(in Portuguese, originally written for IVP) Nos últimos anos, encontrei centenas de empreendedores brasileiros visitando o Vale do Silício. Quando pergunto “qual o seu objetivo nessa visita?”, invariavelmente ouço “tenho uma startup, vim procurar um VC e tentar pegar um investimento”. Nesse post, eu o convido a visitar a California, mas também explico alguns conceitosContinue reading “Dinheiro em Árvore? Nem no Vale do Silício”
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Thanksgiving in a Social World
This week is the time of the year when we in the US take a break from our busy lives to express Gratitude (and eat, shop, etc). Gratitude is a positive emotion we feel in acknowledgment of a benefit we have received. Saying “Thank You” is the way to express that emotion which is the basis of life inContinue reading “Thanksgiving in a Social World”
Marcio Looking for New Directions
Marcio is looking for a new job or professional project. Let him know if you have or know someone who has ideas of what that project could be.
The Emergence of Collective Intelligence
When we observe large schools of fish swimming, we might wonder who is choreographing that complex and sophisticated dance, in which thousands of individuals move in harmony as if they knew exactly what to do to produce the collective dance.
Crowdsourcing: The Next Step in Enterprise Collaboration
Enterprise Collaboration Tools can improve the productivity of organizations by reducing the friction in the flow of information. This post argues that the application of Crowdsourcing techniques in that context is the next step in blending the best of traditional functional segmentation with the benefits of open collaboration.
Gamification for Kids, Collaboration for Grown-Ups
[This post originally written for publication in the Ledface Blog] Next time you are at a cocktail party, take a step back and observe. What do people talk about? How conversations evolve? When people meet for the first time, they exchange facts. They look for coincidences, they try to establish connections. “Did you grow up around here?”Continue reading “Gamification for Kids, Collaboration for Grown-Ups”
Crowdsourcing, Freedom, and Anonymity
This post reflects on the need of trust and freedom to create the conditions where individuals can independently contribute to a co-creation process.
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Esse é o Ano das Mídias Sociais em Negócios (você acredita?)
“We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten.” Bill Gates [This post originally written for IT Web http://itweb.com.br%5D Perspectiva histórica: Email em 1995 era a Midia Social de 2012 Em 1993 eu já morava no Vale do Silício e comecei a usar minha primeira contaContinue reading “Esse é o Ano das Mídias Sociais em Negócios (você acredita?)”
Co-Creation: When the Crowd goes Beyond the Experts
With Crowdsourcing technology, we will be able to solve problems, not by analytically decomposing big problems into smaller ones, but by presenting complex problem to the collective intelligence and let it holistically express the solution.
Marcio Saito 