Call it enterprise 2.0, Social Business, Collaborative enterprise etc., it's all about the impact of web technologies, social technologies, enterprise social networks on work models, collaboration and management. What do these technologies made possible and at which conditions ?
It happens once or twice or year : McKinsey issues its report on the state of the networked enterprise (the in-house word for social business, enterprise 2.0, collaborative enterprise etc). And as usual everybody pounces on it. And as usual people try to make something of it, facing a strange paradox : the more things [...]
In brief : Enterprise 2.0 and Social Business aim at a flexible and disintermediate allocation of intangible assets, according to needs, for a better organizational agility. A model that can’t be affixed on actual planned ones that are the norm, despite of the numerous adoption programs. To explain and justify many new approaches to work [...]
Chess Media Group is conductiong a survey on the future of work and how it’s transforming. The main area of focus are collaborative and social tools, flexible work arrangements and BYOD policiesa. Click here to take the survey The survey consists of 28 questions and you should take 10 minutes to complete it. Participants can [...]
One of the major concern for any business trying to launch an enterprise social network is to generate relevant contents. Which is obvious : why would users use the enterprise social network if they find nothing relevant in, if they have no reason to come ? This is the point where confusion often happens and [...]
In short : CEOs and corporate directors are aware of the importance of social media, of what’s at stake and even use these tools in their personal lives but that does not lead to a mainstream corporate use. A Stanford survey analyzes the gap and concludes that social media use is a systemic issue. There [...]
I’ve always found that there was something missing in many enterprise 2.0 / social business conferences. Strategic matters are matters, interesting cases are presented but there’s something missing : the project manager’s or practitioner’s very own practical and basic concerns. Not a matter of philosophy, theory or impressive use case but simple points of reference, [...]
In short : the use of words like “social business” or “2.0″ often lead to ready-made answers that prevent businesses to really think about their project. We should rather use these words to built a questionning intead of deducing hasty preconceived ideas. Don’t worry. That’s not an umpteenth try to define what enterprise 2.0, social [...]
In short :the adoption of new organizational models is made necessary by the need for optimizing the way businesses leverage their intangible assets. Beyond this complex matter there’s another emerging reality : businesses should learn to mobilize and devalop assets that are not theirs. What raises questions about engagement models and the relevance of current [...]
In short : developing practices and behaviors to bring them online and favor technology adoption is only the visible part of the iceberg. Before all a “social intention” should be created, so we need to know what factors stimulate it. Social technologies are often shown as a means allowing to favor more efficient work practices. [...]
Summary : does the speed made possible by social technologies favor “fast thinking” to the detriment of “Deep Thinking”. In othet words, by going to fast and not deep enough, could collective intelligence system speed up stupidity. If the very nature of these tools makes the question relevant, the answer is elsewhere. If a business [...]
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