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via Managing the Information Avalanche – Ron Ashkenas – Harvard Business Review.

Incisive and honest account of the players and issues that led to the financial meltdown from someone who was sitting at the head table: John Reed on Big Banks Power and Influence | Moyers & Company | BillMoyers.com.

Slide presentation showing how companies are using QR codes 10 Creative Ways to Use QR Codes for Marketing.

This is a great data visualization of the growth of US newspapers The Growth of US Newspapers, 1690-2011 – YouTube.

Another testimonial for Apple. Jobs made Apple great by ignoring profit | The Great Debate. But Apple’s “core” capability, beside innovation, is/was Steve Job’s ability to throw out the junk and focus on designing and making a few great products.

Here is a PDF of the famous, reedmemo , Memo From the Beach that caused Citicorp to focus and grow the Consumer Banking business.

Follow on to the John Reed,  Memo from the Beach: Business Plans and Consumer 2.0 John Reed Memo: Follow on to the “Memo from the Beach”

Interesting analysis highlighting the leaders and laggards who are leveraging Web 2.0 technologies, positioning themselves for the next iteration of the internet.  The Rise of the “Second Internet” and What It Means: Tech News and Analysis «.

The emergence of the digital wallet is going to cause a tectonic shift in the electronic payments industry.  For a briefing on the emerging trends, see the article recently published by sentaire Partners in Monecy Market.

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