Way, way back in 2003, a football club went under new management. 
The amateur club based in a suburb of Helsinki, PK-35, was suffering from a losing streak that disappointed its loyal fan base.  Realizing that something had to change, coach Janne Viljamaa decided to give control of the team up to the fans.
Viljamaa still acts as coach, at […]

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Dino Demopoulos, author of the blog Chroma, uncovered a great article about Jones Soda published in Beverage World this past Friday.
The article starts out with a brief, inspirational history of the company followed by a mission statement:
Peter van Stolk, CEO, Jones Soda, has an “ability to straddle the line between corporate head and maverick—he maintains the attitude of a creative […]

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Sorry for the pun.
As you may have noted from my previous posts, I’m big into mass customization and co-creation (MC/CC).  Although consumer-generated media is the buzz term of the moment, its impact on the fundamentals of capitalism will be limited.  CGM is an evolution of company/customer conversation, not a revolution of company/customer transaction.
The transactional revolution will […]

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Austin, TX is on the map in yet another way.  We will be hosting the first ever Austin Likemind this Friday 8/17 at Jo’s Coffee on 2nd @ 8am.
Free coffee (provided by Anomaly) & stimulating conversation guaranteed. 
Make Austin proud by attending.
See Margaret with any questions.

Likemind

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I went out and picked up a new copy of iLife this past weekend.  I’m not one to review softward, but the new iPhoto was a welcomed departure from the cumbersome version still found on most Macs today.  The new features are great - such as being able to view the photographs within a folder […]

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