How to Sell an Idea to Your Boss
From Harvard Business Review:
By John Baldoni
What do you do if you're a middle manager who sees the big picture but you work for a boss who only focuses on the here and now? Once upon a time, organizations functioned just fine when orders flowed down from on high. But as the global business environment has evolved, the need for decentralized rapid decision-making has become critical. We need creative men and women to step up and lead from the middle. So what do you do if your boss wants you to keep your place?
Happy Diwali
Have you done your best for Pakistan?
You read about it. You hear about it. But the moment of realization occurs when you see it. One such momentcame to me last weekend when Maitreyee, Sohini and I went to volunteer a few hours at Unicef. The fact that we did so was an event in itself, because it made us so happy to give a little time, a little of our energy and a lot of our love for people we don’t know. What was even more noteworthy is that more than 500 people – far beyond what Unicef expected – responded to the request to help pack 10,600 health worker kits that had to be urgently shipped to Pakistan for the victims of the recent floods. In fact, a colleague from Unicef said many of them had to be turned away because there was not enough space in the assembly lines to accommodate them. Next time, they would split the task into two days, he said.
Zurich journal
The Million Follower Fallacy - Audience Size Doesn't Prove Influence on Twitter
A group of researchers have proven something we already expected to be the case: your Twitter follower count is somewhat of a meaningless metric when it comes to determining influence.
Our Social Media Obsession by the Numbers
Our Facebook and Twitter activities continue even after we’ve hit the hay, with 48% of respondents checking in on activity when they wake up in the middle of the night or as soon as they wake up in the morning. Unsurprisingly, these night owl social media behaviors skew heavily toward those under the age of 25.
Read more on Mashable: http://mashable.com/2010/03/17/social-media-usage-stats/
Confluence of cultures
