Social Studies
Companies will soon be able to know what you’re going to do—before you do.
My SW Spirit “next tech” rundown of mobile with location, predictive & context.
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A Sea Change
In the turbulent, page-turning world of book publishing, it’s sink or swim
© 2011 • Southwest Spirit & Stuart Wade • all rights reserved
In a word: timelessness. read more Newsweek International: An Eye for Detail » According to Edward Tufte, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer no longer allows internal pitches in PowerPoint. Given the rise of concise communication and mobile/social trends, could a move toward “one-pagers” really be a surprise? Recently I worked alongside a technology executive who prefers that his reports brief him in the form of a single-sided Word document. Summarizing complex or lengthy news in such a tight space is liberating. From the point of view of the executive, it makes sense: rather than cranking out 40-slide dreck that nobody pays attention to, his people learn brevity and are able to get far more important things done with their time. As a result, weekly meetings are energetic and mercifully short. Little wonder, he’s a popular guy. I’ve converted a 28-slide Apple Keynote document I created to such a “one pager” (below). The idea is, this (like a cumbersome PowerPoint) would be the reference document during an oral briefing. I’m not saying it’s right for all situations, but for internal staff / large team meetings, I recommend the approach. One Page About • © Stuart Wade (Note that regardless of the medium used, it’s still all about doing all you can to make sure your message remains clear!) © 2012 • Stuart Wade • all rights reserved UPDATED: Wood’s 2011 turned out to be a career microcosm — sound enough, until shortened by yet another injury. – SW Kid K Returns © 2011 • TimeOut Chicago & Stuart Wade • all rights reserved
UPDATED: What more can be said about the train wreck that was Adam Dunn’s 2011? Perhaps this: the man who boasted of having no postseason conditioning regimen is now working out. Expect a different result in ’12. – SW Adam Dunn Gets On, And That’s the Point © 2011 • TimeOut Chicago & Stuart Wade • all rights reserved The infectious personality and great, bearlike presence of the 6-foot-6 inch, 285-pounder will play well on the south side of Chicago this summer, where the identity is all about grind-it-out, no-pretense hard work.
© 2009 With the continued rise of social media, a sluggish global economy, and a shrinking media landscape clients will soon be taking the “private-label content” route.
© 2009 • Stuart Wade • all rights reserved Corporate Social Networking Quickens Connections, Collaboration
“Facebook at work” trend creates efficiencies, new connections
Back in the early 1960s, product managers in skinny ties and shirtsleeves put workers into teams using the cutting-edge technologies of the day: the switchboard gal, the IBM Selectric and the memorandum. Forty years later, the wireless age makes connecting people who work in the same organization far quicker and more efficient, right?  Hotel Yearbook 2009 What should the worldwide hotel industry be expecting during this moment of economic retrenchment? From seizing opportunity in crisis to the war for talent, The Hotel Yearbook 2009 (for which I served as editor) is a forum where the world’s leading industry experts analyze the year to come. |
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