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Creativity across the entire enterprise

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My colleague (and former roommate) Greg Stene is ramping up a new initiative. Greg has always been insanely bright and creative, but in framing his new business he’s asserting the importance of creativity in a way that I think doesn’t occur to most business people.

They’re still in the process of pulling the launch together, but here’s the first punch:

…the truth of being creative is deadly serious if you’re in business, government or the arts.

We’ve got to do more with less. And we’ve got to gain a competitive edge.

Creativity51 teaches organizations how to think more creatively, to gain that edge.

See that? Creativity = Resourcefulness. Budgets are tight, and conventional methods may lack efficiency and effectiveness. Continue reading →

VoIP arrives in Second Life

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As I noted a few weeks back, my old colleagues at Gronstedt Group are hosting a weekly “fika” at their “Train for Success” site in Second Life. These get-togethers are a good chance for corporate training people to compare notes, explore, ask questions, and generally socialize themselves to the booming 2L multiverse, which is evolving into a pretty serious business environment.

One of the issues holding 2L back, I felt, was the lack of voice integration. Continue reading →

Gronstedt Group “fika” offers a chance to explore Second Life

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If you haven’t started investigating Second Life yet, you might want to look into it. The sheer neatness of the environment notwithstanding, it’s starting to emerge as a viable business platform and it looks like the tipping point may be just around the corner (full Voice Over Internet Protocol integration is set to roll out in the coming weeks, and the guess here is that VOIP is going to blow the lid off the joint). Lots of companies and entrepreneurs are already using the 3D virtual environment for commerce (using it to buy and sell in-world goods and services and developing storefronts that allow you to buy “First Life” goods and services, as well).

In addition, 2L is gaining traction as an internal comm app and shows tremendous potential as a corporate training platform. One firm that’s early-in on the training front is e-learning and consulting shop Gronstedt Group. Continue reading →