Archive for the ‘Business Transformation’ Category

Top enterprise social networking apps

In: Business Transformation| Social Media

2 Jun 2009

We know that Facebook has revolutionized the way most people spend their time at work, by not working. We also know that while the phenomenon of spending a ton of time interacting with old friends and college buddies gives managers a headache, it also makes them wonder if they could increase collaboration within the company.
As [...]

How to mitigate new hire failure

In: Business Transformation

28 May 2009

My wife Seema recently got an offer to work from a leading wedding decor company as a business development manager. The company has been family run for years and this would be their first hire. The negotiations and discussion on roles and responsibility went through several revisions over a few weeks.
I thought to myself, what [...]

Top ideas at Rice business plan competition

In: Business Transformation

28 May 2009

Rice University is holding their annual business plan competition April 16-18, 2009. This is supposed to be the biggest (42 teams) and the richest ($810,000) in the world. There were teams ranging from Canada to India presenting today. I am on the lookout not for the winner, but for the team that presents the top [...]