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The Meme is the Massage

I believe McLuhan was right and that we´re just starting to feel it. Since the interconnected electronic world became more or less open (and is still opening up) we get a medialized mental environment – on steroids. Memes swoosh over the world bashing into each other, from little short-lived and often bizarre memes to value-memes … Read more →

future, media, prediction, social networks

Disruptiv verksamhetsutveckling: fem steg till framgång i en oregerlig och snabbrörlig omvärld

Idag har jag nöjet att introducera Annika Lidne´s och mitt gemensamma projekt att skapa ett strategiverktyg för företag och verksamheter i det allt mer snabbföränderliga och svårbegripliga samhället vi lever i. Nya företag växer upp och blir dominerande på rekordtid medan stora etablerade jättar som borde ha resurser att hänga med och innovera kan tappa … Read more →

affärstrategi, disruptive leap, evolution, förändringsarbete, innovation, introduktion, modell, verksamhetsutveckling

Framtiden byggs nu: svenska röster om våra liv i nätverkssamhället

En krälande larv blir en flygande fjäril. Ett paradigmskifte utifrån, ter sig lika märkligt för en fjäril som för ett samhälle, och nu är vi mitt uppe i det. Pessimisterna förebådar alltings förfall, medan optimisterna lockar oss med bilder av schlaraffenland. Båda sidor får rätt, tror jag. Det kommer att bli mycket värre innan det blir … Read more →

framtiden, futurism, industrisamhället, informationssamhället, kunskapssamhället, nätverkssamhället, övervakningssamhället, paradigmskifte

You´ve got what it takes to be a visionary leader

This post comes from my pretty vast experience of being unbalanced and balanced, successfull and a complete failure. Sometimes at the same time. It´s a sum up of a lot of ideas and models I´ve come across based on both experience and science. Some of them both. It´s what I´ve noticed when observing the exterior … Read more →

balance, concentration, cultural, douglas rushkoff, global, group, holism, leadership, nicholas carr, regional

Cute Philosopher Bears on Retweets

A tweet by Bobby Bear has gotten retweeted and Bubba Bear has been wondering if there is some pattern behind what tweets get retweeted. That leads them to psychologists and text analysts such as James W Pennebaker and social media scientists such as Dan Zarella. They even mention yours truly! Trailer: Watch the full movie … Read more →

cute philosopher bears, Dan Zarella, Facebook, James Pennebaker, Ken Wilber, psychographics, social media, text analysis, Twitter

Cute Philosopher Bears on the Internet

When you look upon the Internet through the eyes of philosopher Ken Wilber´s integral model (AQAL) you see that the inner “psychology” of the Internet is a perspective seldom discussed. These cute bears have a discussion about it and touches upon Google AI project, Kevin Kelly´s notion of the One Machine and Ray Kurzweil´s ideas … Read more →

AI, AQAL, google, internet, Ken Wilber, kevin kelly, One Machine, Ray Kurzweil, Singularity

How to Win Fans and Influence People Online (for business)

March 13th, 2011 | Posted by mattiasostmar in Practical | Social | Systemic | Yellow - (0 Comments)

People win friends. Business win followers. When we´ve sorted that out, let´s put on the nerd glasses for a while and have a look at what business folks need to understand in order to thrive (start thriving?) online. There´s fundamentally only two things to keep in mind – but mastering them is both an art … Read more →

AIDA, brain, branding, excitement, fans, followers, influence, interest, mythology, online, social psychology, spiral dynamics, storytelling

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