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#BerlinDiaries / a personal journey through the new nervous centre of Europe v2.0 / ISBN:9781481854252 / Published 2012-12-13 on Amazon
__ PROLOGUE TO V2.0
__ PROLOGUE
__ ACKNOWLEDGMENTS & RATIONALE
1. INTRODUCTION
__ La memoria di un criceto
__ Rome wasn't built in a day
2. GETTING AROUND BERLIN
__ Berlin Infopack
__ Walk the talk (and few thousands steps more)
3. A DAY IN TOWN
__ Testing and common wisdom
__ A quiet day that wasn't
5. GAMES & THOUGHTS
__ Games and gaming
6. SERENDIPITOUS WALKING
__ A walk in town
__ Museums, games, parks, and... bicycles in Berlin
7. A CHANGING TOWN
__ Annexed townships and museums surprises
__ The gentrification of East Berlin & packing
8. CLOSING DOWN
__ Memory, language and... apologies in Berlin
__ Three monkeys and a drawing boss #Berlin
9. THE AFTERMATH
__ Meanwhile...
A. META-APPENDIXES 2.0
__ Evolving your content for your audience
__ The publishing process
__ Keeping it alive


BFM2013 / Knowledge-based organizational change / ISBN:9781493581078 / Published 2013-10-26 on Amazon
__ PROLOGUE
__ ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS & RATIONALE
__ CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION
__ Genesis of an e-zine
__ Positioning and defining the “format”
__ E-marketing on a shoestring before Facebook
__ Reaching the audience
2. IMPROVING THE USE AND CONTROL
__ Knowledge management vs. knowledge retention
__ Downsizing and knowledge configuration
__ Timeframe for delivery
__ Closing
3. STRATEGIC OUTSOURCING
__ Outsourcing as a magic wand
__ What is outsourcing
__ Controlling the process
__ The content of outsourcing
__ Consequences of outsourcing
__ Strategy and outsourcing
__ Outsourcing and “internal outsourcing”
__ Strategic outsourcing
4. BUSINESS CONTINUITY GOVERNANCE
__ A knowledge-based definition
__ Business Continuity as a project
__ Coping with uncertainty
__ Perception and reality
__ Raising awareness and “controlled crises”
__ Setting priorities
__ Dynamic Corporate Governance
__ From BCManagement to BCGovernance
__ Introducing BCGovernance
5. BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE ON E-GOVERNMENT
__ Introduction
__ E-government in perspective
__ Defining e-government
__ The hidden costs of e-government
__ Converging transparency initiatives
__ Costing e-government
__ Deploying e-government in your organization
__ Conclusions


Business Social Networking / part 1 cultural and historical perspective / ISBN:9781493747498 / Published 2013-11-18 on Amazon
__ PROLOGUE
__ ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS & RATIONALE
__ CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION
__ 1.1. Social network basics (not just online!)
__ 1.2. Examples of marketing uses of previous social networks
__ 1.3. Why online social networks are different
__ 1.3.1. pervasive computing
__ 1.3.2. Intensive users
__ 1.3.3. Occasional users
__ 1.3.4. The new entertainment mix
__ 1.4. Of (online) ways and means
__ 1.5. Willing or not, your business will be online
2. THE BUSINESS OF SOCIAL NETWORKING
__ 2.1. Communication channels
__ 2.2. Securing a technology
__ 2.3. A new framework
__ 2.4. A practical approach
__ 2.5. Keypoints
3. SOCIAL MARKETPLACE
__ 3.1. Reaching the audience
__ 3.1.1. Growth and retention rate
__ 3.1.2. Advertisement
__ 3.1.3. Targeting social networkers
__ 3.2. What are social network services for?
__ 3.3. What's the audience of a social network?
__ 3.3.1. Measures suggested by the major social networks
__ 3.4. Early and recent business users
4. WHY AND HOW - SIGNPOSTS
__ 4.1. Bottom-line reasons
__ 4.2. Integration within your marketing strategies
__ 4.2.1. Positioning your brand via sponsoring of worthy causes
__ 4.2.2. Crowdsourcing your R&D or advertisement
__ 4.2.3. Generate revenue and long-term brand-loyalty
__ 4.3.1. Intensive users
__ 4.3.2. Occasional users
__ 4.4. Getting on board: a checklist
__ 4.5.1. A 1bln USD click
__ 4.5.2. Brands needed
__ 4.5.3. Managing social networking activities
5. HISTORY AND FUTURE
__ 5.1. Yesterday (in 2008)
__ 5.2. Coming soon
A. SUGGESTED READINGS


