Some blog posts ago we started talking about individuals who occupy brokerage positions in open networks, a.k.a. brokers. These...

The world is full of problems– poverty, malnutrition, medical access, climate change, natural disasters, etc. It is also full...

The never-ending financial crisis has sadly cost many people their jobs. It is well-known that networking can help people find...

As I am preparing for a teaching session in a couple of weeks in Moscow, I realized that we had not written about one of the...

Continuing on the theme of what the current market uncertainties may mean for leaders and their organizations…

Profits come from the gap between revenues and costs. So it is not surprising that when a downturn hits (typically in the form...

Christmas is in the air and I am sure many of you have been buying gifts for your loved ones. Not to be the Grinch– but there...

A final entry on coping with recessionary times (for now), although a theme we may return to…

A few related things happened this week which all prompted me to write about retail innovations. First, a startup company I am...

According to the press, we are in the middle of the “ten days to save the Euro”. Although this may sound a bit sensational (it...

Hardly a week goes by without yet another milestone for “ethically labeled” products. You know, the products that are labeled ...

We use the term “brand” with such frequency, such alacrity, and such assurance, you’d almost think we know what it means.

At some point in the future regulators may look at the industry and argue that dominant social networks are “natural monopolies...