CircleCount helps you better understand Google+

2013-05-11 22:31:25 (6 comments, 5 reshares, 17 +1s)

     65% of all learners are visual learners. 1/3 to 1/2 of the brain is devoted to processing the visual. But when our various teaching and training systems try and teach visually they do so based on an underlying flawed paradigm or belief. This short video shows what that flawed concept is and what to do about it.

2013-05-10 15:30:01 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 7 +1s)

Dave Gray’s conception of podular organization affords an important insight regarding how the institutional innovation of edge case businesses (as discussed by John Hagel and John Seeley Brown, can develop and organize. 

2013-05-09 15:02:51 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 4 +1s)

Cars are dumb today. But smart cars are on the way. http://www.flickr.com/photos/davegray/8723659882/in/photostream

2013-05-01 14:20:58 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

Please join me and my friends from Jam Visual Thinking at this one-of-a-kind event in Amsterdam. Only 14 seats left!

http://www.eventbrite.nl/event/6303813877

2013-04-11 16:20:11 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 21 +1s)

The Connected Company just got a 10 out of 10 rating from the British Computer Society. Woohoo! 

"Some books are great to read from start to finish, with tons of stuff to enjoy, learn or be amazed by, but perhaps not always in the same package. However, this is one those books that has it all, and it was a real delight to read from start to finish."

http://www.bcs.org/content/conWebDoc/50360

2013-04-11 00:42:29 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Are you going to WebSci?

2013-04-10 21:28:07 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 5 +1s)

Connecting government

Government is a service and we deserve better.

https://medium.com/the-connected-company/ad2d70c42b8

2013-04-06 16:55:31 (5 comments, 6 reshares, 14 +1s)

Can you describe your company's culture in one sentence? I'd love you to try. This will help me with my culture mapping project.

http://www.davegrayinfo.com/culturemap/

2013-04-02 14:58:54 (4 comments, 2 reshares, 8 +1s)

How I make my sketching videos

cc +Heidi De Wolf 

http://davegray.looplogic.com/the-forge-episode-26-hd-picasso-vs-hemmingway

2013-04-01 15:02:29 (3 comments, 2 reshares, 9 +1s)

A business within the business

https://medium.com/the-connected-company/d5c3107a78f1

2013-03-29 18:26:32 (5 comments, 2 reshares, 9 +1s)

Tell me about your culture

To make it easier for you to help me with my culture card deck I made a simple web form. Tell me about your company culture here (all answers kept in the strictest confidence).

2013-03-29 17:36:10 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 9 +1s)

I've already got some excellent responses to my culture card crowdsourcing initiative. Thanks!

More info here: http://www.davegrayinfo.com/culturemap/

2013-03-29 17:03:17 (3 comments, 2 reshares, 8 +1s)

I am working on a card deck to help people recognize aspects of their company culture. I could really use your help. All I need from you is to write one or two short descriptions of your company culture, the way you would describe it to a friend. PowerPoint template provided. More info here: 

eepurl.com/xq0Jn

2013-03-25 16:15:44 (4 comments, 8 reshares, 15 +1s)

The story behind the Culture Map. 

http://www.davegrayinfo.com/culturemap/

2013-03-19 16:30:55 (3 comments, 4 reshares, 13 +1s)

Nice sketched-up culture map by +Harry van der Velde 

http://zicht.com/values/20130419-DaveGray-culture.jpeg

2013-03-19 01:30:32 (6 comments, 7 reshares, 22 +1s)

I'm excited to share the first testable version of the Culture Map tool I've been working on - http://t.co/hqLrEBFZsH

2013-03-11 21:32:53 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

Wait. Is this true?

2013-03-11 16:03:30 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 4 +1s)

“One of the advantages of living in a world where you can see what Kim Kardashian had for breakfast is that we have a new level of expectation,” Ohanian said. “And if I can see what a total stranger celebrity is having for breakfast, shouldn’t I know what my elected official thinks about things? Shouldn’t I have that same level of entitlement? These people work for us. We hire them. We fire them. We pay their salaries.”
–+Alexis Ohanian

Alexia ohanian calls congress live sxsw2013

#SXSW #CISPA  

2013-03-08 00:05:23 (5 comments, 1 reshares, 5 +1s)

Help me fight the insurance lobby. Thank you.