The business side of BYOD / cultural and organizational impacts / ISBN:9781494844264 / Published 2014-01-30 on Amazon
__ A CAVEAT
1 TODAY
__ 1.1. Why BYOD is relevant
__ 1.2. Pervasive computing
__ 1.3. Ownership and control of devices
__ 1.4. A systemic perspective
__ 1.5. Managing (i.e. “governance” of) the BYOD risk
2 TOMORROW
__ 2.1 Coping with the future
__ 2.2 Impacts on the delivery of ICT services
__ 2.3 Business architecture and “virtual” ICT systems
__ 2.4 Internet of Things: a “blue sky” perspective
__ 2.5 Essentials of a dynamic security policy


#SynSpec - XXI Century Expert Team Building and Management / vol. 1 of Connecting the Dots / ISBN:9781499798074 / Published 2014-07-26 on Amazon
__ “CONNECTING THE DOTS” SERIES
__ FOREWORD AND WARNING
1 WHY #SYNSPEC
2 THINK BEFORE YOU DO
__ Generalist vs. Specialist
__ Blending Knowledge
__ Resistance (to Change) is Futile
__ Riding the Grapevine Wave
__ Steer Your Ship When Needed
3 AN ACTION PLAN
__ Get Used to a Free Knowledge Economy
__ Intellectual Property and Knowledge Seeding
__ Stirred, not Shaken: Distributing Specialization(s)
4 EVOLVING MANAGEMENT, STEP-BY-STEP
__ A. Identify Potential Synergies
__ B. Understand Your Own Knowledge Boundaries
__ C. Resource Transition Planning
__ D. Managing Talent Continuity


#QuPlan - A Quantum of Planning / vol. 2 of Connecting the Dots / ISBN:9781508673422 / Published 2015-03-23 on Amazon
__ RE-USE IT!
WHY #QUPLAN
__ What is a project?
1. TODAY
__ 1.1. Why planning is still relevant
__ 1.2. Qualitative vs. quantitative planning
__ 1.3. Planning and stakeholders
__ 1.5. Project-level stakeholder management
__ 1.6. A systemic perspective
__ 1.7. Continuous process improvement
2. TOMORROW
__ 2.2. The social enabling effect of technologies
__ 2.3 A XXI century definition for “project”
__ 2.4. Projectify your organization- the app paradigm
__ 2.5. Corporate planning and swarming
APPENDIX A. SOFTWARE CLASSES COMPARISON
APPENDIX B. THE ONLINE COMPONENT


Business Case and Product Comparison / Episode 2015/0 / ISBN: / Published 2015-04-22 on Issuu
Chapter 1 Method
__ Introduction
__ Tools Scenarios
__ Communicating
Chapter 2 Business Case
__ Executive Summary
__ PRJ1: Identify Feasibility
__ Appendix: Tools
Chapter 3 Thinking
__ Scope & Planning
__ Mapping the Territory
__ PERT: Introduction


Background - Support Process / Episode 2015/1 / ISBN: / Published 2015-05-27 on Issuu
Chapter 1 Method
__ Introduction
__ People-Orientation
__ Tools and Aims
Chapter 2 Business Case
__ What is Expected
__ What is Feasible
Chapter 3 Thinking
__ Costs and Benefits
__ Proactive Support
__ Pre-Empt Thesaurisation
__ Coping with Change


Background - Monitor Process / Episode 2015/2 / ISBN: / Published 2015-06-11 on Issuu
Chapter 1 Method
__ Introduction
__ Compliance
__ Pre-Empt Thesaurisation
Chapter 2 Business Case
__ Transition
Chapter 3 Thinking
__ Prevention as a Remedy
__ Communication Plan
__ Ensure Continuity


Ongoing - Removing Free-Riders / Episode 2015/3 / ISBN: / Published 2015-07-07 on Issuu
Chapter 1 Method
__ Introduction
__ The Rationale
__ The (Expected) Results
Chapter 2 Business Case
__ Action
__ Transition
Chapter 3 Thinking
__ Why Not?


