Entries from January 2008

January 17, 2008

World Economic Forum: Employee / Consumer Engagement Focus Area: Expert Query Survey

I have been asked to be a Discussion Leader at the World Economic Forum on the topic of ‘Employee and Consumer Engagement’. Session attendees are expected to include the CEOs of firms including Timberland, Best Buy, Archer Daniels Midland, FEMSA, General Mills, Henkel, and Monsanto.
As part of the preparation, the Discussion Leaders were asked to [...]

January 15, 2008

Tom Davenport on Prediction Markets + Mark Turrell’s viewpoint

Recently I came across a discussion group entry on prediction markets by Tom Davenport, a professor at Babson, and author of The Next Big Thing. His comments on prediction markets are here. My comments are… waiting to be authorized for publication. They were great ones, I assure you. I’ll keep an eye on the posting [...]