Like many people, I’m following developments with Toyota very closely. This is a fascinating and incredibly important consumer/business crisis. From my experience in helping numerous corporations, universities, government agencies and non-profits work through complex crisis events, I would offer 3 thoughts on Toyota: 1. This story has a very long way to go. The facts [ » ]

Dan McGinn has made a science out of studying trends — not fads that disappear in a season, but deep-rooted cultural shifts that forever alter the way we look at the world. His passion for reading trends recently caught the attention of noted journalist Al Hunt, the executive editor for Washington for Bloomberg News. [ » ]

Here’s a look at what’s news-worthy in the social media space this week: Today on YouTube’s official blog, CEO and co-founder Chad Hurley announced that the video sharing site serves well over a billion views a day. In his post, Chad takes a nostalgic look back at the three years since YouTube was acquired by [ » ]