Ongoing - E-Service Incentive / Episode 2015/4 / ISBN: / Published 2015-07-09 on Issuu
Chapter 1 Method
__ Introduction
__ The Rationale
__ The (Expected) Results
Chapter 2 Business Case
__ Plan
__ Action
__ Transition
Chapter 3 Thinking
__ Riding the Virtual Wave
__ Don't Build a Network


Ongoing - Certification / Episode 2015/5 / ISBN: / Published 2015-07-13 on Issuu
Chapter 1 Method
__ Introduction
__ The Rationale
__ The (Expected) Results
Chapter 2 Business Case
__ Plan
__ Action
__ Transition
Chapter 3 Thinking
__ Branding
__ Your Investment


Close, Transition, Thesaurize / Episode 2015/6 / ISBN: / Published 2018-06-15 on Issuu
Chapter 1 Method
__ Introduction
__ Who
Chapter 2 Business Case
__ Executive Summary
__ Marking the Time
__ Summarizing
Chapter 3 Thinking
__ Dimensions
__ Recap


25 years of lessons (and counting) on 'relevant data' / vol. 3 of Connecting the Dots / ISBN:9781496073594 / Published 2015-08-22 on Amazon
__ A CAVEAT
1 YESTERDAY AND TODAY
__ 1.1. Business intelligence and the real world
__ 1.2. Ends and means
__ 1.3. “Data vs. knowledge” ownership
__ 1.4. A systemic perspective
__ 1.5. Managing (i.e. “governance” of) Business Intelligence needs
2 TOMORROW
__ 2.1 Coping with the future
__ 2.2 Externalization and its side-effects
__ 2.3 Business intelligence “on demand”
__ 2.5 Evolving your business intelligence infrastructure


Change / Aphorisms from the Mighty Hamster / ISBN:9781541066069 / Published 2016-12-20 on Amazon
1 INTRODUCTION
2 WELTANSCHAUUNG
3 APHORISMS


The business side of GDPR / cultural and organizational impacts / ISBN:9781718910836 / Published 2018-06-03 on Amazon
__ DISCLAIMER AND TARGET
__ CAVEAT
1 TODAY
__ 1.1. I I ntroductio
__ 1.2.3. Design
__ 1.3. Five examples
__ 1.3.7. Patterns of evolution
__ 1.4. Location, location, location : cloud and outsourcing
__ 1.5. Your infrastructure is talking
2 TOMORROW
__ 2.1. Coping with the future
__ 2.2. Governance of your knowledge supply chain
__ 2.3. Internet of things: some privacy clouds
__ 2.4.1. Do you know your revenue streams? Restructure!
__ 2.4.2. Converting personal data into revenue and its side-effects
__ 2.4.3. Organizational development
__ 2.4.4. Joint data product delivery
3 CONCLUSIONS?
B REFERENCES AND SUGGESTED READINGS


Just another book on innovation (in Italy) / vol. 4 of Connecting the Dots / ISBN:9781723163937 / Published 2018-07-15 on Amazon
__ RATIONALE
1 PRE-EMPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY
__ 1.2. Introductory courses on digitalization and business models
__ 1.3. Seven to start
2 SHARING FEW KNOWLEDGE DOTS
3 CONNECTING THE KNOWL EDGE DOTS
4 THE END OF THE BEGIN


From #dataleaks to #consentdata / vol. 5 of Connecting the Dots / ISBN:9781794049963 / Published 2019-01-16 on Amazon
__ “CONNECTING THE DOTS” SERIES
1 WHY #CONSENTDATA
__ Introduction
__ Of trends and facts
__ Components and their stakeholders
2 YOUR VILLAGE IS A WORMHOLE
__ From 1920s “propaganda” to mass-manipulation
__ Data exchanges in a wormhole society
3 MOVING INTO A GDPR ERA
__ A different concept of market
__ Need for a new trust infrastructure
__ Why blockchain isn’t a cure-it-all
4 CONNECTING THE DOTS
__ Individuals in a data-centric society
__ Edge computing as a citizens' right
__ Judge and be judged
__ Toward social governance
__ Swarming toward a data-centric society
__ The end of the beginning