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Unfair Rap on Gates

Paul Gillin

He said governments and philanthropic organizations have to take steps to correct this ”flaw in the pure capitalistic approach” Reader comments on Wired are a bit more thoughtful than the ones on the U.K.’s What he said was that there was a “flaw in the pure capitalistic approach” that created funding inequities.

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What a Hotel Manager Taught Me About the Future of Business

Paul Gillin

It’s just a leading indicator of forces that will sweep through nearly every market as customers learn to organize and apply the new powers of influence. These forces will affect B2B and B2C businesses, nonprofits and government agencies. Businesses will have to serve customers better because there will be no choice.

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Attack of the Customers: The Pampers Dry Max Crisis

Paul Gillin

It stepped up advertising about the benefits of Dry Max and posted videos by leading pediatricians about the causes and treatment of diaper rash. “If Even absolution from the government watchdog hasn’t convinced critics. We turned out to be 11,000 members who made the media, government bodies and P&G finally take notice.”.

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Measuring the Immeasurable

Paul Gillin

A “like&# or retweet is a form of action, but not necessarily one that leads to a decision. They count no less than 50 kinds of influencers, ranging from resellers to academicians to government officials. The problem is that there are lots of variables and intangibles to influence that resist being boiled down to a single number.

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David Ferrucci on Building the World’s Smartest Computer

Paul Gillin

You need to parse what “direct” means: to guide, to lead, to direct? Some early answers: Decades before Lincoln, Daniel Webster spoke of government “made for”, “made by” & answerable to them.” What is “Green Mansions?” We produced more than 8,000 documents. ” Watson: “No One.”

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How Twitter Amplifies a Customer Attack

Paul Gillin

People with large Twitter followings can quickly magnify a complaint with a single retweet, and the media has learned to use Twitter both as an amplifier and a leading indicator of developing news. Many create filtered tweet streams of the companies, government agencies and celebrities they cover.

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How Will Technology Affect Employment?

Paul Gillin

Probably, because it can lead to policies that are intended to preserve these positions instead of moving toward the jobs that are growing. Others look to government, but in my experience government won’t do that. What we see is a decline in operative production jobs and clerical/administrative support jobs.