The creative class: Networked, high performing and disillusioned

Not surprisingly, employee morale and commitment has worsened during the recession — and in response to company actions to cope with the downturn. A recent survey finds that high-performing employees have been substantially more affected than the rank-and-file.

Lin Grensing-Pophal, Human Resource Executive Online, October 2009

… the creative class: a fast-growing, highly educated, and well-paid segment of the workforce on whose efforts corporate profits and economic growth increasingly depend. Members of the creative class do a wide variety of work in a wide variety of industries—from technology to entertainment, journalism to finance, high-end manufacturing to the arts. They do not consciously think of themselves as a class. Yet they share a… Read More

CrunchUp Tackles Real-Time

Yesterday, about 600 Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, VCs, and social media geeks piled into the historic Fox Theatre in Redwood City for the 4th annual TechCrunch CrunchUp. Instead of turning off our cellphones and keeping it dark and quiet, we filled the room with the blue glow of laptop screens and the rainstorm sound of typing. And instead of sitting back for a summer blockbuster movie, we watched Robert Scoble on the big screen, video streaming live from England.  (Well, okay, there were other panels and presentations, too.)

The topic of the day was Real-Time Streams, and it focused on the usual suspects: Twitter, Facebook, Twitter, Friendfeed, Seesmic, Google, and Twitter.  A few… Read More

Take Supernova Video Interviews With You

Just a quick update to let you know that the Supernovahub Video interviews with Kevin Werbach, David Weinberger, John Borthwick and JP Rangaswami are now available as a podcast on iTunes. You can subscribe to the Supernova channel on iTunes or if you use a different podcatcher, get the episodes directly from the Supernovahub RSS feed on Blip.Tv.

More interviews are coming soon, so subscribe today.

Open Thread: Supernova 2009 topics

Supernova is unique in the ways it mixes together technology, business, and policy across several industry categories.  I find that insights come from breaking down traditional boundaries, and generating conversations that wouldn’t otherwise happen.  The community and the shared set of themes hold the discussions together.

Our Supernova 2009 theme is Change Networks.  We’ve listed some planned session topics on the About page.  These will evolve as we confirm new speakers, and as new developments occur between now and December.  Given the scope of the conference, there’s no way to cover all the important issues, but we want to make sure to hit as many as possible.

So, we welcome your input.  What… Read More

Editor’s Note: Welcome to the New SupernovaHub

For the past seven years, the Supernova Conference has brought together a incredible cast of thinkers (and doers) from a wide variety of disciplines. Jonathan Schwartz, CEO of Sun Microsysystems, has said “Supernova brings us out of the weeds and into the real action, bringing together the right folks, and right forum, to advance the debate” while Joi Ito, CEO of Neoteny, commented “It was totally worthwhile. I’m addicted now.” Even Mike Nelson, Director, Internet Technlogy and Strategy at IBM, went so far as to say “In terms of the useful stuff I learned per speaker, your conference was the best I’ve ever attended.”

The conference has its groove, but it’s… Read More