Category Archives: Corporate Blogging

Candid Interview With Will Weider On Consulting (From A Customer Point Of View)

This past week, I had the opportunity to speak with Will Weider, CIO of Ministry Health Care and Affinity Health System, about using consultants. His perspectives are interesting because they are from a customer’s vantage point – not from a … Continue reading

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Corporations Are Learning About Social Media Faster

A lot of people in Twitter circles characterize that twittering feels like the days of early majority blogging, for me circa 2004ish with an even less mature toolset (I am being generous). With respect to business use, it seems like everyone … Continue reading

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Thoughts on Living in a Company Filing for Chapter 11 Creditor Protection

Disclosure: In early March, members of my team and I will most likely be casualties of the economic downturn and inferred strategic changes by our employer, Nortel. This post reflects my perspectives only and not necessarily those of my employer … Continue reading

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Financial Times ComMetrics Global 500 Blog Index

For what it's worth (FWIW) – I just ran across this Blog Index (Alpha). Not sure when this was introduced (perhaps vintage 2008?). I don't fully understand the scope and rankings yet, but I find the discovery interesting given my time … Continue reading

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Personal Account of 1 Year of Blog Atrophy

It's been over a year since my last post. At the beginning of 2008, I basically burned out on blogging. My hands hurt, I developed other interests, there were too many blogs out there, and I needed to spend more … Continue reading

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For My Blog Diary: Whirlwind Notes On Blogs In 2007

For a snapshot of what I am sensing in 2007: Growth in blogs slowing, growth in blog posts slowing (and mainstream media more in balance and cognizant of blogs) Corporate blogs growing, but many companies still on the fence with … Continue reading

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McKinsey Says Companies Are Wary Of Web 2.0

See the article over at BusinessWeek. Hat tip to Steve Rubel who comments, "The enterprise is afraid of letting go of the command and control structure." Those interested in what another leading strategy consulting firm (Bain) is saying about blogs … Continue reading

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Accenture Starts Corporate Blog

Although I had mentioned in the past that Accenture Netherland’s had started a blog podium for its employees, I recently discovered that Accenture now has a global corporate blog (apparently started January 23, 2007 after my updated post on management … Continue reading

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Corporate Blogs Added To Bain & Company’s List Of 2007 Management Tools

Hat tip to Mark Lin on pointing me to leading management consulting firm, Bain & Company, and their Management Tools 2007: An Executive’s Guide publication (note PDF). As context from the publication (bracketed text added by me for clarity): Every … Continue reading

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Nortel CTO Starts Blog

John Roese, CTO of Nortel, launched his Nortel blog earlier this week. Update (1/26/07): Nortel also placed a video on YouTube.

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