Category: social strategy
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#HungryGhostTech
Unskillful human nature can be like a hungry ghost, a being always looking to what is next or lamenting what was. A being not present enough to say, enough. The hungry ghost is a metaphor in Buddhism often depicted as a gnarled sickly creature with a very thin throat and full belly. It’s a metaphor…
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Moving from Transactional to Intentional Cultures
The Preface Story… And The Post: When teachers and students are seen as sellers and consumers that’s transactional culture. When the people in local government and in a city are seen as service providers and consumers, that’s transactional culture. In the U.S. since the Reaganite 1980s the U.S. became a largely transactional culture. Today the…
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My answer to How can New York City use technology to serve citizens?
“Culture eats strategy for breakfast!” – Peter Drucker 4 suggestions related to the cultural and human factors dimensions. Probably not where you want to start out, capacity building would be a better focus, but something to consider and plan for sooner than later. “How to engage with City Staff” tech training Info for *both* tech-innovator…
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Follow… Me – Nationalism Diminishes In The Global Human Net
Tim O’Reilly said the following about Obama’s use of social media in a recent Q&A on one of IBM’s business marketing sites. “Clearly there are some new channels for outreach and new channels for listening to what people are telling you. Barack Obama built a really effective platform with mybarackobama.com—and it is really important to…