Today's post represents my 1002nd since 2005, when I launched bizsolutionsplus. It also represents my last. After much thought, it seems the right time to end this chapter in my writing life and move on to the next. Thank you to my thousands of...
Topics: bizsolutionsplus, Lewis Green, the final chapter

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Today, I want to tackle a subject that touches communications, including social media--self-centeredness and narcissism. My inspiration for this post comes from a CNN.com commentary penned by Ruben Navarrette Jr., a nationally syndicated columnist. It is.
Topics: attitudes, Facebook, Glen Beck, Keith Olbermann, narcissism, Our Planet, People Come First, Relationship Building, respect and dignity, Ruben Navarrette Jr., Rush Limbaugh, self-centeredness, social media, Social Networking, Twitter

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Who and what do we trust? Very few and not much, it seems. For some context, here's the lead paragraph from a May 2009 Time article by Adam Smith entitled, What Banks Are Still Missing: Trust: "...bankers around the world took wild risks that...
Topics: Clarifies Expectations, Confronts Reality, Delivers Results, Demonstrates Respect, Extends Trust, Gets Better (constant improvement/learning), Keeps Commitments, Listens First, Practices Accountability, Rights Wrongs, Shows Loyalty, Stephen M.R. Covey, The Speed of Trust, Transparency, Trust

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My last two posts have focused on what I believe is a giant leap toward creating Social Businesses, a phrase beginning to enter the dialog created with the coming of Social Media. To date, I believe the Dachis Group has made the biggest contribution...
Topics: Business Culture, business model, Dachis Group, David Armano, Entrepreneurs Commons, Jeffrey Dachis, Marc Dangeard, Operations, reinvention, social business, social business definition, social media, social objectives, transformation, Wikipedia

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Yesterday's post (Social Strategies Grow Out of the Culture, Not the Tactics) grew out of the news that the Dachis Group acquired Headshift. Two things you need to know to understand why this news might change the way businesses operate: Headshift is.
Topics: Business Culture, business model, Dachis Group, David Armano, Dell, Ford, GM, Headshift, Jeffrey Dachis, Jevon MacDonald, Kate Niederhoffer, Logic+Emotion, Operations, Peter Kim, reinvention, social business, social media, Southwest Airlines, Starbucks, transformation

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