innovation
SMW believes in a culture of lifelong learning — and we continually seek out opportunities to bring that to our community. So, we’re excited to hear about our partners Fast Company’s annual Innovation Uncensored event. Taking place April 23-24 in New York City, you can join leaders of the most innovative businesses in the world,…
Social Media Jobs – It’s Not Easy Being New
Remember in 2006, when social media was called “new media?” Of course you remember because it wasn’t that long ago. I used to balk at the phrase “new media” and wince when my superiors would follow the logic until they begrudgingly refer to their expertise as “old media.” Then came the phrase “social media,” justified…
This is a guest post by Mark Simpson. According to HubSpot, 93% of adults on the Internet are on Facebook, yet only 1% of a brand’s Facebook fans will ever make their way to the company’s main website. Many blame their low conversion rates on Facebook: “Facebook ads don’t work.” “I have a ton of…
Back in August, Toby Daniels sat down and talked with Steve Faktor to discuss the economy and what is really happening in business. Steve is the author of Econovation, former vice president and head of the Chairman’s Innovation Fund at American Express, and founder of Ideafaktory, a company that develops patents and incubates start-ups. During…
We like innovation. And we like collaboration. We love it when we see people positing ideas that incorporate the two into current business ideas. How can you innovate in today’s business world? What does crowdsourcing mean for you as both a worker and a business? When we saw Steve Faktory’s posts and commentary, we knew…
I don’t know how often you can see heads and senior curators of The Met, Guggenheim, MoMA, Louvre Paris and Abu Dhabi, The British Museum and even the newly open Mathaf (a real gem in the modern art museums family) together on one stage, but at CTM this is the norm. But you may not…
Facebook, Google, Amazon, and Apple have all changed the social and digital landscape. CEO of JWT, David Eastman highlights just what these four have excelled at and how they’ve shaped what we do currently. Watch his insights below, and catch our recap of the major trends you need to know: 1. There is a battle…
Social and digital media is disrupting governments, in ways that are large and small. As the first Senior Advisor of Innovation to the U.S. Department of State, Alec Ross has been put in charge of accounting for the internet and networks in foreign policies. The Guardian interviews Alec as part of their daily series during SMW12. See…
We tend to think of creativity as unbridled and hard to tame. This past February, Scott Belsky of Behance, a team that knows creative, dispels that belief and shares how to make ideas happen. Watch it in full and catch our highlights and analysis. 1. Ideas never happen just because they are great…
The world has changed. Through globalization and technology, the pace at which change is happening is only accelerating. So the big question becomes how do you adapt to this? Reid Hoffman shares his thoughts on living your life as an entrepreneur. Watch his interview from SMW12 below, and then see our recap with our projections…