Stop 1: Yes, Leadership Changes in a Web 2.0 World

I have been working on the topic of leadership and social media for quite a while now, and this is one of the better articles I have read in a long time: Yes, Leadership Changes in a Web 2.0 World:

“If all we say to leaders is that they need to keep focusing on building 
relationships and enabling personal engagement in a Web 2.0 world, we
would be giving them advice that would be technically correct but of
limited practical value.”

Stop 2: Online Content Curation: The Key To Building Visibility, Authority And Value

Being active online doesn’t mean you have to write and create. Perhaps a more effective strategy for you is content curation, as is explained on MasterNewMedia.org.

“Think yourself as a librarian that collects and organizes information in a way that is accessible, easy to find and more digestible for anyone. A librarian is not the content owner, but her work is crucial to make people find all the good stuff that is out there.”

Stop 3: The Dark Side Of Online Interaction

Technology stress, chaos and lack of overview, continuous flow of information leading to the it-never-ends feeling. Sounds familiar? It’s not all good-times in cyberspace.

“The dark side of online interaction” is a great post by Joitske Hulsebosch.

Bonus Stop: Top Down-Bottom Up-Innovation All In One Box

Just a last one, for those who are really interested, and some shameless self promotion… I started blogging at Gantthead.com, the large online IT Project Management community. One of my first posts is about my first day of the PMI EMEA Congress in Milan. John Kao, author of Innovation Nation and allround innovation guru, did the keynote presentation about, you guessed it, innovation.

Bas de Baar helps people find ways to enjoy the diversity of human interaction in their organizations so that they can get out of their own way and achieve their goals. - Shrink Tours: Leadership In A Web 2.0 World And The Dark Side is a post from: Project Shrink.