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Feel free to move along, not much to see here, unless of course you are interested in a very boring webcast about nothing. I am posting this just to check the functionality of an embedded dimdim recorded meeting/webinar.

Test dimdim

OK, so it is a link and not an embed.

Decision 3D Site Live

My new company, Decision3D, LLC is now fully operational and the site is live, so check it out.

http://decision3d.com

I hope you like it.

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E Quint is Changing

Today I am announcing the transition of E Quint Consulting into Decison 3D, LLC. The new site is not yet up, but it should be in about a week. I will post here again when it is ready.

The new logo (DRAFT):

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You may wonder, “Why announce if you don’t even have a site up yet?” Well I am attending Barcamp Charlotte today and I just couldn’t pass up the chance to sponsor the event, so what better way to come out of stealth mode.

Please be patient, everything should be live in a few days and I will tell you more about the company then.

Wiki-Mail

What would you get if you combined email with a wiki? Let’s look at the attributes of each.

Email Strengths:

  • Ubiquity - Everyone has email access, and almost everyone can and does use it (even my Mom)
  • Simplicity - Whatever tool you use, you have come to a level of competency  that allows you to send an email quickly without too much thought about the mechanics

Email Weakness:

  • “Email is where information goes to die” - Have you ever tried to follow a long thread of emails between multiple people? Nuf said.

Wiki Strengths:

  • Centrality - The information resides in one place, so there is no confusion about the “latest” information

Wiki Weakness:

  • Not Ubituitious - Most people have never heard of wikis, much less have access to one.

If you look at it, the strength of each could counter-balance the weakness of the other, if we could find a way to combine the two.

A Suggestion for Google (or whoever…)

Add functionality to Gmail that will automatically direct the contents of an email, that is addressed to 2 or more people, into a Google Doc or Google Page, and then add the link to the email. So when the recipient gets the email, instead of the dreaded “Reply All”, they have a single click to edit the central doc which then automatically sends a “Notify All” response.

(Note to my Twitter followers: This is not the big plan in the works, just an idea I had this morning.)

The Relationship Economy

Bottom line is that the success of any organization lies in the ability to gather the best information available in order to make the best decisions possible. Organizations that do this well will do the best job of meeting market needs, now and in the future.

Sounds simple. Why isn’t it?

According to the RNIA, it is because we do not have a viable “Relationship Economy”. I recently discovered the Relationship Networking Industry Association (RNIA), liked what I saw and joined the association.

Here is a slide deck I put together to better explain RNIA and its core concepts.

Relationship Networking & RNIA

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RNIA defines itself as:

RNIA is the central authority and international clearinghouse for promoting and managing Relationship Capital (RC). In a Relationship Economy, RC is a tangible way of communicating the value assigned to individual and organizational entities. RC measures the quality and effectiveness of the relationship interactions between them.

RNIA is a non-profit entity that is working to define standards by which we can improve our ability to build relationships and thus be better equipped to effectively gather information that we can trust.

RNIA is looking for people that have ideas about how to make the relationship economy a reality. If you are interested, consider joining and find out more.

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