Social and economic data, next-generation strategic factors and social media policy in this week's Three To Read.

My first pick comes is Hans Rosling's recent talk for TED entitled Let My Dataset Change Your Mindset.  Rosling is currently with the US State Department and has shared his fascinating work on socio-economic modelling in several TED talks - great material for anyone involved in strategic workforce planning.

Staying with strategic concerns, on Harvard Business Publishing, Umair Haque posted Apple's Next Revolution - And What You Can Learn From It.  I think Haque offers some interesting thoughts on next-generation strategic factors:

• Markets, networks and communities as engines of disruption
• Context is king
• 21st century economics = acceleration 
  

My final pick comes from Jennifer Van Grove who posted 3 Great Social Media Policies to Steal From on Mashable.  This is a very useful post with links to actual policies from real organisations:

• Transparency (Kodak)
• Moderating (Intel)
• Value (IBM)

I hope you enjoy these Three To Read.