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Why Facebook, the Leading Social Network, Is Not Actually Very Social (and how they can fix it)

By On January 24, 2012 · 2 Comments

Although Facebook is the world’s leading social network, within sight of a billion global users, it isn’t actually very social, if by social we mean enabling humans to interact in a manner that reflects actual human composition and behavior.

 

Humans are complex beings with multivariate responses to life’s situations. We feel happy.  We feel [...]

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How to Raise Inquisitive Children to Become Inquisitive Adults

By On January 8, 2012 · 3 Comments

I was driving with my ten year old daughter in the car recently.  Over the course of the drive, she casually asked a number of questions, some about things she encountered in the landscape (“how do you think they got those lights all the way into that tree?”) and others about  whatever a ten year [...]

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What Does 19th century Hasidism Have to do with Organizational Leadership? Turns out a lot.

By On December 27, 2011 · Leave a Comment

During the golden years for Hasidism in Eastern Europe in the late 1800’s there were abundant thriving Hasidic communities that flourished under the leadership of a strong leader.  Each community selected a leader based on their demonstrating strong leadership qualities.  In a nod to ‘nature’  in the nature vs. nurture argument, believing leadership qualities are [...]

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Twitter’s Mainstream Adoption Problem

By On November 1, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Update: This post recently appeared on Venture Beat: http://venturebeat.com/2011/11/10/why-twitter-has-a-problem-going-mainstream/

Nick Bilton of the New York Times recently wrote about why Facebook works for all while Twitter works for some:

…And, like my family, she [his sister] never really took to Twitter. When I asked her last year why [...]

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