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Yesterday I spent some time thinking about how advances in transportation technologies affected the very fabric of village and town society, and about how advances in communications and computing technologies are helping us re-create the village structures we had lost. A number of you commented, on this blog, via Twitter, via Facebook and via Google … Continue reading “Thinking about global villages”
And you know/It makes me wonder/what’s going on/Under the ground Do you know?/Don’t you wonder/What’s going on/Down under you? We have all been here before David Crosby, Deja vu (Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young : Deja Vu) Imagine a world where everyone knew you. There was no privacy. Everyone knew who you were, … Continue reading “Deja vu”
Was a sunny day Not a cloud was in the sky Not a negative word was heard From the people passing by ’twas a sunny day All the birdies in the trees And the radio’s singing song All the favorite melodies Paul Simon, Was a Sunny Day, 1973 Have you noticed how, when you listen … Continue reading “Not a negative word was heard”
Yesterday, in my first post on the subject, I said: “Social” is not a layer. “Social” is not a feature. “Social” isn’t a product. Social is about bringing being human back into business. About how we conduct business. About why we conduct business. Social is something in people’s hearts, in people’s beings, in their DNA. … Continue reading “Social is the plural of personal: a continuation of yesterday’s post”
Note: This is the seventh in a series of posts about the Social Enterprise and the Big Shift. The first post provided an introduction and overall context; the second looked specifically at collaboration, working together; the third looked at optimising performance, enjoying work, working more effectively. The fourth, Doing By Learning, looked at how work … Continue reading “More on Trust in the Social Enterprise”