Shefaly Yogendra

Four For Friday (11)

November 13, 2009

This occasional series of good readings from around the web covers the themes of strategy, technology, investment and regulation. This week’s picks include: the broader business environment, enterprise collaboration and social media, how to pick a co-founder and some humour. Jeff Jarvis argues that the future of business is in ecosystems (link via @Syamant) Rupert Murdoch [...]

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On walls and winning

November 9, 2009

Walls fascinate me. They signify territoriality – such as firewalls keeping desirable people or data in and keeping undesirables out, or even the Great Wall of China. They signify power and imbalance of power – such as Hadrian’s Wall of yore or the Israeli West Bank barrier of today. They are about creating political and [...]

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Four For Friday (10)

November 6, 2009

This occasional series of good readings from around the web covers the themes of strategy, technology, investment and regulation. This week’s picks highlight intertwined themes of entrepreneurship, venture financing, successful commercialisation and, well, politics. Much social media discussion ends up centred on consumers. Not this article which presents A Fractal Perspective on Enterprise 2.0 (hat-tip [...]

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Where did you come from and does it matter?

October 19, 2009

This weekend, Clay Shirky wrote on Twitter: Nokia products say “Made in China” on the back. Chinese-made Nokia-knockoffs say “Made in Finland.” Interesting point, isn’t it? Let’s ignore for the purpose of this post that my Nokia N97 actually says “Made in Finland” inside it (although given my publicly declared love for it, I have [...]

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Obama's Nobel Prize: Lessons for Business

October 12, 2009

To say that all hell broke loose on Twitter, when the annoucement came in on late morning on October the 9th, is to euphemise. For once, world peace was achieved as a chorus rose in unison wondering why Mr Obama had been given the Nobel Peace prize. Jokes at his expense flew around, without fear [...]

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