It has been our intention to periodically report the results of the poll that we established at the beginning of the year. To date, on the issue of social networking, Linked-In is tied with “Other” for the top honors at 36%, although I’m curious exactly what social networking website you were thinking about under “Other.” On the question of the Democratic candidates for president, Hillary Clinton leads over Barack Obama with 55% over Obama’s 36%. It will be interesting to see if this lead holds up after Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary. On the Republican side, John McCain currently leads with 39% of your votes, and Giuliani and Romney are tied for second at 20% each. 70% of you think there’s more bad news ahead regarding the subprime mortgage mess, and 58% of you believe there a recession is on the way. Finally, 78% percent of you feel that there will not be a favorable settlement of the Iraq War in 2008.
A surprising number of people have taken the time to vote, given the fact that it’s only been a week since we established the poll. I would appreciate it if you would vote if you haven’t already done so.
I would like to point out two articles on the fed.org web site. The first article, “The Competitive Imperative,” was recently published byAmerican Venture magazine. The second article, “The Nine Principles of Organizational Innovation” (PDF file), appeared in Leadership Excellence magazine. These articles were drawn from my experiences at SAIC, and they discuss subjects that I explored in the book. I would welcome your feedback on them if you have a moment to do so.