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Listening To Your Customers With The Five Digital Senses

BY Kaihan KrippendorffWed Sep 14, 2011

In person-to-person conversations, we listen and influence others based on our five senses. Online companies should similarly listen to their customers with the five digital senses. Here's what they are and how to gauge them to better serve your audience. READ»

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How To Make Millions Through Storytelling

BY Kaihan KrippendorffThu Jul 28, 2011

For the journalists out of work at Rupert Murdoch's News International, for the authors who will be selling fewer books with the bankruptcy of Borders Books, here is an idea for turning your storytelling talents into real money.READ»

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Caracas Debrief: Outthinkers Don't Hold Their Breath

BY Kaihan KrippendorffThu Jul 21, 2011

While businesses in Venezuela continue to struggle with the same uncertainties, activity is brewing under the surface.READ»

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Change The World With "Old School" Social Networking

BY Kaihan KrippendorffFri Jul 15, 2011

The Milken Institute published a paper earlier this year that points to some fundamental problems with our health care system. Our system has devolved into providing care (it is a health care system) rather than finding cures. It is ...READ»

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The Technologist In Maid's Clothing

BY Kaihan KrippendorffWed Jul 6, 2011

There is something going on that will increasingly complicate the lives of the analysts, investors, regulators, and lawyers whose lives depend on a tidy classification of companies by industry. Is Google an advertising, software, online-service, payments, or mobile phone business? Is Apple a computer, software, design, or digital entertainment company? READ»

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Apple Takes On The Cloud

BY Kaihan KrippendorffWed Jun 29, 2011

The cloud, or software as a service, is old news. Salesforce.com has been pushing it for a decade and many of the companies I've covered here have been offering what we now call "cloud" computing solutions for years. (You can view my ...READ»

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The Unexplainable Rise Of Google

BY Kaihan KrippendorffWed Jun 22, 2011

In August of 2004, Silicon Valley and investors worldwide were engaged in what would turn out to be an historical debate: what is Google worth?READ»

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Taking The Middle Path To The Middle Kingdom

BY Kaihan KrippendorffWed Jun 15, 2011

There is a predictable strategic narrative unfolding in China. Those who know this narrative have a chance to build enormous value for their companies. Those who do not are likely to miss out.READ»

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Why Samsonite And Prada IPOed In Hong Kong

BY Kaihan KrippendorffWed Jun 8, 2011

I spent last week in Singapore, conducting a strategy workshop. Singapore gives you a disorienting view of what many still call the "developing world." Ultra-modern buildings thrust like shiny sculptures high into the sky. Clean streets, order, and precision are the norm. And everyone seems to be smiling.READ»

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The Strategic Power Of Memorial Day

BY Kaihan KrippendorffWed Jun 1, 2011

This past weekend was Memorial Day in the U.S. I was reminded of the importance of the past while cruising the Long Island Sound on a boat with my wife, children, and friends. I kept turning the wheel to keep us moving in the right ...READ»

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The Flow Of Technology Adoption Reverses

BY Kaihan KrippendorffThu May 26, 2011

Where once corporations drove tech adoption, increasingly consumers are in the driving seat.READ»

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Not Another Career Book

BY Kaihan KrippendorffWed May 18, 2011

I'll be honest. When my friend Dr. Michael Froehls asked me to review his just-released book "The Gift of Job Loss," my immediate thought was, "Oh no, not another career book!"READ»

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Three Steps For Reevaluating Your Company's Strategy

BY Kaihan KrippendorffWed May 11, 2011

ARBA was hatched as an innovative technological idea. The success of Amazon.com and other online retailers had proven that people would buy online. However, the dot-com bubble burst, driving ARBA's stock price down toward $10 a share, from over $700.READ»

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Malaysia: An Alternative Eastern Option

BY Kaihan KrippendorffFri May 6, 2011

For Malaysia, entrepreneurship is a big driver of the economy--the industrial sector is the largest contributor of GDP. Beyond these sectors there are not many options for people who want to pursue a corporate career. Instead you must start or join a small business. Luckily, Malaysia makes that easy--it only takes a few days to incorporate a new company. READ»

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Power Vs. Force: Which Caught Osama?

BY Kaihan KrippendorffTue May 3, 2011

If the killing of Osama bin Laden teaches us anything, it illuminates the true distinction between force and power. Force is charging against your enemy; Power, on the other hand, is more delicate to handle.READ»

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To Catch Something Let It Go

BY Kaihan KrippendorffWed Apr 27, 2011

My mother and father had me marching for peace. I was just a few months old in my mother's arms. My parents, wearing long hair and chanting songs, like remnants of the '60s, spent 1971 doing what they could to put an end to a civil ...READ»

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5 Steps For Building Company Value

BY Kaihan KrippendorffWed Apr 20, 2011

Perhaps AT&T's recent announcement that it would buy T-Mobile for $39 billion got you thinking: how much is my business worth and what would it take to double its value this year?READ»

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Developing Countries--The New Frontier?

BY Kaihan KrippendorffFri Apr 8, 2011

It's been a couple of years since I last visited Peru, and more than five since I had an apartment in Chile, and these gaps highlight an unmistakable trend. The center of the world is shifting from the developed to the developing world. READ»

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Disruptive Opportunities Within 911 Calls

BY Kaihan KrippendorffWed Mar 30, 2011

Dial 911 from your home phone and the police will know your precise address. But dial it from your mobile phone and they have very little idea where you are. Since mobile phone penetration in the U.S. is greater than 75%, this is a problem.READ»

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Coordination Is King

BY Kaihan KrippendorffTue Mar 22, 2011

New companies and solutions are arising that make it easier for us to coordinate the uncoordinated, to create power without owning, in both the public and private sectors.READ»

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