Where Web Content Meets True Network Intelligence An essay on the future of information networks and ‘socialized’ media…
Global brands are hiring less and less agencies to do their marketing, advertising and outreach for them, and are instead exploring the intersections…
Friends at Work? Not So Much
What will make workplaces less transactional? Research suggests that social events aren’t always effective: People don’t mix much at mixers, and at…
Building up and breaking down silos Play
This book started during the great financial crisis of 2008. But it is not a book about finance. Far from it. Instead, it asks a basic question: Why…
The Problem with “Help” in Global Development
To move beyond good intentions, the development paradigm must shift toward collaboration, community involvement, and empowerment.
What’s Coming Next in Digital and Social in the Enterprise?
The result is, if you’re not currently dedicating a significant amount of time in some part of your organization researching what’s happening, the…
Do People Mix at Mixers? Structure, Homophily, and the “Life of the Party”
We used electronic name tags to conduct a fine-grained analysis of the pattern of socializing dynamics at a mixer attended by about 100 business…
Getting Closer at the Company Party: Integration Experiences, Racial Dissimilarity, and Workplace Relationships
Using survey data from two distinct samples, we found that reported integration behaviors (e.g., attending company parties, discussing nonwork…
Friends at Work? Not So Much
ONCE, work was a major source of friendships. We took our families to company picnics and invited our colleagues over for dinner. Now, work is a more…