Charlene Li
Charlene Li is a legend, a young one, but a legend nonetheless.
In 6 months she’s created a new breed of business with her consulting company, Altimeter Group.
In that time, she’s also written a new book, Open Leadership: How Social Technology Can Transform the Way You Lead, out May 10th and remained a popular and powerful figure in Web 2.0 business strategy.
And she’s a lovely person, too!
We touch on many of these topics and more on her appearance on The A-List podcast. Listen to the archive:
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Learn more about Charlene from her own bio:
Charlene Li is the Founder of Altimeter Group and coauthor of the critically acclaimed, bestselling book Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies
Charlene was named one of the 12 most creative minds of 2008 by Fast Company, and one of the most influential women in technology in 2009. She frequently consults and speaks on disruptive technologies and publishes a blog at blog.altimetergroup.com.
Charlene is a frequently-quoted expert and has appeared on 60 Minutes, The McNeil NewsHour, ABC News, CNN, and CNBC. She is also frequently quoted by The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Economist, Businessweek, USAToday, Reuters, and The Associated Press. She is a much-sought after public speaker and will be appearing at the World Business Forum in Radio City Music hall in October 2010. She has also presented frequently at top conferences such the American Society of Association Executives, SXSW, Web 2.0 Expo, and Search Engine Strategies.
Previously, Charlene was a Vice President and Principal Analyst at Forrester Research. She joined Forrester in 1999, after spending five years in online and newspaper publishing with the San Jose Mercury News and Community Newspaper Company. She was also a consultant with Monitor Group in Boston and Amsterdam.
Charlene is a graduate of Harvard Business School and received a magna cum laude degree from Harvard College.
Personal
Charlene is the mother of two kids and and the wife of Come Lague, a venture capitalist with Nueva Ventures. She is also an avid fan of reality TV shows, science fiction, and sudoku. She lives in the Bay Area with her family.
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Jennifer Neeley 
Jennifer,
Absolutely brilliant interview. Charlene is clearly crafting something new at Altimeter and you really uncovered that in a way that only a seasoned journalist and Columbia J school grad could! (i’m not a Columbia grad, though my late grandmother was a student at Columbia and I am a native and proud New Yorker.)
One of the areas that I’m most interested in regarding Enterprise class firms is Corporate Culture; cultivating a culture that can withstand and even shine under the spotlight that social technologies provide. I really believe that it’s not just leadership in the C-suite that matters now, it’s a positive, well-balanced, empowering culture at every level. It strikes me as very intriguing that GE, for instance, has a “Director of Employee Marketing.”
Also, you alluded to PR being an industry in major transition, which it clearly is. I enjoyed hearing Charline’s wise insights on the importance of building relationships as opposed to merely pitching.
Again, terrific job. I look forward to listening to your programs in the future.
Sincerely,
Hugh Macken
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