It's easy to see why companies are establishing guidelines on social networking for their employees. Our personal and business lives become intertwined online. That can be a positive because it allows other people to know you better and builds trust in you and your business.

It's also unfamiliar ground, which leads to rules that can be too restrictive, like the new social media policy for the Associated Press. How can you control what others say on your Facebook page?

On a lighter note, my new favorite example of striving for business transparency is the new in-flight safety video for Air New Zealand. Even I would pay attention to pre-flight safety instructions if presented by a flight crew attired only in body paint and "strategically placed seatbelts." More

A hard-working business owner dropped a promotional card for a new yoga and pilates studio at our door yesterday. The studio is nearby and I'm interested. However, when I pulled up the website on my phone, the schedule wasn't in a mobile format. I couldn't read it.

I will find it on my laptop at a later time -- but that just drives home how mobile our communication is today.

In fact, the Oxford University Press has just released 11 of its most popular dictionaries -- from philosophy and music, to medicine and business -- as iPhone apps. Who needs specialist information at a moment's notice? Just about anyone. And as my friends at izzy+ would say, today's learning happens anytime, anywhere. More

Movement. HAG. And the Capisco chair.

If you're looking for a(nother) reason to play golf or croquet with AAF West Michigan this Thursday, June 25, here it is -- the HAG Capisco, also known as the saddle chair.

An article by Katherine Salant in Saturday's Sarasota Herald-Tribune features an excellent explanation of the HAG philosophy of movement. After all, sitting is an activity.

A native of Norway, the Capisco (distributed in North Amercia by izzy+) is one of many cool items available during dinner and a drawing after the golf / croquet outing, this Thursday at Thornapple Pointe in Grand Rapids. Register now and join us!