The last 12 months have been an exciting time in Chicago and the Weave team has had a front row view in 2011. The technology ecosystem is blooming and the number of young companies completing financing rounds, establishing traction and gaining recognition has risen significantly. A number of organizations and events have been a catalyst […]
When we started our Weave adventure we had corporate events squarely in our sights. We knew that other opportunities existed but wanted to stay focused and develop the markets that we thought were ready now. After a year of work, we have been able to develop those alternative opportunities and found that Weaves have been consistently effective in a wider […]
We’ve been reading a wide variety of blogs on Engagement management recently and thought it would be useful to provide a list to our friends. Here are some of the best sites and articles we have found: Thought Leader Blogs http://www.davidzinger.com/blog/ http://www.netvibes.com/davidzinger#Page_1 http://www.michaelleestallard.com/ http://www.pollypearson.com/main/employee-engagement/ http://www.melcrumblog.com/ http://www.employeeretentionblog.com/ http://edelmanchange.blogspot.com/ http://thesoulpurpose.com/?page_id=264 Did we miss your blog our do […]
Over the weekend we volunteered for and attended the Social Dev Camp Event at the IIT campus on the south side of Chicago. It was awesome. 300 plus developers, journalists, entrepreneurs, investors, not for profit and industry leaders assembled to share their experiences and learn from each other. It was a packed 2 day schedule including presentations, unconference sessions, networking […]
Over the last 5 months we have asked this question to over 350 people. The top 5 answers were: President Lincoln President Obama Leonardo DaVinci Albert Einstein Warren Buffett We love visualizations so here is a great way at getting an overview of the answers supplied. Paul would like to have dinner with: Carl Jung […]
I recently attended a Q&A session with General David Patraeus at The Chicago Council of Global Affairs and wanted to share an interesting point he made regarding a lesson he has learned that apply to the private sector. One of the 1,800 people who attended asked him to define strategic leadership. He answered the question by explaining how he approached the Afghanistan […]