2013-03-07 23:59:25 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

I just found out that it's impossible to buy sinkhole insurance in Missouri. But there's a bill in the state senate that could change that. Will you help?

2013-01-23 23:08:01 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 7 +1s)

New blog post "Help, I failed !" http://ow.ly/h4xxg 

2013-01-21 22:31:59 (2 comments, 5 reshares, 12 +1s)

What a bad-ass handwritten font. The designer used over 100 custom ligatures to create the very natural feel of letter forms. awesome.

2013-01-16 22:12:08 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

My pal Kristen Ridley felt compelled to respond to today's controversial +Harvard Business Review HBR Blog Network post, Dear Colleague, Put the Notebook Down

(I learned about it via an explosive tweet from +Dave Gray of The Connected Company book fame.) 

2013-01-16 20:48:36 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 3 +1s)

Thoughtful synthesis and review of Ekaterina Walter's new book, Think Like Zuck, by my friend +Rawn Shah 

http://www.forbes.com/sites/rawnshah/2013/01/15/think-like-zucks-new-generation-of-work-ethic/

2013-01-16 20:07:21 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 7 +1s)

Extracting simplicity

Great talk. Hat tip to +Jonathan King for the pointer.

The Future of Networking, and the Past of Protocols - Scott Shenker

2013-01-16 20:03:15 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Social Business Design, part 14: Dear Prudence

"Dear Prudence, won't you come out to play?"
-- John Lennon & Paul McCartney
 
+ConversationLab Social Business Design Tea House Sequence:
1. What is it?
2. What's in it for me?
If a company wants to go social, the "me" needs to be gradually changed into, what's in it for "us".
3. How do I play?
4. How do we play?
5. How do we know if we're playing well?
6. How are we doing?
7. What's the score anyway?

Dear Prudence...
http://www.fastcompany.com/3003393/social-media-and-boardroom-critical-questions-directors-need-ask

"As the latest data indicate,..."

Image +Dave Gray 

2013-01-09 02:12:47 (2 comments, 2 reshares, 18 +1s)

Recording of my Connected Company webcast for @oreillymedia has made it to Youtube!

O'Reilly Webcast: The Connected Company

2013-01-08 18:45:40 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

Is there a correlation between tax rates and GDP?

With all the debate and conversation around US income tax rates, I thought I would look and see if there's any kind of correlation between real GDP (Gross Domestic Product, adjusted for inflation) and the upper and lower income tax brackets.

I'm not a statistical analyst, but I'd like to make a few observations.

1. It's a bit early to tell, but it looks like the growth rate may be starting to flatten.
2. Overall, GDP seems to rise no matter what we do with tax rates.
3. The GDP growth rate increased for every period where there was substantially no change in tax rates.

Maybe people like stability?

2012-12-30 18:35:41 (6 comments, 4 reshares, 11 +1s)

How to know when to draw.

Let's say you're a word person. How do you know when is the best time to use a picture instead of words to explain a concept?

I show you in this short video with +Marcia Conner 

http://www.davegrayinfo.com/2012/12/28/how-to-know-when-to-draw/

2012-12-17 22:55:43 (1 comments, 2 reshares, 6 +1s)

New blog post "The End of Leadership" http://ow.ly/g85kR  

2012-12-17 20:57:19 (18 comments, 11 reshares, 27 +1s)

How to know what to draw

If you want to explain yourself visually, it’s not just how to draw that's important, it's what to draw. In this video I share a simple three-by-three matrix that can help you determine what kind of drawing will best serve your business purpose.

http://davegray.looplogic.com/how-to-know-what-to-draw-2

2012-12-07 23:00:34 (12 comments, 4 reshares, 15 +1s)

Some visual thinking basics

Here are a few sketching tips that should get you up and running in about 20 minutes. 

This video is a bit long, so I added a table of contents so you can quickly navigate to the points you are interested in. The table of contents is available by clicking the icon to the right of the volume control. Let me know about your sketching challenges and I will try to help you through them in future videos.

http://www.davegrayinfo.com/2012/12/07/visual-thinking-basics/

2012-11-18 19:23:31 (32 comments, 1 reshares, 7 +1s)

How might we make our governments more connected and responsive? Where would you start?

