We Are Smarter Than Me

by Libert, Barry; Spector, Jon; Tapscott, Don

• ISBN13: 9780132244794
• ISBN10: 0132244799
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-01-01
• Publisher: Wharton School Publishing

Summary

Learn which business functions can best be accomplished or supported by communities, how to provide effective moderation, how to balance structure with independence, and more, with this book that details how emerging social networks have rewritten the rules of business.

Table of Contents

Foreword-Social Networking Works	p. vii
Authors' Note-How We Got Here	p. xi
Look What We Can Do	p. 1
Go from R&D to R&WE	p. 19
How May We Help We?	p. 43
Customer, Sell Thyself	p. 61
If We Build It, We Will Come	p. 81
Welcome to the World Bank of We	p. 101
Make Everyone a C-We-O	p. 117
Lead from the Rear	p. 125
Afterword-Join the Crowd	p. 143
Company Index	p. 149
Name Index	p. 151
Subject Index	p. 153
Acknowledgments	p. 158
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Excerpts

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