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Lots going on, so here are a few links to get your Tues. juices flowing…

Capitalists Hail the End of Corporate Responsibility:  Jeffrey Hollander is an inspiring guy.  He runs the #1 Good Company on Earth and has written a very good book (which I am reading now) entitled What Matters Most.  In Capitalists Hail the End of Corporate Responsibility, Jeff discusses a semi-rant against the Hot Air of CSR by Financial Times author Stefan Stern (by the way, FT just completed a whole week on the Future of Capitalism).

Jeff says that Stefan has got it backwards.   He notes: “If anything, the recession has shown that in these tough times, the surest way to make money is to be responsible to all of your constituencies — employees, customers, suppliers, and society itself. Do this, and it’s far more likely that shareholders will benefit”.  I agree with Jeff (see this post).  What do you think about all of this?

Failures of Social Media:  Rob Horning puts together 5 key points which, for him, make “mediated friendship distinctive and unstable”.  Rob pulls his data from Danah Boyd’s dissertation called:  Taken Out of Context, American Teen Sociality in Networked Publics.   Though I have thoroughly enjoyed social media over the past couple of years, I think it always good to cast a critical eye on the space from time to time.

In Extremis Leadership:  Tom Kolditz has written an interesting new book promoted by the Harvard Bus. Review on Leadership in Extreme times.  One of the key take outs in the book revolves around how strong leaders in Extreme times are focused on continuous learning.  Tom is a Colonel from West Point, so you can bet your boots has some deep insights into extreme situations…go to this site and take the online assessment to determine where your leadership strengths lie.