Author: Scott Klososky

The Bitter Consequences of Lagging

Leaders, by the definition of the word, should be out in front of their charges guiding them as to the next move to make, or the next place to go. But what happens when leaders fail to lead? What happens

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Vocabulary (and the Social Quagmire)

OK, I am only going to write about this one time, and then I am going to let it go. I start every presentation I give on social technologies with the same slide, and each time I review it, the

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5 Ways Technology Improves Our Lives

For some reason I have had these visions popping into my head of the things in life that technology has pretty much erased from the face of the Earth.  If you are under 25 years old, this post may not

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Using Technology To Gain A Competitive Advantage

Powerful, passionate and creative, Scott Klososky is one of the first successful Internet entrepreneurs and is a highly sought-after speaker.  He shares stories from his experience of building successful dot.com companies in good and hard times and shares personal stories

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Social Technologies – Rivers of Information

One of the more important concepts I speak about these days is the idea that the Internet, and a gaggle of social technologies, has created an amazing ability to build rivers of information into our brains. Most people are still

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Augmented Intelligence

Being a creative person, I am always on the look out for a way of mixing words that might be a new way to describe something that is not well described today. As I speak to audiences about business intelligence

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Online Reputation Management – Play Time is Over

We are now reaching an interesting point in the growth of the Web. For the first time, you can run a search on a company or product and you will likely find more information about what other people say about

Should Sales People Tweet? – Podcast with Scott Klososky

Social networking has become part of our lives and more recently Twitter has vaulted to the top of the list of what’s hot in technology today. Twitter is in the news; in fact many TV and radio personalities are using

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Corporate Social Media Policy

I cannot stop myself from writing this specific message for you to because I am becoming frustrated that organizations are moving so slowly on this subject. I have been asked to speak to quite a few audiences lately about social

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The Technology Integration of Man

I have delineated ten phases in “the technology integration of man” – four before this moment, and six to come.  Step back and think about the time we live in now as being in the middle of a 100 year

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Entrepreneurs Get Advice from the Experts – Video Interview of Scott Klososky

Scott Klososky is interviewed about the challenges and rewards of being an entrepeneur.  Once you have a great idea, how do you pursue it, when should you think about funding, and what does it take for someone to become a successful

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Innovation Economics

I read an article the other day that talked about the concept of Innovation Economics.  The description being the conscious practice of investing in innovation as a method for driving economic prosperity.  I love how the author stated clearly that

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Technology and the Down Economy

Negative economic times generally have an interesting impact on technology tools because the resources dry up and organizations have less ability to take risks and buy new toys. So they replace this with learning how to use their current tools

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Content is the New Democracy

Here is a quote I have been preaching in speeches these days, “Content is the new democracy and we the people are insuring that our our voices are heard.”  This wisdom is from Brian Solis who is an expert on

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Financial Literacy Matters

If we really take the time to examine the core reason behind our recent economic turmoil, we can see the reality of the situation is actually quite different from what the pundits say.  Most of the press coverage points the

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The Next Generation of the Internet

It is my observation that one of the hardest things to do as a businessperson is to look into the future and be able accurately see a picture of how things are going to be.  As I sit here today,

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Technology as Art

Here is a statement most people do not argue with these days – we simply could not run our organizations without the aid of technology.  While it is awesome we now have a huge inventory of technology to assemble solutions

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The Undertow of Technology

I have long searched for a word to describe the impact of technology on the business world. I now use the concept of “undertow” to get a concept across. The tools that technology has brought, and is still bringing at

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