WHERE LEADERS COME FROM

An old classic from Fortune magazine of 1994. Could answer the oft asked question., "Are Leaders born or are they made?"  

WHERE LEADERS COME FROM If our age seems lacking in leadership, take heart. Warren Bennis says leaders aren't born, they're made -- mostly self-made. - September 19, 1994

Social Media Strategy in 8 steps

1. Build an Ark
2. Listen & Compare
3. What's the point?
4. Success metrics
5. Analyze audience
6. What's your one thing?
7. Engagement & Humanization
8. Channel Plan

These help you to BE social. Not how to DO social media.  
Read more: http://bit.ly/HBAjvhs

How to make your postings go viral

Wharton Professor Jonah Berger in his book, 'Contagious. Why Things Catch on' has given six STEPPS to make people talk and share your postings. 
Here is an extract from his interview:

• Social currency:, It’s all about people talking about things to make themselves look good, rather than bad
• Triggers, which is all about the idea of “top of mind, tip of tongue.” We talk about things that are on the top of our heads.
• Ease for emotion: When we care, we share. The more we care about a piece of information or the more we’re feeling physiologically aroused, the more likely we pass something on.
• Public: When we can see other people doing something, we’re more likely to imitate it.
• Practical value: Basically, it’s the idea of news you can use. We share information to help others, to make them better off.
• Stories, or how we share things that are often wrapped up in stories or narratives. 

For original interview click here.

On giving up or not giving up

Heard in " The Big Bang Theory"

" Are you giving up"?
Sheldon: "No, I am only transcending the situation".

Top 10 Free Video Recording Tools for eLearning

Top 10 Free Video Recording Tools for eLearning

Useful creating on-line course materials. Should try them sometimes.

10 hot tips for moocers | E-Learning Provocateur

10 hot tips for MOOCers | E-Learning Provocateur

I like this quote:
"The successful postgraduate student is highly motivated, autodidactic, connected, and participatory"

Ipocalypse

Can the iPad, iPhone revolution be called 'iPocalypse'? (Matt Damon in 'We Bought a Zoo' )

Six ways we kill innovation without even trying

Six ways we kill innovation without even trying

Constraints achcha hai!

Questions to ask

http://t.co/DTfJSnYKrM
Convergent questions,- what, where, who -to clarify
divergent questions -why, what if-  to expand
and integrating questions - if then, what... to find common ground.

New MBA Curriculum at Columbia

Columbia Set to Launch New MBA Curriculum - Businessweek

So what is new?

Spring time is M & A time?

KPMG report on M & A. How many really generate synergy?
Quoted in The Economist.
http://t.co/95bs9Guj1p

Innovation

Innovation may require willingness to be misunderstood for long periods of time. - Jeff Bezos

http://www.geekwire.com/2011/amazons-bezos-innovation/

With the sustainability Guru - Elkington, Economic Times

CEOs now more conscious about corporate social responsibility - The Economic Times

Worth quoting

The person who knows HOW will always have a job. The person who knows WHY will always be his boss. - Diane Ravitch