Thinking

February 13, 2011 by Simon Mainwaring

The January 25th revolution in Egypt was an incredible achievement by its people and a truly inspiring example of the power of peaceful protest. Yet the work towards an effective transition to democratic government within Egypt has just begun. Meanwhile a debate continues to rage in the blogosphere as to the exact role played by […]

January 6, 2011 by Simon Mainwaring

Nike is famous for taking a leadership position on the field and in the marketplace. But what it’s just done for the entire apparel industry is both surprising and enlightening. At the turn of the year Nike released their open-source Environmental Apparel Design Tool. Developed over 7 years, the $6 million technology, by their estimates, …

December 29, 2010 by Simon Mainwaring

As the year screeches to a halt I wanted to thank everyone for their comments, retweets, and feedback. Some posts resonated more than others, some start a fire storm of different opinions, and some fizzled out with a strange gurgling sound. But here’s the ten posts that were shared the most and all the support …

December 14, 2010 by Simon Mainwaring

Building on Part 1 of my interview with Charlene Li (author of Groundswell and Open Leadership), here is Part Two in which we discuss the persistent issue of how you convince CEOs to use social media and what they can expect from doing it. SM: How do you answer people that just want to see the …

December 2, 2010 by Simon Mainwaring

Social media has powerful implications for social activism that drives positive change. Last week I had the pleasure of chatting with Alan Khazei, author of Big Citizenship in which he shares the lessons he learned from building City Year, a nationwide volunteer movement in which young people give a year of service in schools and classrooms …