Is it just me, or are we in a period when new distribution models are burgeoning? For example: 1. Kickstarter , of course, but not just for startups trying to kickstart their business. For example, Amanda Palmer joined the Louis CK club a couple of days ago by raising more than a million bucks there for her new album. You are trusted. Trust them. MORE >>

A few weeks ago I attended the MIT Sloan CIO Symposium. The theme of this year’s Symposium was Piloting the Untethered Enterprise :  “In today's world of mobile, big data and the cloud, how does a CIO successfully pilot his organization towards its goals?”  . But lots of questions remain as to what those implications might be.  MORE >>

I was interviewed for story recently. It’s still in the mill.) In the correspondence that followed, the reporter asked me to clarify a statement: “that the idea of selling your data is nuts.” Especially because … 3) The sums paid by marketers for personal data are actually tiny on a per-person basis. And for a lot less money. MORE >>

You're reading fresh content from Dan Pontefract at Brave New Org: “If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.”  Henry Ford. Many employees have become disenfranchised or disengaged and as a consequence, it has led to poor business results and lost opportunities. Supplementing the point, 21.6% Risks and Pitfalls. MORE >>

I’ve been thinking more about connections over the past several years than I have about networks. That might seem like an odd thing to say since networks and connections are obviously related. Networks though are bigger, aggregated, more formidable to control and understand than individual connections. Let me provide a simple example. MORE >>