Insights on social media and leadership - featuring in Taloussanomat 6. January 2010, 13:25

I was asked by Taloussanomat (a leading Finnish economic magazine) to comment how participation in social media affects corporate communication and leadership/management practices. The main points could be summarized in the following way: An effective and fruitful participation in social media – from an organization’s or management’s point of view – happens through ingenuous and deliberate dialogical presence in the suitable social media environments…

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The Future Momentum - Readings & Links (48-50) 15. December 2009, 13:22

Selected readings online (week 48-50) including e.g. the future of artificial intelligence research, insights on the biological origins of morality, reflections on the ongoing/upcoming post-media era, the anatomy of “feeling”, critical view on the role of design research in innovation by D. Norman and the emerging culture of open communication…

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The Future Momentum - Readings & Links (44-47) 20. November 2009, 14:05

Selected readings online (week 44-47) including e.g. insights on intention economy and its concrete effects on human behavior and thinking, the appropriate safety measures and standards of cloud computing, the future visions of self-organizing architecture, opinions about the essential qualities of an “innovator”, and some thoughts about the role of sustainability in design thinking/practices…

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Social media and the future of leadership 20. November 2009, 13:10

I have started Johtoajatus blog (only in Finnish, pardon me) as a part of my current R&D project which will focus on the social media and the future of leadership in public sector.

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The Future Momentum - Open 2009 Symposium 7. November 2009, 10:59

I presented a short paper titled “The Future of Personal Digital Information – Scarce Resource, Valuable Commodity or an Efficient Utility?” in OPEN 2009 – Media Lab Doctor of Arts Symposium, (Media Lab, University of Art and Design Helsinki, November 5.–6.). Here is the abstract of the paper and the slides (the full paper + video of my presentation will follow)…

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