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Pattern Language for Generative Interactions: 3 Approaches to Learn

May 9, 2014

Tweet Designers use Pattern Language — a lexicon and grammar that communicate the details of how and why a design is terrific — to share expertise and promote good design. We need a pattern language for business-to-business relationships. We need to be able to define, design and simply talk about business relationships that are generative. “Good design” […]

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What Makes Digital Tech Companies Models of Generativity?

March 13, 2014

Tweet Buffer, WordPress, AirBnB, Waze, LoveWithFood, ModCloth, Etsy— so many of the organizations I’m using as examples of generative businesses share a similar profile: They are relatively small, young, organized around a core software process or product, filled with coders and developers, and part of a specific tech community. Why is generativity such a defining […]

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3 Jobs Where You Can Lead The Boost Revolution

January 29, 2014

Tweet Hankering to lead the Boost Revolution in your own company?   You can boost other businesses while you build your own no matter what job you hold in your organization. All you need to do is shift to more generative practices for your day to day work.  But if you really want to get […]

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My TEDxHoboken Talk: The Boost Revolution

October 22, 2013

Tweet It is a truth universally acknowledged: … that watching yourself on a grainy video talking about the ideas closest to your heart is rather mortifying.  So, with a little cringing, I’m excited to be able to share the video of my TEDxHoboken talk, The Boost Revolution: Expanding Possibilities for Business. It took some time […]

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How Coworking Fosters Boost Relationships

July 26, 2013

Tweet As a person who works more than half her time from a home office, I sometimes daydream about renting a desk at a coworking space in the city.  It would be in one of those cool spaces downtown, maybe connected to an accelerator, where I could work on my own stuff and be surrounded […]

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What would YOU call this kind of Boost Economy sharing?

June 19, 2013

Tweet Gift.  Investment.  Venture.  Share.  Starter.  Karma. Proactive Reciprocality.  Productive Altruism. Investment Sharing.  B2B Freemiums. ‘Give’N Maybe Get’. Networked Sharing.  Expectant Generosity.  Why don’t we have a word for Boost Economy sharing? I have tried each and every one of these words to describe a behavior in the Boost Economy, and none of these labels has […]

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Only Partner With Businesses Who Have the Love And Will Share It

October 25, 2012

Tweet I was meeting with a Silicon Alley entrepreneur, talking with him about options for extending his company’s reach by partnering with other businesses that target his same audience. He’d had a short-term partnership with Company A but the results had been lackluster. The entrepreneur had come away from the experience disappointed, and was about […]

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WFRN Social Media Workshop

June 13, 2012

Tweet For participants in my Scholar 2.0 Workshop at the Work Family Research Network Conference (July 16) Why Social Media? 5 Reasons Why Management Scholars Should Be Reading Blogs by CV Harquail 10 Common Objections to Using Social Media Marshall Kirkpatrick, ReadWriteWeb Introducing Your Esteemed Colleagues to New Techniques: 7 Tips from The Politics of […]

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7 Frame-Changing Experts on Social Business and Social Organization

March 13, 2012

Tweet With the growing interest in social business and how social technology can change organizations, we’re starting to hear more and more mainstream business commenters weigh in with their opinions. While these new and novice commenters won’t drown out the voices of the well-established experts (especially those who have corporate support behind them), the increase […]

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Is there a Business Model behind that Values Statement?

March 1, 2012

Tweet There are many fledgling businesses that have laudable intent and shaky commercial foundations.   This is a problem because, in an ideal world, the businesses that stand for values we share should also be able to sustain themselves as businesses. That’s the key premise underneath social entrepreneurship and conscious capitalism. Purpose-driven organizations need compelling values, but they also need […]

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