Carol Rozwell

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Please don’t call me “human capital”

by Carol Rozwell  |  April 22, 2013  |  3 Comments

Have you ever been in one of those situations where it was very clear the person you were speaking with wasn’t listening to you? A simple example of what I mean is that routine tete-a-tete that occurs when people first get on a phone call. Social convention tells us to inquiry about the other person’s [...]

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Of Autopsies and Analytics

by Carol Rozwell  |  March 13, 2013  |  4 Comments

Recently, I read an interesting article from MIT Tech Review which diagnosed why the social network Friendster failed – An Autopsy of a Dead Social Network. The research done by David Garcia and colleagues at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich concluded that networks with a significant percentage of participants who had two [...]

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Stalking the Elusive Requirements Definition!

by Carol Rozwell  |  January 2, 2013  |  2 Comments

I’ve been lucky to have had some very interesting jobs during the course of my career. One stint as an applications auditor gave me lots of insight that applies directly in my current role as an analyst. In short, my teammates and I interviewed application developers and the customers for whom they had developed the [...]

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What’s Next?

by Carol Rozwell  |  December 13, 2012  |  1 Comment

This week I met with a variety of clients. In one session attended by 11 people, we started the meeting by asking each person to introduce themself and mention the questions they wanted me to cover. One of the attendees responded that they’d like to know what’s next. “What is the next thing over the horizon, [...]

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A Simple “Thank You” Will Do Nicely

by Carol Rozwell  |  November 14, 2012  |  6 Comments

A colleague emailed me recently asking if I had any material he could use for a presentation he was developing. I didn’t have exactly what he asked for, but searched my stash of slides and sent back a few that I thought might be useful. It took a bit of digging, but I was able [...]

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The Month of Thinking Differently

by Carol Rozwell  |  August 30, 2012  |  1 Comment

This has been a month of thinking differently. I’ve been working a maverick research project with my colleague Deb Logan. We’ve been delving into the characteristics that epitomize a socially centered leader. We contend that only socially centered leaders can ensure sustainable business performance for the organizations they lead. This is not about sprinkling social [...]

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As A Wise Man Once Said . . .

by Carol Rozwell  |  July 19, 2012  |  2 Comments

Some days it’s really, really fun to be an analyst. You get to talk to such interesting people – and it’s part of your day job. What could be better? I had one of those situations this week when I had the pleasure of reconnecting with Vineet Nayar, the CEO of HCL Technologies. My colleague [...]

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The Tortoise Never Wins – Thoughts on E2.0

by Carol Rozwell  |  June 29, 2012  |  1 Comment

It’s always a pleasure for me to attend an event where I don’t have to be “on” all the time. It’s delightful to sit back and listen to other people’s perspectives, to absorb a different set of attitudes about a topic. Last week, I attended Enterprise 2.0, or as it has now been renamed E2.0, [...]

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Friends don’t let friends do social without a purpose

by Carol Rozwell  |  May 26, 2012  |  1 Comment

I’ve been reflecting on the myriad of client meetings I had during the PPM and Enterprise Architecture Summits. When you have lots of discussions on a single topic in quick succession, it helps you to crystallize the common theme. What I was surprised by is the mystical, magical and miraculous powers some people attach to social. [...]

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Social Media: Lessons from the Field

by Carol Rozwell  |  April 23, 2012  |  7 Comments

Awhile back, as I was merrily making my way to a client workshop on social business strategy, I experienced a “travel disruption.” The specifics of the location and provider are not important, but there is a lesson for all organizations in what happened – or more exactly, what didn’t. This was a rather classic travel [...]

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