2012-11-18 19:22:24 (6 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Hi everyone,

I'm starting an email newsletter where I'll share the things I'm reading, what I'm working on, when I'll be giving talks and workshops and so on. Click the link if you want regular updates.

http://davegrayinfo.us5.list-manage1.com/subscribe?u=b04b240de4415095d407bddbf&id=85f522f982

2012-11-17 20:53:22 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 8 +1s)

http://www.1099mom.com/2012/11/book-review-connected-company.html

2012-11-17 20:52:02 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 4 +1s)

"Written in pods similar to the framework outlined, The Connected Company is delivered in chunks that can be read all as once or worked through in stages.  With incredible illustrations to guide you, this book shows you what it takes to create an organization that connects people – to each other, between layers, and to their customer community."

http://www.actionablebooks.com/summaries/the-connected-company/

2012-11-17 18:05:02 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

https://medium.com/a-writers-life/46235774681b

2012-11-17 16:33:33 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 4 +1s)

Work-from-home Wednesdays

Try putting your 20% time in the middle of the week.

https://medium.com/working-in-pods/3a2fc004eec8

2012-11-15 23:18:38 (9 comments, 14 reshares, 13 +1s)

Does working from home work?

Work from home led to a 13% performance increase... Home workers also reported improved work satisfaction and their job attrition rate fell by  50%.

http://www.stanford.edu/~nbloom/WFH.pdf

2012-11-15 18:38:07 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Just about to kick off Social Media Club webinar on the connected company (2pm eastern). Join us here: https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/288576238

2012-11-14 23:27:17 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

"I think we are seeing the rise of pod like action at small scales but what we are currently lacking are the platforms to enable them to have real impact at scale." ~ +Roland Harwood 

http://www.100open.com/2012/11/connected-companies-coupled-canoes/

2012-11-14 16:43:32 (10 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

Some questions about distributed work teams

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how teams collaborate over great distances. More and more teams are distributed these days, and I think this trend is likely to continue. There’s a lot of software that claims to support this kind of work, and some of the newer tools – like Google Hangout for example – seem to be great leaps forward. Yet many distributed teams still struggle to be effective. 

I think it’s not just the software but the practices that need to change. The way we think about work, the way we coordinate our activities. For example when a team has members around the globe, meeting in real-time will always force someone, somewhere, to be up in the middle of the night or at odd hours.

A physical office has things like bulletin boards where people can see notices. In a physical office you can see whenpeople are... more »

2012-11-14 15:42:14 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

"The authors have done an excellent job in writing this book that I feel is relevant, well-researched, well-written, well-organized, readable, comprehensive, yet not too exhaustive for those who are pressed for time."

Book review of The Connected Company by +Jay Oza 

http://www.5toolgroup.com/1/post/2012/11/book-review-the-connected-company.html

2012-11-14 15:39:35 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 2 +1s)

"It’s not often that you stumble upon a business book that’s both valuable and enjoyable to read. The Connected Company by Dave Gray happens to be both." 

Book review of The Connected Company by @breeanelyse

http://breeanmiller.com/blog/the-connected-company-shifting-from-industrialization-to-connection

2012-11-09 01:16:40 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

2012-11-08 23:55:41 (4 comments, 2 reshares, 11 +1s)

What is a connected company?

http://davegray.looplogic.com/connected-company-overview-4

2012-11-08 20:42:52 (9 comments, 4 reshares, 10 +1s)

+Ago Cluytens asked me some great questions in this video interview.

http://www.coachingmasters.tv/the-connected-company-dave-gray/

2012-11-08 20:28:49 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 1 +1s)

Great post by +Evan Williams 

https://medium.com/what-i-learned-building/4191574378

2012-11-07 22:42:45 (2 comments, 2 reshares, 3 +1s)

Connected Company video explanation

I did a short visual explanation of The Connected Company for a recent conference that i couldn't attend. Would love your thoughts and feedback.

http://davegray.looplogic.com/screen-recording-10-22-12-8-53-am

2012-11-07 16:19:05 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 1 +1s)

I'm giving a free webcast on The Connected Company today at noon Eastern time for the American Management Association. To join us register here: http://www.amanet.org/training/webcasts/The-Connected-Company-Roadmap-for-Business-Strategy.aspx