Review: What is Diffusion? In the introduction to the topic of diffusion here and here, I mentioned that Diffusion of Innovations, a study of innovation, sociology and communication written over fifty years ago is still relevant in our present time. You … Continue reading
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As stated in my first post on this topic, Everett Rogers’ work of work fifty years ago, Diffusion of Innovations was so insightful that it still proves helpful in this present time regarding the spread of ideas, and its application … Continue reading
Fifty years ago, Everett Rogers wrote a work on business and society that is still relevant to this day. The work is the well known, Diffusion of Innovations. While it may be hard to believe that a book from an … Continue reading
A History of Entrepreneurship As someone who grew up with entrepreneurial parents, I can say without hesitation that there is no job experience that can completely compare with the rewards and perils of such a career path. Although many would … Continue reading
Way back in the early 1990s during my undergraduate business studies, we began learning about various predicted changes that were going to occur in the structure of leadership throughout corporate America, and all organizations. Sixteen years later in graduate school, … Continue reading
Recently I have found myself running virtually every business topic I consider though the grid of the social era. This is particularly interesting to me since there are a number of principles in business that are timeless in nature, but … Continue reading
In our present time, where social is the model and connected is the norm, where is the disconnect between good ideas within the firm, and the application of innovation to make those ideas happen? In my MBA program, we were … Continue reading
In order to inspire staff within an organization, the executive leader must be assertive to regularly communicate the strategic design of the firm, and motivate everyone within the organization from the executive staff all the way to the operational level … Continue reading
Effective communication involves many components, and some are more appropriate than others at a given time and in a given scenario. Effective communication is moving both directions, but most people I have known who consider others as good communicators, refer … Continue reading
Innovation and Change, a Historical Perspective A historical perspective of an organization, as those cited by Willem Mastenbroek from over a decade ago are not only interesting as an evolutionary history of organization and the firm, but also facilitate insight … Continue reading