Employees Archives - Charlene Li

01 2020 December

Creating a Culture That Supports Disruptive Innovation in a Post-COVID World

Workplace from Facebook sponsored this article. All content is entirely mine. We’ve been living in a world turned upside down by a pandemic, going into...

31 2018 July

5 Tips to Better Train Executives on Digital Transformation

If you are leading a digital transformation effort, you know how important it is to get executive buy-in. Yet many leaders have only a tangential grasp of what it means to be “digital” and shy away from getting their hands dirty. Here are five tips on how to design or retool your digital training and development programs...

24 2018 April

Reflecting on 10 Years of Groundswell and What To Do Next

10 years ago, my co-author Josh Bernoff and I released our first book, Groundswell: Living in a World Transformed by Social Technologies. Today on this anniversary, I reflect on what our expectations were when we published that work, what has changed, and what has not.

31 2018 January

5 Ways to Drive Diversity and Digital Transformation at the Same Time

Although the challenges surrounding diversity and inclusion (D&I) and digital transformation (DT) are often seen as separate, in reality they're actually quite similar. In this article I give some advice on what organizations can do to advance both with the same initiatives.

25 2017 August

HR’s Role in Digital Transformation

We often think about digital transformation as something tackled by the dynamic duo of Marketing and IT. But there needs to be a third -- HR. That's because, while digital transformation appears to be about technology, at its heart it's about people, and the relationships that are changed because of these digital technologies. Today I examine the key takeaways from a recent Prophet report on the subject.

04 2016 February

The Top Digital Transformation Priorities For 2016 – Part 1

Is your organization focused on the right things to drive digital transformation? And I mean a deep, meaningful digital transformation — one where the embrace...

19 2015 February

Announcing My New Book The Engaged Leader

My work with CEOs and other leaders has proven time after time that the wisdom and experience a great leader brings to the table are...

03 2014 December

Creating a Culture of Content — Empowering Your Employees

Content marketing is hot, but it is not solely created by, inspired by, or used by marketing. Rather, content needs exist throughout multiple facets of...

14 2014 November

How Good Is Your Social Business Governance?

In our research and client work at Altimeter, one of the most misunderstood issues we see is social business governance. I’ve seen it defined as...