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Wikileaks, Transparency, Responsibility, and Constructive Action

We’ve been having a really great conversation about the recent WikiLeaks incident on an informal Fletcherite group list, and I wanted to get some of the thoughts up that have been spiraling about, as well as refine my own thoughts.  For those I mention below, if they’ve got a blog, they’re well worth the follow [...]

Doing Business in Boston: Why it’s good and why we should move on

On Monday, Henry McCance wrote about why he moved his firm from Boston to Silicon Valley, and why Boston isn’t a good place to start a company.

Well, I found this to be crap, and sent it to a few locals in high places to see if they had a response.  One of them was Doug [...]

Hasty Use of Social Media and Responsibilities as Users

I listened to Shel Holtz and Neville Hobson’s FIR podcast (#555, 12 July…yes, I’m a little behind on podcast listening) on my way to work today, and they had a conversation about something I’ve written about before (see #7), but only briefly. It’s time to open up the conversation more, because I really do [...]

A small note on Personal Brands, Transparency & Digital Technologies

There’s no escaping the recent headlines of big names having something “private” being discovered, and having their brand tarnished – sometimes severely.  And there’s also no lack of backlash by said big names on the issue of being able to have a private life that’s private.

Take Tiger for example (I didn’t even know what link [...]