I can sum up every article, book and column written by notable management experts about managing IT in two sentences: "Geeks are smart and creative, but they are also egocentric, antisocial, managerially and business-challenged, victim-prone, bullheaded and credit-whoring. To overcome these intractable behavioral deficits you must do X, Y and Z."

"My friends and I went to see Lyle Lovett at Red Rocks last weekend and it was (as usual) an awesome show. For those of you unfamiliar with Mr. Lovett, I’m not sure I can give a quick explanation – he’s an unusual character, but an amazing musician who typically tours with his 10+ member “It’s not big, it’s Large” band with a musical style that’s probably best described as quirky Texan. Watching Lyle and his band perform reminded me of how important, valuable, and fun it can be to build a community around something you love to do. Here are seven things I learned:"

When organizations first consider the use of social media within their organization, the first thing they do is to make a series of decisions the way they’ve always made them: they do a bunch of market research to find out if and how their customers are using social media, assess current corporate goals, identify the “best practices” and “right tools” and finally lay out and execute a strategic plan. According to a fantastic 2007 Harvard Business Review cover article by Dave Snowden and Mary Boone, this decision-making process follows the process of “Sense > Analyze > Respond” which seems to make pretty good sense, right?...

There are 4 functions that a organization needs to be successful from a management perspective. Sometimes these functions can be managed individually, sometimes the individuals are able to manage multiple functions.

"Prof. Heath offers some suggestions for ‘how to be sticky’ like Welch, Clinton … even, Jack Kennedy. The top 3: make your message surprising; concrete; and keep it simple..."

"The four key principles are prediction, understanding, control, and compassion and are described as follows..."

"Somehow, somewhere, the job title project manager became lame. I don’t know if it was born this way, or if it happened over time, but it’s a shame. Here’s what I think happened - we’ve confused project tracking with project leading..."

...Leaders need to think hard about their viral impact on their organization. What kind of infectious agent do you want to be? Infectious like humor or infectious like the plague?...

"how business leaders can use storytelling to inspire their employees and affect positive change in their organizations..."

For women, the road to power will remain less travelled until we value female brains as highly as female beauty, says political campaigner Marie C Wilson...

Risk is in everyone’s mind at the moment, but that doesn’t mean they understand what it is or how it works. That’s the main reason why so many people, including some supposed experts, constantly get into a mess. Here’s how to avoid joining them.

Why do we persist in trying to turn ourselves (and other people) into what we and they plainly are not?

Most founders think about complementing technical or business skills when they build their intial team. Fewer think about the emotional components required to marshal the operation to success.

What do leaders do to make employees in creative functions feel supported or not?

Key concepts include: * Entrepreneurs from less-trusted groups found it more difficult to overcome trust barriers. * Trust can act as a barrier to entry for new firms and products because trust makes existing relationships more productive...