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Tom Bolt

Individual Use of Social Media

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The unique ability of social media to provide a channel for two-way communication makes it different from all other media. That one factor has done more to change our world than any other medium in history. We have evolved from consumers of information into a participative culture that gives everyone equal footing as transmitter of data as well as a receiver. Taking advantage of this gift of equality requires understanding what it is and how… Read More »Individual Use of Social Media

Social Medium at Large

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Again we are having a week that has been designated as Social Media Week. The first one was held in New York City in February 2009 and in September 2010 it was expanded to a twice-yearly event and expanded to more cities. The sponsor, SocialMediaWeek.org, has announced that the February 2013 event will include over 100,000 members in 26 cities around the globe. With almost everybody on the planet connected to everybody else through this… Read More »Social Medium at Large

From the Archives of Make HR Happen – Those Times We Talked Time

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While we were discussing a list of items for an upcoming shopping expedition, my wife mentioned that we were out of Thyme. I knew we were not in any particular hurry, so at first this was puzzling to me. How can we be out of time already? It is still early and we have all day to get to the store. Nobody values time as I do because I never have enough of it! After… Read More »From the Archives of Make HR Happen – Those Times We Talked Time

Reviewing This Week on Make HR Happen – Deciding To Read About Decision Making?

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In a week that was probably way overdone in looking at various analogs used to aid in decision making, a series of articles to stimulate thinking along those lines is needed from time to time. We have all been in situations where a CEO or other key executive reads a popular management book and suddenly the decision paradigm blows with the wind of a new idea… sometimes even when it is only new to them.… Read More »Reviewing This Week on Make HR Happen – Deciding To Read About Decision Making?

Travel on a Level Plane – Decision Making Part IV

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This series of articles began with the premise that we use physical symbols like funnels and tunnels to help our brain to focus on an easily understood analogy. The difference between these visual reference points and the complexity of our brain is huge. When we allow our ideas and decisions to be driven by a narrowly drawn graphic we are either shortsighted, lazy or perhaps both. We also know that ordinarily the shortest distance between… Read More »Travel on a Level Plane – Decision Making Part IV