My first reaction to the news that Jerry Yang is leaving Yahoo! was that this was the passing of an era. I first met Jerry in 1994 when he was still a PhD student at Stanford, before he and David Filo left to run Yahoo! full time. Through bubbles and two economic downturns, Jerry has always been omnipresent in Silicon Valley. But all good things come to pass. With the arrival of Scott Thompson as the new CEO of Yahoo!, it makes sense that Scott be given a clean slate upon which to write … [Read more...]
Altimeter Group is “Open” and growing
August 2, 2011 By 2 Comments
I've spent the past week holed up with the Altimeter Group team in San Mateo doing the things that all companies need to do every once in a while -- take time off from the everyday to assess where you are and plan for the future. Team members flew in from the East Coat and we all gathered together to build the foundation together. We’ve been in business as a firm for almost two years and have experienced tremendous growth – and also a great deal of growing pains. I thought I’d share a few … [Read more...]
Meet Charlene Li Aug. 18th at Clearvale SecondFloor Speaker Series
June 30, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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!
May 12, 2010 By 3 Comments
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
April 25, 2010 By 14 Comments
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
April 20, 2010 By 5 Comments
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?
April 5, 2010 By 1 Comment
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, employees, … [Read more...]
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