In my talk about Personal Brand for the Connect IT conference yesterday, with a little help from Carlos Mandelbaum, I debunked the Personal Branding industry ... put the concept of Personal Brand as introduced by Tom Peters in 1997 in context and explained why it is still a useful metaphor for late adoptors and then went on to take a deep dive into why understanding online identity is critical in the drive toward Enterprise 2.0 and for everyone who plans to thrive in the age of broadband connectivity.