The Power of What If
What could you learn if you sat down with your toughest critics, your mind open and your mouth shut? My favorite Invisible Thought Leader recently pointed out a great blog post about the Mulally...
View ArticleInfluence Measurement Optimization™
There’s lot’s of discussion – pro and con – about trying to measure influence, particularly in social media. The ability to accurately capture, analyze and rank influence is extraordinarily valuable....
View ArticleInfluence Measurement Optimization™ 2 – Rise of the Mathematicians
This is a follow up to my recent post Influence Measurement Optimization™. There was a lot of discussion surrounding the initial post, so I thought I’d expand on it a bit (with a little nudge from...
View ArticleTurn On, Check In, Hang Out
What do social check-in’s have to do with “influence”? This was the basis for a recent conversation I had with Fred McClimans of the McClimans Group. Check out Fred’s most recent post “Are We Ready...
View ArticleClash Of The Brands
There's a storm brewing in corporate circles. No, it's not about jobs, benefits or compensation. It's at the core of the nature of employment. It's setting the stage for a new kind of challenge, or...
View ArticleBig Data Has Arrived
It’s a coming out party for data. We are recording data at historically unprecedented rates. Have you noticed you keep getting bigger storage devices and somehow continue to fill them up? You’re not...
View ArticleMentoring, Networking and Innovation
I co-authored a post this week for PR Conversations with Fred McClimans on the impact and role of mentoring. Here is an excerpt. You can find the full article here. Excerpt: The “hyper-connected”...
View ArticleLet’s Call It What It Is: Pervasive Communication
I don’t want to talk about social media. I don’t want to talk about social business. I don’t want to talk about social enterprise. At least not in the context which many people seem to be using it...
View ArticleMentoring, Networking and Innovation – Revisited
This post, co-authored by Alan Berkson with Fred McClimans, originally appeared on October 2, 2011 in PR Conversations. It has been reprinted and updated here. History is filled with examples of...
View ArticleSuper-villains, Patents and 5-Year-Olds
If you have the facts on your side, pound the facts. If you have the law on your side, pound the law. If you have neither on your side, pound the table. While pondering the recent furor over an Apple...
View ArticleLooking Forward To 2012
Looking Forward To 2012 A heartfelt thank you to all of you with whom I’ve had the opportunity to connect over this past year: for your friendship, your collaboration and your patronage. Intelligist...
View ArticleFaces of Pervasive Communications
So what exactly IS pervasive communications? I get that question a lot these days. I am starting a new series here dedicated to fleshing out what it means to me and, more important, what it could mean...
View ArticleUpping The Ante On Social For Recruitment
So, yes, a long time ago I applied for a job at CA. I recently received an email (see picture below) that said: Dear Alan, We noted your interest in CA Technologies career opportunities and that you’ve...
View ArticleWhat Do I Do With All This Stuff?
This post is part of my new series for the IBM for Midsize Business program, which provides midsize businesses with the tools, expertise and solutions they need to become engines of a smarter planet....
View ArticleCan you make something trend?
Why do things trend? I’m trying to wrap my head around what is, for me, a very interesting question. I was recently involved in a well-meaning effort by some people with very large hearts to create...
View ArticleBig Data: Is The Answer 42?
Large enterprises have wrestled with massive amounts of data for a long time. As technology migrates out of the IT department and into the boardroom for many businesses, it’s creating complications and...
View ArticleOK, I get Pinterest now
I believe in serendipity. For some time now I’ve been puzzled by Pinterest. The massive popularity and implications of value proposition seemed to be tantalizingly out of reach. I get it now. Or, at...
View ArticleLoose Lips Sink Ships
Technology makes life easier. And more often we are less aware of what we are giving away for that ease. Beyond the privacy concerns of the big social platforms, businesses are struggling with the...
View ArticleI Now Have A Cloud. All Is Well.
Many years (decades?) ago, my father said to me: The world is going to end, not with a bang, but because no one will know how to fix anything anymore. I’m not going to to talk about the disposable...
View ArticleWho’s Dictating Cloud App’s in the Enterprise?
My name is Alan Berkson and I’m a cloud-aholic. I Dropboxed my SkyDrive and CRM’ed my Evernote into my Google Apps mailbox. I’m a victim of cloud sprawl. Are you with me on this one? I am experiencing...
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