolizes the growing importance of influence in marketing, but the increasingly permeable nature of the firm. Read More »
My TEDxRainier Talk on The Soulful Company
Google+ Hints at a Social Media Marketing Revolution
Software Will Replace You
Cooperation is Never Perfect

Social Change

Social Enterprise and the Renaissance of Local News

The old business model for local news is deep in debt and essentially running on fumes. The notion of a truly mission-driven news entity is quite compelling. We see examples of it running quite effectively in the nonprofit world in entities such as YES! Magazine, Grist, and High Country News. While these organizations have editorial voices and geographic territories that make them operationally quite different from a local newspaper, they do paint a picture of what could be possible on a municipal level. Read More »
Social Networks and the Renaissance of Local News
How to Better Target Your Tweets on Twitter: “Tweet to List”
Will Mobile Devices Usher in a Renaissance in Local News?
The Great Unbundling and Collapse of Local Newspapers

Klout, Influence, and the Future of Business

Klout helps companies better understand the influence of employees and customers, and this opens the firm more fully to the outside world. Despite its many problems, Klout not only symbolizes the growing importance of influence in marketing, but the increasingly permeable nature of the firm. Read More »
Radical Connectedness and the Evolution of Business
The Biology of Great Organizations
Social Networks and the Renaissance of Local News
Influence: the Flip Side of Permeability