As the founder and CEO of one of Mzinga's predecessor companies, Shared Insights, Barry Libert was one of the first in the industry to recognize and promote the value of communities and Web 2.0 technologies in enabling enterprises to communicate and collaborate to make better decisions based on the experience of peers, experts, and leading industry vendors.
Now, as the Chairman of Mzinga, Barry uses his more than 25 years of executive and company leadership experience and his status as an acclaimed industry speaker and visionary to further awareness of the importance of community and social networking in helping enterprises to solve business needs and remain competitive in a rapidly changing world.
As the co-author of the critically acclaimed book "We Are Smarter Than Me," Barry and his co-authors used the power of Web 2.0 technologies and the Wiki-based contributions of more than 4,000 people to illustrate how businesses could profit from the wisdom of crowds.
Barry has also co-authored two additional business books on the value of information and relationships; he has been published in Newsweek, Smart Money, Barron's, The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times, and has appeared on CNN, CNBC, FNN, and NPR.
Prior to founding Shared Insights, Barry was a senior partner at Arthur Andersen and John Hancock. He began his career with McKinsey & Company. He has also co-founded and sold two successful businesses.
Barry is a graduate of Tufts University and holds an MBA from Columbia University.
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Barry recently spoke to several hundred Fortune 500 Business professionals at the Warrillow Summit in Las Vegas. In the video below, you will find a ten minute clip of the highlights from this keynote. During the video, you'll hear me talk about:
SCORE - or the construct we use for becoming a "WE" company
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