Meet Charlene Li Aug. 18th at Clearvale SecondFloor Speaker Series

by Charlene Li Please join me for an evening discussion at the Clearvale SecondFloor speaker series on Wednesday, August 18th at 5pm in Redwood City, CA. I'll be doing a general Q&A and also discussing the "Open Leadership" book. (The date for the event was originally set for July 14th but I had to move it because of a conflict on my part.) The event will be hosted by Dr. Pehong Chen, Founder and CEO of BroadVision, and will take place on the second floor of BroadVision's corporate … [Read more...]

Welcome Susan Etlinger, Altimeter’s First Consultant!

by Charlene Li Please extend a warm welcome to Susan Etlinger, the first consultant to join the Altimeter team. With the addition of Susan, we now have eight client service professionals and five team members on staff. Susan will be working with me in the Leadership and Management practice to launch actionable programs in support of my forthcoming book, Open Leadership, due out later this month from Jossey-Bass. She will also conduct independent research and analysis, and will be starting a … [Read more...]

Review copies of “Open Leadership” available

by Charlene Li The hardcover version of “Open Leadership” is due to be in stores the end of May but I have 400 galleys of the book available for bloggers and Twitter-ers to review as long as you meet some basic criteria (see below) The galleys are preliminary, bound manuscripts and as such, contain some typos and errors (which we hopefully all found and corrected). While not perfect, the content is basically the same as the final product so acts as a good basis for a review. I’ll be … [Read more...]

Announcing “Open Leadership” Webinar series

by Charlene Li I’m pleased to announce a four-part series featuring the ideas and content from my new book, “Open Leadership” which will be available in late May. Below are descriptions as well as registration information for each of these Webinars. These Webinars are free and I’ll also be posting recordings and the slides from them online after each Webinar in case you can’t attend them. More information about the “Open Leadership” book is available at … [Read more...]

Question of the week: What one thing should leaders to do prep for social media?

by Charlene Li This week, I'm participating with Nokia's IdeasProject.com in their "Question of the Week". Each week, someone poses a question that hopefully generates some interesting ideas and spurs discussion and thinking. By next Sunday, I'll pick the best response and the winner will receive a Nokia phone. But my hope is that we'll all be winners by learning from each other. So here's my question: “As social technologies change the way that leaders interact with customers, … [Read more...]

International examples of “open” organizations and leaders needed

I'm wrapping up work on my next book "Open" and am in need of a few examples of organizations and leaders outside of North America. In particular, I'm looking for examples of organizations that have put in place more open information sharing or decisions making processes or technologies, and as a result, have seen substantial business impact. In particular, I'm interested in learning how they went through the journey of letting go of control, and in the process, transformed the relationship … [Read more...]

Altimeter Welcomes New Partners

It's with great excitement that I'm announcing the addition of three new partners to Altimeter Group. Joining me will be Deb Schultz, Ray Wang, and Jeremiah Owyang (read their thoughts) -- three bright minds, true professionals, and most important of all, great people. (Read the press release.) Our Mission - Providing A Strategic Approach to Emerging Technologies Together, we are taking on the mission of helping clients understand and adapt emerging technologies into their strategies in a … [Read more...]

Announcing my next book

I got the itch again and will be working on my next book over the next few months. The book is being published by Jossey-Bass and will come out in May 2010. I've included a description, some working titles, and chapter outline with the hope that you will share 1) what issues I'm addressing resonate with you; 2) sources and case studies that you think should be in the book. My biggest need right now is to figure out the title -- the publishing world's schedule requires that I have a title … [Read more...]