Comments on: Practicing Being Social http://www.stevebendt.com/?p=164 Fri, 14 May 2010 00:02:49 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Preview « Best Buy Idea X Blog http://www.stevebendt.com/?p=164&cpage=1#comment-2733 Preview « Best Buy Idea X Blog Wed, 06 May 2009 23:51:41 +0000 http://www.stevebendt.com/?p=164#comment-2733 [...] facing tool based on what we think we know, what we’ve learned over the last few years of practicing being social internally using tools like BlueShirt Nation, Giftag and myriad other tools and [...] [...] facing tool based on what we think we know, what we’ve learned over the last few years of practicing being social internally using tools like BlueShirt Nation, Giftag and myriad other tools and [...]

]]> By: Courtney Kuehn http://www.stevebendt.com/?p=164&cpage=1#comment-2728 Courtney Kuehn Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:37:34 +0000 http://www.stevebendt.com/?p=164#comment-2728 kudos to Best Buy for trying new things and taking steps to become social. also, my guess is that these social tools has increased overall company/store unity - and passion for working for a forward-thinking company. kudos to Best Buy for trying new things and taking steps to become social.

also, my guess is that these social tools has increased overall company/store unity – and passion for working for a forward-thinking company.

]]> By: Jeremiah Owyang http://www.stevebendt.com/?p=164&cpage=1#comment-2722 Jeremiah Owyang Sat, 11 Apr 2009 09:10:23 +0000 http://www.stevebendt.com/?p=164#comment-2722 Both IBM and EMC have started internal programs that allow that safe sandbox for learnings. Both of these large technology companies share similar traits as Best Buy. One of the keys I've learned, is to make sure that the internal culture accepts mistakes, as long as they are quickly addressed and there's learnings from it. This is also wishful thinking on my part, since I make a lot of mistakes myself. Both IBM and EMC have started internal programs that allow that safe sandbox for learnings. Both of these large technology companies share similar traits as Best Buy.

One of the keys I’ve learned, is to make sure that the internal culture accepts mistakes, as long as they are quickly addressed and there’s learnings from it. This is also wishful thinking on my part, since I make a lot of mistakes myself.

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