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Sunday, October 28, 2007Will China’s Rise Lead to an Environmental Catastrophe?
The Economist and WBEZ 91.5 FM presented an Oxford-style debate on the effect that China’s rise would have on the environment at Millennium Park's Harris Theater on 24 October 2007. National Public Radio’s Worldview host, Jerome McDonnell, moderated the session in which two debate teams argued their cases in front of the audience, which then voted on the debate winner. As a baseline, McDonnell polled the several hundred member audience prior to the debate, and we were evenly split and "too close to call." Continue reading "Will China’s Rise Lead to an Environmental Catastrophe?"
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Saturday, October 27, 2007Virtual Worlds and Gaming: Fertile Ground for Real Relationships
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Last modified on 2008-02-01 12:44 Defined tags for this entry: cmo, customer experience, forrester consumer forum, human capital, innovation, marketing, strategy, virtual
Thursday, October 25, 2007Caterpillar CEO Pitches Free Trade Gauntlet to Business Leaders at Executives' Club
A Ph.D. economist with extensive global management experience, Owens made a very convincing argument that the U.S. and the global economy are at a turning point. It is time for the U.S. to lead by example to assure the continuance of the free trade juggernaut that has produced so much wealth in the world. If it fails, the world stands before the prospect of sharply curtailed trade. Following a summary of his remarks, I will offer conclusions and analysis of related market developments. Although he limited his remarks to business leadership, I will also argue that the U.S.'s lack of resolve and leadership is multidimensional, notably with respect to the environment. Moreover, economic and social forces are going to confront the definition of the sovereignty of the nation state due to the collective destiny of all nations due to trade and the environment. In other words, Owens' remarks may be far more applicable than he suggested. Continue reading "Caterpillar CEO Pitches Free Trade Gauntlet to Business Leaders at Executives' Club"
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Last modified on 2008-01-13 22:37 Defined tags for this entry: CEO, china, collaboration, economics, enterprise, executives club of chicago, globalization, human capital, knowledge economy, management, transformation
Monday, October 22, 2007Your Customers Are Revolting ;-)...
The Global Human Capital Journal published the overall conference wrap as well as in-depth coverage of several sessions. Access all through the link to the conference logo (right). Other articles will be published in the days ahead, and we invite you to subscribe to the forum's RSS feed to be notified as they are published. Continue reading "Your Customers Are Revolting ;-)..."
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Last modified on 2008-01-31 14:32 Defined tags for this entry: collaboration, customer experience, empowerment, enterprise 2.0, forrester consumer forum, human capital, marketing, strategy, transformation
Sunday, October 21, 2007Case Study: Playboy's Entrée into Social Networking and User-Generated Content
The Global Human Capital Journal published the overall conference wrap as well as in-depth coverage of several sessions. Access all through the link to the conference logo. Other articles will be published in the days ahead, and we invite you to subscribe to the forum's RSS feed to be notified as they are published. Hefner's advice for senior marketers was to remember that human beings are not fundamentally being changed, even though the way in which they relate and communicate may be changing dramatically. Our humanity, desires and impulses are a constant. Moreover, the value that your company offers to people must be focused on their humanity. The mechanics of how, where and when you deliver the value are crucial "implementation details." If you are in touch with your customer's human desires, you can see beyond the product and the technology. Continue reading "Case Study: Playboy's Entrée into Social Networking and User-Generated Content"
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Last modified on 2008-01-14 18:18 Defined tags for this entry: ceo, CMO, culture, digital hollywood, forrester consumer forum, internet, marketing, strategy
Saturday, October 20, 2007Case Study: on Delta Air Lines' Use of Social Computing
The Global Human Capital Journal published the overall conference wrap and will have several other in-depth articles in the days ahead. You can be notified as to their publication by subscribing to the forum's RSS feed. This session showed that social computing can have a powerful strategic impact at inflection points in companies' histories. As everyone knows, Delta is recently out of bankruptcy, and the airline business is difficult on a good day. The company is in a period of high risk-high reward, and Laura gave the audience a heartfelt behind-the-scenes look at the company's Web 2.0 efforts. Part of the way through the session, she invoked Delta's social computing guru, Jacob Morris, who added some insights: Continue reading "Case Study: on Delta Air Lines' Use of Social Computing"
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Last modified on 2007-10-21 01:19 Defined tags for this entry: collaboration, culture, customer experience, Enterprise, Forrester Consumer Forum, Internet, management, Marketing
Thursday, October 18, 2007Always in Beta: How big Business Can Benefit from "Little" Innovation
A key ingredient to Web 2.0's transformational potential is that the technology is an order of magnitude more explicit, easy to use and less costly. It's possible, and desirable in many cases, to take small steps. On the other hand, Dell took a risky step in launching Direct to Dell in the midst of serious customer service problems, and it leveraged blogs to turn the situation around. The Global Human Capital Journal published the overall conference wrap as well as in-depth coverage of several sessions. Access all through the link to the conference logo (right). Other articles will be published in the days ahead, and we invite you to subscribe to the forum's RSS feed to be notified as they are published. Continue reading "Always in Beta: How big Business Can Benefit from "Little" Innovation"
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Last modified on 2007-11-10 20:51 Defined tags for this entry: culture, customer experience, Empowerment, Enterprise, Enterprise 2.0, forrester consumer forum, Human Capital, innovation, management, Marketing, Transformation
Monday, October 15, 2007Forrester Consumer Forum 2007—Web 2.0 Poised to Cross the Chasm in 2008
Depending on your industry, the next six months will be your last chance to be early to market. As success stories become more widespread and executives realize that Web 2.0 has very low barriers to adoption due to the social Zeitgeist and a relatively low price point, the use of social technologies will rapidly become mainstream. The main barrier to adoption is cultural resistance and organizational inertia. Although this was not a technology conference, in my conclusions, I will provide some insights about why and how Web 2.0 represents a fundamentally new technology value proposition that makes it disruptive—and imminently practical. If you don't understand this, you may make erroneous assumptions about its applicability. This article is Global Human Capital's overview of and conclusions about the forum as a whole, but we will have several other in-depth articles in the days ahead. You can be notified as to their publication by subscribing to the RSS feed of our Forrester Consumer Forum tag. Continue reading "Forrester Consumer Forum 2007—Web 2.0 Poised to Cross the Chasm in 2008"
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