June
27
Category: Collaborative practices, Organization & Management, project management
The time is not far when the question of reinventing project management will be a key issue. The purpose will be to reconsider a project as something that have to fulfill a need and not an objective by itself as it’s so often. How can we see a project is its own purpose ? [...]
June
24
Category: Collaborative practices, Ideas & innovation management, strategy
Distributed innovation, collaboration with clients and partners are becoming central in companies’ strategic reflexion.
To learn more about this subject I often discuss here, it’s at McKinsey’s.
Tags: distributed innovation , Innovation , mckinsey , open innovation , partnership , strategy
June
12
Category: Collaborative practices, Information / knowledge management, knowledge-economy, social computing
Since today collaboration means solving problems together, it’s important companies provide their employees with a problem solving framework.
Why not a methodology or a process ?
In fact both are needed but the most important lack is about the framework.
There are high level issues where problem solving needs a strong methodology, a dedicated taskforce (that’s what I [...]
June
2
Category: Collaborative practices, Ideas & innovation management, Intranets & collaborative tools, social computing
I took advantage from my trip to attend Webcom Montreal to make a flying visit to Toronto. The main purpose was family but it was also the occasion to meet Rex Lee in person at his Toronto’s office. For those who don’t know him, he’s collaboration director at Bell Canada and, although less mediatized [...]
May
23
Category: Collaborative practices, Intranets & collaborative tools, knowledge-economy, social computing
In a former post, I mentioned Clay Shirky’s “Here comes everybody”.
One big question about everything people do outside the organization is “where do they find time to do that”. I have the answer for my ow case, but I recommend you to listen to Shirky’s opinion.
Now let’s apply this thought process to all the wasted [...]
May
21
Category: Collaborative practices, Organization & Management, enterprise 2.0, knowledge-economy
Basically that would make sense. In an industrial economy everything is product-centric : we know what it is, what it’s made of, of which pieces it’s composed, there’s one and only one to produce and assemble them, and everyone knows exactly what he has to do. It’s a system based on infinite repetition of totally [...]
May
18
Category: Collaborative practices, Communities, Ideas & innovation management, social computing
When we talk about enterprise 2.0 it’s often about organization or marketing. But it can also be about activities that are not directly business related but ma be important considering the societal role enterpises now have to play in a protean ecosystem.
That’s the purpose in which Cisco launched Human-Network in France. I know there’s [...]
May
16
Category: Collaborative practices, Intranets & collaborative tools, social computing
For those who didn’t notice, I gave up with delicious as bookmarking tool to use Diigo. People who wonder how social tools can bring synergies and improve productivity and collective efficiency may found a piece of answer by having a close look at Diigo. If you can read french I advise you to read those [...]
March
18
Category: Collaborative practices, Intranets & collaborative tools, information, social computing
I just saw this interesting post on this topic, thanks to Martin Roulleaux-Dugage. The difference between traditional KM and its “2.0″ evolution is that it’s not a task anymore but a way of doing things, a on-the-flow activity.
Take time to classify, fill in forms, stock is real burden that often lead KM projects to fail. [...]
February
5
Category: Collaborative practices, HR & Management 2.0, Organization & Management, about france, enterprise 2.0
I’m sure you heard about what happend to French Bank Societe Generale who lost 5 billions euros because of one of its traders. Many question came about the efficiency of the controls which failed. I even read blogs saying that, considering it was a matter of control, of visibility, of trust, enterprise 2.0 would [...]