I love women's fashion. No, not in that weird, creepy way. I love the imagination and the style applied to a look.
Their are many consultants and social media experts telling companies about the significance of blogs, the wonder of Qik, and how Dell is using Twitter to sell computers. But if your goal is to get your marcom team ready to integrate social media-related programs and ideas into your marketing plans, then the real question is how can you move them from an operational mindset and culture to one that is prepared for a constant state of change.
I have always been a fan of product design. While I have spent a lot of my professional career in design - graphic design, user experience design, televsion design - I have never worked in traditonal product design. I admire Ideo and have had a chance to work with them via my client Snap-on. I used to follow frog design back in the day. Now I am becoming a fan of Adaptive Path.
A Washington Post story covers a new study by Nicholas Christakis of Harvard Medical School and James Fowler at the University of California at San Diego published last week in the New England Journal of Medicine tracking the pattern of smoking - actually quitting smoking - through a social network.
We have a great Digital Influence team in Singapore. Smart people working with some of the best brands in the world. The team launched a blog a couple of months back and they also launched an idea called the Open Room. It's a meeting place for those neck deep in social media and marketers. Not too much structure - just enough to have a conversation or a meet up.
They have posted a terrific video with sound bites from noteworthy digital leaders from SG:
