Exploring the intersection of life, running and the business of online communities
As I continue to explore how to work out loud and grow our employee communities at Walgreens I’m always on the look out to find good books that give me inspiring ideas and stories about how to work better and […]
One of the most important things you can do to increase engagement and adoption of an enterprise social network (ESN) and employee community is to invest time and resources in branding and marketing it. At Walgreens we’ve invested a lot […]
Each week I look forward to the inspiring buzz I get from #ESNChat and I’m excited to join the team leading #ESNchat. If you’re new to #ESNchat, it’s a weekly Twitter chat founded by Jeff Ross in September 2013 for those interested in […]
I recently had the pleasure of speaking to graduate students at Depaul University in Chicago about the future of work and internal communications. Looking back on this talk I was surprised and delighted because it was not only a chance […]
In my work building employee communities for Walgreens and other organizations I’ve have had to lead communities through change many times. While experiencing the impact of organizational change I’ve learned that it’s critical to have a change plan for your […]
I was inspired by this Working Out Loud post by John Stepper. It’s a post asking what you can do to accelerate working out loud (WOL). I’m accepting John’s challenge and I’m going to do “my something” and share […]
Earlier this year I had the opportunity to speak at the J Boye intranet conference. During the conference I shared the story about how at Walgreens we’re using community management strategies to roll out a new social intranet, develop an internal […]