What will change the world? Welcome to the hive mind of Twitter.
Kate Carruthers One of the things I love about Twitter is the way it enables serendipity on a grand scale. Recently, I can’t remember how, I ran across @blogbrevity (a.k.a Angela Dunn)…
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Interesting new initiative: #Solved by TACSI via @stokely
Just saw announcement by TACSI that they’ve launched a new campaign. It seems like a really interesting idea, and one that definitely supports social innovation: Why Solved? Sometimes when tackling…
Customer service in the digital age – what changes?
During an exchange on Twitter earlier this year with some folks who were attending #scrmsummit we chatted about customer service and about how costs are a real focus for most…
What kind of zombies have we created?
I was reading Bill Bonner’s recent post Zombies Born of Government Spending where he posits the notion of zombies in our economy. As Bill defines it: “In economic terms, a…
How do we create and share value in a jobless economy?
Jeff Jarvis sparked my thinking on this recently with his post on The Jobless Future. As Jeff so bluntly stated: “We’re not going to have a jobless recovery. We’re going…
The jobless future and social innovation
I have argued previously that capitalism is broken and that we need to find new approaches that are good for people, animals and the planet. Further I asked if social…
Twitter and the great iPhone rescue mission #140conf
You know that moment? The one where you realise you’ve left your mobile phone somewhere. It happened to me recently in New York. I was on the train to JFK…
Inspired and delighted with people’s willingness to work for positive change #sibsyd
I’m exhausted after a busy weekend and totally inspired by the people I just spent the weekend with! We held the first Social Innovation Sydney Startup Camp this weekend. It…
Science communication and social media #media140au
Attending the Media 140 Conference in Brisbane today. The tag line for this conference is “exploring the impact of social technologies on science communication” and it explores some of the…
Why the wiki revolution is real via @dtapscott
This is a fascinating interview by Parag Khanna (@paragkhanna) with Don Tapscott (@dtapscott). Tapscott discusses the potential upside and downside of collaborative revolutions for societies around the world and the…