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HBS Working Knowledge has an interesting article on this topic. I too have often wondered why some organizations are never able to scale-up. And why excellence is a board room discussion and not a widespread culture in organizations. The truth is managers can afford to ignore it or act as if it is n...

India is a land mobile phones - 116 million subscribers to be precise at the last count. Community building integrating the mobile and the net is a sweet spot for markets like India. Yahoo has launched Mixd. Take a look at what Yahoo has to say:

Mixd is about going out. Coordinate last-minute meetups...

Chat has become part of everybody's life on the web. It's the most often used form of communication today. It helps build communities, keep in touch with your friends etc. But, what kind of innovations in chat can change our life further? Techcrunch has a nice article on the same. Take a look:

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Here's a post from Jim Berkowitz which talks about how champion companies leverage people as a competitive advantage:

When Capital Magazine editors asked Dr. Ellen Weber for a feature article for their November issue,  she decided to explore how companies today compete for those hard to land pla...

In the cycle of hectic & maddening activities each day, we tend to lose the meaning behind why we do them! I have often seen when employees are not involved, disinterested and 'mechanical' in their attitude(when they talk  and treat their customers), it shows. That's the time to introspect ...

Greg writes:

And, no, I'm not paraphrasing something that I bet Thomas J. Watsonnever uttered in 1943 anyway. But he should have because, ultimately, he might turn out to have been right.

Let's see, the Google grid is one. Microsoft's live.com is two. Yahoo!, Amazon.com, eBay, Salesforce.com are thre...

Read this nice article in NY Times today. It highlights how there must be a service level priority and understanding, amongst employees to treat customers and their requests. Many a times, I feel the inability to understand this, leads to service dissatisfaction in organizations. The intent might be...

There is an interview with Bruce Smith, Chairman and Chief Executive of Tesoro Corporation in NY Times. He makes an interesting point about work and to me this is so true what makes successful people and great coporations:

"One thing I tell my sons today — I now have five sons — is, do something...

There has been a lot of buzz around scrybe. Looks like an incredible product that can make  a customer's life simpler, easier and convenient.

Scrybe^TM is a groundbreaking online organizer that caters to today´s lifestyle in a cohesive and intuitive way. Simple solutions for some age old problem...

Gartner analysts predict there will be a large-scale shift in technology influence toward consumers and away from central corporate IT departments.

In a keynote speech on Monday, Gartner's director of global research, Peter Sondergaard, warned conference attendees that consumerization will be the mo...