
Lateral thinker; provocateur; idea mill
San Francisco Bay Area

Lateral thinker; provocateur; idea mill
San Francisco Bay Area
I wrote much of Esther Dyson's tech newsletter Release 1.0 from 1992 to 1998. Since then, I've advised and consulted to a bunch of organizations small and large, from IBM and the Wharton School to Blogger (now part of Google) and eGroups (now YahooGroups). Some of the little companies I advised have simply vanished.
I'm most interested in the interactions between society, business and technology. My projects tend to be pragmatic ways to learn useful lessons in that tangle of issues.
Idealized redesign, marketing strategy, seeing old problems in new ways
(Internet industry)
2004 — Present (5 years)
(Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Management Consulting industry)
May 1998 — Present (11 years 3 months)
As a guide to the relationship economy, I help companies develop authentic relationships with (and among) various stakeholder groups, from employees to customers and even mortal enemies.
innovation, upside-down stuff, collective intelligence, social media, right-brain skills, group dynamics, new technology, old vehicles, books, travel