An experienced social business professional and founder, working to make a positive difference in the real world by improving how businesses are run in the Information Age.
Livio has been into online social stuff since 1996, following a short spell in academia and consulting on political issues for some well-known international news outlets.
In addition to his business and management role, he leads the client relationship on key projects, working with bluechip global firms and professional firms.
He has a special interest in the power of online communities to accelerate change and new ways of working, and is looking forward to being replaced by a sentient bot in the not-too-distant future.
Natural habitat:
The Tyrrhenian islands and Alpine lakes of Italy
Obsessions:
Beautifully-crafted client deliverables
Bad habit:
Excessive scepticism
Interests:
History, current affairs, climate adaptation, THFC
Selected Blog Posts
The key role of the digital workplace in supporting successful M&A integration
In this issue, Livio considers the cultural elements of M&A integrations and how they can be enabled by a purposeful digital workplace strategy The key role of the digital workplace in supporting successful M&A integration Big is not always beautiful Last year...
Measuring the Economic Impact of Digital Change
In this issue, Livio digs into some of the ways that digital leaders can quantify the value of their transformation efforts and translate them into measurable financial benefits. 8 out of 10 IT execs prefer… Demonstrating the business value of IT is an established...
Leadership Development: Designing for Relevance
In this edition, we look at some common challenges faced by L&D functions when designing effective leadership development programs that deliver practical value in our ever-changing digital world. The L&D challenge Business leaders generally agree that, rather...
Is Employee Engagement an Oxymoron?
With historically low engagement levels and employees leaving in droves, there is much for company leaders to be concerned about. Plus, three tips on treating your team as grown-ups. Do your people believe you any more? I recently spent some time reading Gallup’s...
Digital Adoption as a Driver for Change
Some notes and links on why top-down change initiatives still fail and some glimpses of a more emergent approach focussed on digital adoption. Plus ça change? It’s been exactly seven years since Gary Hamel and Michele Zanini argued that: 'continuous improvement...
It’s Highly Illogical, Captain
This week, Livio shares some thoughts and links on our brain's ability to make rational decisions and retain knowledge in the face of evolutionary and cognitive challenges. Behaving like apes Like many others in Europe, I recently took part in some tentative,...