Tag Archive: Social business

The State of Social Business

Toby Ward     socialmediatoday.com Social business, while not a fad, is a short-term ‘buzz’ term to loosely and ambiguously describe the manner and methods of how businesses use social media in conducting business. Ironically, the term has been stolen, nay bastardized, from its source, first defined by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus. Yunus…

Beyond Facebook – Do We Really Know What Social Business Means?

Haydn Shaughnessy     Forbes Fascinating to read Alistair Rennie’s  ”The Time is Right for Social Business“ here on Forbes (it got great traction too). But do you really know what a social business is or what the term means? It is after all the next wave of business process innovation. I went digging to find out. The gist of it…

HR’s Critical Role in Social Business Transformation

Michael Brito     Social Media Today HR or OD (Organizational Development) plays a critical role to the success of social business transformation for many reasons. They have the ear of company leadership.  They interact with employees at all levels and in every job function. They understand the structures of each organization they support. They are the…