Thought For The Day: “The bad news hasn’t arrived yet.”
- It’s Geek to You, but Not to Them: Meet the Early Adopters
Anyone reading this piece is probably an early adopter. The difference between EAs and the rest of the consuming public is significant. When early adopters develop new products, they make a host of assumptions about users that may not be true. EAs do it for love or entertainment. Everyone else does it for functionality, value and ease if use. There is a broad chasm between the two. - Gartner CIO advice: The good, the bad and the plain odd
The bottom line message is :
1) Focus on talent (alumni networks, attracting the newly liberated and securing the future of your innovators);
2) Focus on and drive towards the future
3) Build new experiences with technologies
4) Build deep relationships withj all of your stakeholders (vendors, employees, alumni, high performers, talent pools) - 8 Predictions for Enterprise Web 2.0 in 2009
Low cost or cost savings solutions will be the big winners. Saas, Cloud Computing, Mobile Apps, Web 2.0 get turbocharged by the down economy. - Recruiting Tips
Hard won insights from the Trenches. Scan these. - “New, User-Centric” Monster Launches Today
It’s four days since the launch and there is limited commentary from users (our industry). Nice thorough reviews from Eric Shannon and Joel Cheezman. A particularly useful comment from Jeff Madison. The comments on the Cheezhead piece seem to mostly bash Joel for his historical bashing of Monster. The most interesting thing about the launch is the loud yawn heard around the web. Monster has some real work to do if it doesn’t want to be an anachronism. A redesign is a good start, kind of like a 5% down payment. The proof will be in the delivery of results to paying customers. - See Cheesehead
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