June 8, 2012

Humanize or Die: Why Businesses Need to Adapt to a Social World

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Big Think’s Jason Gots talks with Maddie Grant, co-founder of social media consulting firm Socialfish and co-author of the book Humanize: How People-Centric Organizations Succeed in a Social World, about how adapting to a social-media driven world can change business and organizational culture for the better.

Produced by Jonathan Fowler and Elizabeth Rodd

Interview by Jason Gots

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