It's in the Googles

"And if CEOs continue to hide in their Ivory Towers under the guise of some old command and control mentality, the next chapter in their career might be written somewhere else."

IBM Study: If You Don’t Have a Social CEO, You’re Going to be Less Competitive - Forbes

Great insight here into the direction CEOs are headed in when it comes to social and openness within their organization.

"People say, ‘Oh, if I master Twitter, I’ve got it figured out.’ That’s right, but it’s also so wrong. If you master those things and stop, you’re just going to get killed by the next thing. Flexibility of skills leads to flexibility of options. To see what you can’t see coming, you’ve got to embrace larger principles."

Baratunde Thurston in This Is Generation Flux: Meet The Pioneers Of The New (And Chaotic) Frontier Of Business in Fast Company

"The companies and teams that can do this, that can create cultures that support innovation and engagement, will create the leading technologies and services that affect our culture."

5 New Paradigms for a Socially Engaged Company

Don’t doubt this.

"As the Chris Rock joke goes, Shaq is rich, the man who signs his check is wealthy. Be the man who signs the check, not the baller who takes it."

Not for sale - (37signals)

Fun quote at the end: “As the Chris Rock joke goes, Shaq is rich, the man who signs his check is wealthy. Be the man who signs the check, not the baller who takes it.”

(via ajvaynerchuk)

Now that’s baller.

gary:

Just a little….patience
Way to many people think business is like lotto, it takes time.

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Truth from @garyvee: “It takes years to build something that actually sticks and is a real, real, real business, not a fly-by-night scam or concept.”