Branding 101
A topic of interest for me over this past month has been the importance of design, and – more specifically – concepts of color...
Category: Management 2.0
What is this Evangelism thing, anyway?
While out in Boston last week for my company’s end of year celebration, I had the opportunity to address the entire company for an...
Reaching the Coasean Floor
Funny what you find when you clean out the office. While still at Microsoft, I usually had 3 or 4 books checked out of...
Creative Destruction
In my latest EndUserSharePoint article, I rehash a favorite internal blog post from my Microsoft days where I discuss the concept of creative destruction,...
The Defendable Swag
There is a fundamental flaw in the thinking process of many entrepreneurs out there in the midst of building their companies and seeking angel...
Ignore that Pie in the Sky
A question often asked of entrepreneurs is ‘How big is your market?’ Whether you are trying to raise capital through equity investment, or building...
Invert the Organizational Pyramid
I’m usually good about references in articles and blog posts, but I came across a photo of a sidebar from a Harvard Business Review...
Business Modeling, Teenagers, and Primal Scream Therapy
I was going through my shed, looking for an autographed copy of Sonny Bono’s autobiography (long story), and came across a stack of old...
How to Jump Start SharePoint Governance
One of the most common questions surrounding metadata and taxonomy management is ‘How do you begin?’ As with most user-driven technologies, SharePoint is often...
Why Good Spreadsheets Make Bad Strategies
Two great things about extensive traveling are 1) Harvard Business Review, and 2) The Economist. I love reading both cover to cover, taking notes,...
