by Charlene Li | Apr 24, 2018 | Book, Culture, Employees, Future, Leadership, Privacy, social, Social business, Social networks, Strategy
10 years ago, my co-author Josh Bernoff and I released our first book, “Groundswell: Living in a World Transformed by Social Technologies”. On this anniversary, I wanted to reflect on what our expectations were when we published that work, what has changed, and what...
by Charlene Li | Jun 14, 2016 | Brand, Culture, Social networks, Strategy
Originally posted on AltimeterGroup.com. It was a very smart and strategic move for Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn. With its 433 million registered users (and their professional social graphs), not only is LinkedIn a singularly unique asset, its leadership, culture,...
by Charlene Li | Oct 13, 2014 | Culture, Employees, Enterprise, Future of Work, Leadership, Social business, Social networks, Speeches
I crossed an item off my bucket list when I gave a TED Talk at TED@IBM on Sept. 23rd. The event was part of the new TED Institute, which partners with companies to create TED-curated events. The title of my talk was “Giving Up Control: Leading in the Digital...
by Charlene Li | Sep 12, 2013 | Leadership, Social networks, Strategy
Twitter just tweeted that it has filed a confidential S-1, with the appropriate disclaimer. Here are a few reasons why this filing and IPO warrant close scrutiny. Twitter is the last of the Big Four to go public. In the social networking ecosystem, Twitter is seen as...
by Charlene Li | Oct 11, 2012 | Leadership, Social networks
[crosslinked from LinkedIn] As someone steeped in social media, I’ve been watching each of the presidential campaigns closely to see how they are using social media well — or not. [Disclosure: I worked on Obama’s campaign in 2008 and have donated to it...
by Charlene Li | Aug 29, 2012 | Enterprise, Social business, Social networks
Today’s post was co-authored by Chris Silva. Google announced Google+ for Enterprises today with Hangouts integration into Docs and Calendar, as well as administrative controls such as default posting to only within the company. We’ve been doing some...
