Earlier in March I was fortunate to be invited to present at Ignite Montréal. I gave a short talk called, “Counting is not analysis; Plus: how I fell in love with the long tail.” which is now online.
An astrophysicist, blogs and strategy at the HEC
March 13, 2009 – 1:50 pm
Yesterday, I had the pleasure of giving my first academic seminar since my days as an astrophysicist, to the GéPS group at HEC. So what is an astrophysicist doing giving a talk to the management and strategy group at a business school?
Well, talking about how blogs are changing the nature of strategic information of course!
Over the two
Exvisu at PDAC
March 2, 2009 – 1:46 pm
This week Exvisu is happy to be participating in PDAC ‘09, the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada’s annual International convention being held at the Metro Toronto Convention Center. One of our main areas of focus at Exvisu is to help companies to integrate the vast online discussions to help make their operations more sustainable and
Some take-away thoughts from Webcom Montreal
May 15, 2008 – 10:37 am
Here are some impressions I had related to the talks I saw at Webcom Montreal 2008:
Early in the day I listened to Andrew McAfee’s talk about Web 2.0 in the enterprise. He laid out the case for the Enterprise 2.0 very clearly, emphasizing the importance of weak ties in the pursuit of individual knowledge workers’ goals.
Webcom Montréal 2008
May 15, 2008 – 10:35 am
Claude and I spent a great day yesterday at Webcom Montréal 2008. The program chair for Webcom Montreal is Claude Malaison, and as usual he put together a very good event with a schedule packed full of interesting keynotes and well-chosen conference sessions.
There are too many people we met to single them all out in a
Blogs in the enterprise
April 23, 2008 – 10:29 am
This morning, Claude and I went to a breakfast mini-conference hosted by the AMM-PCM (the Association marketing de Montréal) at the HEC: Les blogues d’entreprise en 3 temps. The conference was very well put together and considered three themes: business transparency, blogs and authenticity, and the risks associated with employee blogging.
Sometimes events like these in Montreal
Red Bull at Webcom
November 20, 2007 – 9:42 am
Exvisu unveiled its latest brand study at Webcom Montréal last week. Webcom was exciting to say the least, one could feel rise of the participative web in the conference halls. For a good summary of the Webcom conference check out Benoit Marcoux’s: blog.
We (Exvisu and K3) looked at a day in the life of
Tremblant Forum
September 21, 2007 – 9:33 am
Exvisu attended the fourth annual Tremblant Forum on Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability on the 19th and 20th of September.
The Forum presented an ideal setting for communicating vital ideas about the future of corporate sustainability. Clearly the future must take a turn for the sustainable.
The last session on Corporate sustainability and the media was the most
Exvisu invited to NELS Nanotech symposium
September 5, 2007 – 9:17 am
On August 28 and 29th, Exvisu was invited to the founding meeting of the NE3LS, a research network created by NanoQuébec, in collaboration with FQRNT, FQRSC, FRSQ and IRSST, focusing on ethical, environmental, economic, legal and social stakes linked to the development of nanotechnologies.
Presented last August 27th-28th, this symposium follows the actions plan NE3LS presented