'All work today can be reduced to just four basic types of jobs, according to Lou Adler. His company identified four prototypical jobs after developing thousands of job descriptions over the years. Everything starts with an idea. This is the first of the four jobs – the Thinkers. Builders convert these ideas into reality. This the second job. MORE >>

'I recently gave the keynote at Bridge Point Forum on Future Directions in the Digital Age , the title riffing off the conference’s theme of The Rise of the Digital Age. opened by making the critical point that, while the digital world is rising around us at an extraordinary pace, humans are completely analogue. MORE >>

'Interesting series of posts from Jane McConnell about the perspective of HR on the digital workplace (aka intranets, enterprise social software, etc). The first two posts (with another to come) ask: Is HR the missing player we are waiting for in the digital workplace? Why is HR late for social collaboration? Are you a HR professional? MORE >>

'I have written about NewsGator on a number of occasions (see for example:  NewsGator Enhances its Social Sites 2010 Platform for SharePoint ). recently spoke with their new CEO, Daniel Kraft, as well as Stefanie Lightman who runs marketing and corporate strategy. Now it is moving beyond SharePoint to reach other work processes.   MORE >>

'The post Behind the Banner, A Visualization of the Adtech Ecosystem appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog. I’m a fan of Terry Kawaja and his Lumascapes – Terry was an advisory to us as we iterated this project. So take a look and tell me what you think. Oh, and while you are at the site, check out the conference lineup. MORE >>